Russia

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 65, 21 June 1916, Page 5

Russia

BRITISH UNIT WELCOMED AT ARCHANGEL.

United Vkkki* Aspoojatjow

Potrograd, June W

A complete British unit Iras arrived, and marched through the streets ol \rchange!, which was beflaggod, T:.e city was on tote, and gave (hem the warmest reception. A British naval armored car detachment that is proceeding lo the front was welcomed at Moscow. The streets were crowded and the British were showered with flowers.

NEW RUSSIAN CAS.

Petrograd, June 20

General Brusiloff's push opened with a gas attack over a thirty miles section. The new Russian gas was projected, and was followed by a hurricane of artillery fire. The composition of the gas is a secret, and its effects are without an antidote. When launched in a definite direction it carries for miles under the propel lan t employed, and when used over a distance of three miles it can be combined with explosive charges from big shells.

RUSSIANS FOLLOWING THE ENEMY. London, June 19

A communique says that the enemy attempted counter-attacks to stop General Brnsiloff's progress towards Lemberg. The Austrians southward of the Lutsk, Vladimir, and Volhynak road attacked us in mass formation, piercing one sector and capturing three guns. After the last shell fell our reinforcements ' routed the advancing enemy and the guns were re-taken. Throe, hundred of the enemy were capture.

A Russian regiment south-eastward of Lokatchi. counter-attacking, put their assailants to flight. A section of .he light artillery advanced to the ,'clge of the wood and fired point blank at the retreaters. Four machine-guns were captured. There was a desperate fight at Bojeff, in the same district, and we captured a thousand prisoners and four machine-guns.

i The enemy during the attacks southward of' Rtukiviloff used liquid fire. IWe iobk'lßOO prisoners in'this district. The Ruksiiihs have crossed the Prutli in many places, and are advancing rapidly towards the river Serbta. We captured ten guns near Czornowitz, and have taken during tne pursuit 100 prisoners, besides capturing two heavy guns and a thousand wagons 'loaded with provisions and fprage.

LEMBERG THE NEXT SENSATION London, June 19. Newspapers are giving prominence to the fall of Lemberg as probably the ii'pjtt Russian sensation. There are notes of warning that it is undesirable for the Russians to advance too fast.

THE AUSTRIAN'S RETREAT.

Paris, Juno 19

• Le Journal'points out that the'Austrian* are retreating to the Carpathians, and it is extremely difficult for a defeated army to re-form in narrow gorges without terrible risk of being wiped but.

MISCELLANEOUS: ITEMS.

Petrograd. June 19

A portion of the Austrians from Czernowitz retired towards Kolomea and Kuty, the remainder to Dornavatra. General Pflanzer's army is isolated and dependent upon its own resour-

A sidelight is thrown on the unexpectedness of the Austrian defeat by the fact that only ten days ago Czernowitz University conferred degrees on several Austro-Hungarian generals. A regiment of Tartar cavalry from the Bortchlin district especially distinguished itself on an unnamed portion of the front by charging the Austrian trenches and annihilating a Battalion. Tiie Russians up to Sunday took 3000 prisoners in Czernowitz. General Brusiloff, interviewed, said that Ids sweeping successes were not the products of change or Austrian weakness, but were the application of lessons learned by the two years of butter warfare. He said: li At the beginning of the war lie lacked the preparations which the Germans had been making For fifty years. I am convinced that, given munitions, we can continue to do exactly as we have done during the past fortnight. The main element of our success is duo to the co-ordination of all the armies that were involved in the attack on the entire front. The attacks began at the

same hour and were pressed equally ;rt. nil points. It. was impossible for the enemy to shift troops from one qua iter to another. The most important "fighting was at Kovno, where we made the greatest advances, striking seriously at the strategy of the whole of the enemy's front. If wo are able to take Kovel I believe that the whole eastern front will be obliged to fall back, as Kovel a fleets the Gorman