Russia

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 72, 29 June 1916, Page 5

Russia

AUSTRIANS REFUGE IN ROUMANIA.

SUPERIOR RUSSIAN ARTILLERY. • iua-l 1 ■ : ■’ - - .1. ■■ i’.u,. j . ■ - IRRESISTIBLE COSSACKS. ' ; F NJTBu Press AksobJArib^. (Received ‘B!4® a.m.) i: | i ■ Bucharest; - 'Julie. 28. '; three hundred and ten' Austrian!? w‘kb;took refuge in RoumaniA were disarmed. An Austrian officer remarked: “The Russian artillery is superior to ours. It was impossible to withstand the Co sharks.”'' • COUNTER-OFFENSIVE REPULSED. Petrograd, June 28. A communique states: Numerous attempts by the German infantry to take the offensive in the northern- sectors, especially in the Luke district, were easily repulsed. Heavy bombardment of Stockhod, in the middle Styrpa front, continue. ; General Brusiloff reports that, ~ the prisoners captured by him fnjm, the 4th to the 23rd total 4631 ■ officers and 194;041 men, 219 guhsy 644' machine gimi, 196 bomb mOrtarsy and ( 38 searchlights. ‘ 1 <v*.During the crossing’of the Dneister, parties of Don Cossacks swam naked, carrying only their rifles. Reaching the other bank, they attacked the enemy with the bayonet and held the position until reinforced. A hundred thousand, including many prisoners, are strengthening the Kovel defences, extending for ten miles from the town. Don Cossacks after crossing the Dneister southwest of Bukzocz threaten Kolomea, an important junction. It is expected that the Cossacks will sweep round the Cherniva river from the west.