Russia

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 81, 8 July 1916, Page 5

Russia

GERMANS TRIPLE REVERSE TOW s^p c pNJ O MOVEB ; WES ]> TNE RUSSIIANST 10 ' ' an-j it) io'MUii-/".? '.r .!•'!•■ i <- ; : irti Preps' !i'ssociiatioii—ibopyright,' Austra- ' ban and N.Z. : Cable Assoei'atidnl ! ' (Received 5.50 a.m:) ► July 7. Advices from Petrograd «tate that owing .to the triple reverse ail Riga," Kolki and Baranovitchi, the Germans have begun to remove the whole front westward. . ,■,'*„•' THE RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE. OPERATING IN THE NORTH. A MIDNIGHT INFERNO. Press Association—Copyright, Austra-, , lian and" N.Z,' Catte Association. ! /.'' ''' ' !"''' p'etrpgrad, 'July 7. !' ' ■^ejottensive' ( by General Everts'' f armies. ! ' ( tlia' centre of which is ' on'a'front (r'ough'ly, e/x'tehdiug from •posiVons/facinK J&MjjMcfii to the ea^^f%lna:^^Thg (J whole of thfe by a determination W" drive the foe beyond the Nei-' man. ' The Russians opened with a hurricane of fire upon the German trenches. It was a veritable midnight inferno. The German gunners were strangely silent. The Russian* monopolised the gunnery work. The horizon from Smorgon to Krevo was almost continuously illuminated by ■the exploding shells. The din was indescribable. Under this curtain of fire the enemy's first trenches were reached and the defences demolish- ' ed. Many thousands were taken prisoner. AUBTRIAN LOSStES 500,000 FOR PAST MONTH. AUSTRIANS IN CALICIA CUT OFF Petrograd, July 7. The General Staff estimates the Ausfcrjan losses at over half-a-million for "the month. The, Germans - in the Chariorysk region are frantically striving, to counteract the grdat Lutsk thrust. The Austrians in Southern Galicia are cut off from railway communications wiih Hungary and are unable to reinforce Stanislau from the Carpathians. The Morning Post's Petrograd correspondent says the Gulf of Riga is entirely blocked against enemy attempts from the sea. The Russian warships' guns are turned upon the German positions miles inland. A communique states: We routed the enemy on the right bank of the Dneister, capturing a fortified position westward of Issandvjivatchon, and also captured Mikulitchin, on the Delatyn-Koromeso railway, near Baranovitchi.

SCENE OF THE CHIEF RUSSIAN ATTACKS. Amsterdam, July 6. W Advices from Germany state that the chief Russian attacks are northward of the Pripet, between Servecn and Sgara, and north-westward ot Kolomea.

THE GERMANS' REPORT. iALL ATTACKS REPULSED. .., ;i . :i, _'.;.! . „.. ,;.Bsi!Un, v Jubr : ,7. r ,. ; A>. a communique .-..< stales partial-Russian . attacks} ; AW r e madq 'south-east of Riga and elsewhere, hut all were repulsed. Lii '■■■ ;';»i*«»* *Jinom rt'J U AUSTRIANS' OFFICIAL REPORT. j, •( : ; London, July 7-< , • An Austrian communique states:— The; enemy penetrated our positions at Sadzjjwka. We now occupy a position six kilometres west of that point. iWe-.maintained our positions southwest and north-west of Kolomea and ire-captured the line at Koropeicbroc, south-west of Bucza'cz. Desperate fighting took place at the, bend of the Styr north of Kolki, with varying results.

AUSTRO-CERMAN LOSSES], , ,550,000,,,. ... ' ,/.. s „ | RUSSIANS RECOVERS LARGE Lr, TRACTS OFnTERRiTO^Yj L, PANIC IN CALICIA, ,'j , Press Association— Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 915 am.) Petrograd, July 7. Since the outset of General Brusiloff's great attack the Anstrr German casualties number bo'K'.OO, including 230,000 prisoners, 27J connon. and seven hundred machine guns. Russia hfs lecove-.w] considerable areas of her own soil with larger tracts, of enemy territory which she was cpmpelled to abandon m 1915. Th© cutting of i he Stnnuau lailway enormously impeded the enemy's operations. There is great panic in Galicia, and many inhabitants have taken refuge in Budapest. The Germans are still being reinforced in Volhynia, but are unable to pierce General Kaledin's front, sustaining great losses. General Everts' operations are progressing, and many prisoners have been taken.

MUCH SUCCESS FOR THE RUS-

THE GERMAN FRONT-LINE TRENCHES CAPTURED.

THE FIGHTING CONTINUES

Press Association— Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 12.25 p.m.) Petrograd, July 7. Battles west of the Lower Styr continue with much success. Our troops captured fortified Austro-German positions. The enemy took flight under artillery fire. _________

Our pursuing cavalry charged them in the Yoltcthe.zk region and captured a K'rupp battery of six gun's. The gunners wore surprised and only fired a few shots.' Another cavalry charge captured a battery, and in addition to three heavy cannon, we made prisoners of 270 officers, 99(H) men and 29 machine guns. ■

West of the Lower Strypa on the 4th and 51 h July, we occupied the first' line of the German trench southwest of Lake Narotch after a bayonet attack. The fighting continues.

CAPTURE OF MANY PRISONERS. ENEMY ATTACKS REPULSED. Press Association —Copyright. I Renter's Telegrams j (Received 11.30 a.m.) Petrograd, July 7,,., A communique states: The prisoners taken on the 4th and sth July west of the Styr line below Ivolki, total 300 officers and 7415 men, with many guns and rifles. .Violent German attacks near Gangeaten were repulsed. There was fierce fighting on the right I bank of the Dneister, near Jivatchoff, i and at Habziminz. Desperate enemy ! attacks eastward and southward of I Baranovitchi were repulsed.