Second Edition RUSSIA

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 62, 17 June 1916, Page 6

Second Edition RUSSIA

thje advance in volhynia. [United Pb»m Amociatioh.l Petrograd, June IG-. The Russians continue to close in one the track of the retreating Austrians, and are developing successful tactics in piercing and outflanking considerable sections on the Austrian front. The Austrians are still losing ground, but are fighting-better. The suddenness of the Russian blow paralysed the Austrians, but they nave now recovered, and are deteuding strong positions that were prepared in the winter. Generals Brusiloff and Letcmtsky have already penetrated Volhynia to, a depth of sixty versts and a breadth of one hundred versts, and have penetrated southward of the Dneister for a depth of 45 versts along a breadth of fifty versts. (A verst is, roughly, three-fifths of an English mile.)

Captured German officers bitterly complain that the Austrians are not only weakening the Galician front by their Italian offensive, but blame them for not asking help in time. They say, “The fools did not tell us the bitter truth of the collapse until two days too late.”

AUSTRIAN REPORT.

Amsterdam, June 16,

A Vienna communique says : VVe .repulsed Russian attacks north of Czernowitz and frustrated their attempts •to cross the Pruth. Extremely bitter lighting is takingnplaee atqWisniowczyk north of ;■ P>e-.ei\ew are employing new divisions in attempting to force a crossing of the,. Stocked river, in the Stry sec to#. j. ■

REPORTS FROM ENEMY PAPERS.

(Received 12.50 p.nt.) Copenhagen, June 16. German neav,spapty s ; state: The Russians, in a three hours’ bombardment. destroyed strong Austro-Ger-man lines north of Baranovitch. Fifty thousand Russians- attacked, but advancing too far were compelled to fall, back two miles. The newspapers sjdd that the Ans-tro-Germans are now strongly reinforced, and have taken up new positions. FIGHTING OF UNPARALLELED SEVERITY. (Received 12.50 p.m.) JfUrl c Sv. 'JutT- ■ €orrespondenrCS-“at' Austrian headquarters report that, the of into a state of -unparalleled OAGH •}

RUSSIAN SUCCESSES CONTINUE. ANOTHER 14,000 PRISONERS * ■, i•lf j* I v „ / *** ’ (Received 12.50 p.Wf.)" Petrograd, June 16. Russian successes, eoptimie,- and a. further fourteen thousand, .■•prispners have been taken.