BRILLIANT RUSSIAN ADVANCE

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2849, 14 August 1916, Page 5

BRILLIANT RUSSIAN ADVANCE

ENEMY PUSHED BACK AT MANY" . . .points. <. r r . ■ FRENCH CAPTURE MAUREPAS v GERMAN THIRD LINE TRENCHES ;:CROSSED . I " : — 1 . ITALIANS: : LAUNCH: A NEW OFFENSIVE ■ . .BULGARIANS ATTACKED ■ ■ FIGHTING-I THE: CAML-ZONE. ~~ ■ —: ■ : There is good news to-day from all the principal theatres of war. The Russians havo captured the great railway centre of' Stanislau, and oilier towns and villages, in southern Galicia, and are still driving westward. On the Sommo front the French bavo penetrated . German third-line positions for a distance of about four miles to a depth of from 600.t0 1000 yards. The Italians also report further ' successes. They have again routed the enemy on tho Carso plateau, : south of Gorizia, and materially advanced their line in that region. # Taking the offensive in the Balkan?, the Allies havo captured the rail1 way station of Doiran and some hill positions on the Serbo-Greek fron-' tier! Fierce fighting is reported in Southern Armenia, where the Russians were recently dislodged from Mush and Bitlis, and from important mountain positions. In the Sinai Peninsula British mounted troops are still pressing tho Turkish forces which lately attackecTthe defensive lines east of the Suez Canal. It is stated that ; tßfeTurks have lost one-third of their number.,in casualties, '