Second Edition RUSSIA

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 68, 24 June 1916, Page 6

Second Edition RUSSIA

UNUSUAL GERMAN ACTIVITY. ASSISTANCE FOR THE AUSTRIANS It ’ - ! / RUSSIAN SUCCESSES CONTINUE. ,• . ■' i DRIVING THE ENEMY t TO THE CARPATHIANS.’ (United Press Association. 1 (Received 1.20 p.m.) Petrograd, June 23. The Russian advance lias caused unusual German activity. They rushed into the Austrian breach in Yolhynia, and are also persistently attacking on every front, especially in the Smorgon sector, which covers the approaches to Vilna. The Germans do not possess sufficient troops for a big offensive at this point. The attacks are intended to prevent the removal of Russians southward. The Germans are energetically endeavoring to cheek General Kaledjn’s advance towards Kovel, but General Kaledin is pushing bis successes on an extended front of four miles northward of Gaidomichi, upon the Styr, where the Russians forced a crossing. The Germans, after a hard fight, compelled the Russians to abandon the village of Gruziatin, although General Kaledin temporarily checked liis troops in putting the Germans to flight, indicating that the Russian advance is not stopped; General Lcchitsky crossed the Sereth, and continues to drive General Pflanzer into the Gaipathians.