Russia

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 38, 12 September 1916, Page 5

Russia

THE CARPATHIANS ADVANCE. BUDAPEST FILLED WITH REFUGEES. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. Berne, September 10. The Russians now half circle Halic/.. which they continue to bombard. The capture of Halicz would menace the flank of the Guda Lipa line, also the second last line of the Lemberg defences. The Russians continue their Carpathian advance methodically. The junction of the two armies will accomplish the surrounding of the Austrians. The inhabitants of fourteen comities in idungury have fled to Budapest, where the situation is serious, as there is a shortage of supplies. RETURNING AUSTRIANS HELD UP. TO PREVENT GIVING INFORMATION. Copenhagen, September 10. The Russians stopped Count Czornier, Ambassador at Bucharest, and other Austrians homeward hound, to prevent Germany from obtaining information regarding Roumania and the latest military measures. FIERCE BATTLES CONTINUE. RUSSIANS PURSUE ENEMY. Press Association-—ICopyright, 1 Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 10.40 a.m.) Petrograd, September 11. A communique states: Tierce battles continued at Ognot. We are pursuing the enemy in the region of gakkiz after occupying the town of Bana.