IN THE EAST.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 July 1916, Page 5

IN THE EAST.

THE CAPTURE OF KOLOMEA. BIUX'JIXU IMPORTANT ULSI'LTS. RCSSIAXS CUTTING OFF .PRINCIPAL AUSTRIAN ARMIES. London, July 2. A T? Giitnr message states that the rapture of Kolomea means that the Russians command the railway travel'si"S the Jablonitza Pass, over the Carpathians, also the line to Lemberg. The Russiaiv. advanced on the flank of the enemy's central force under General '-°thmer, who -will now, probably, be compelled to retire to Lemberg, which will necessitate the rearrangement of the whole enemy line. Petrograd, July 2. The Cossacks cut the railway near Gurahumnra, in Bukowina. An Austrian troop (lain proceeding to Dorna Watra was derailed, and two hundred killed, (icneral Letehitsky, after the seizure of Kolomea, is irresistibly smashing a way between the Prutl) and the Dneister, striving to cut all communications between Bukowina and Galieia, and to threaten the flank and rear of the principal Austrian army masses, with bases at Galatz and Lemberg, The Germans east of/ Kovel continue fierce attacks between the Upper Stokliod and the Upper Styr, hoping to hreaix *he Russian line. They have a), ready launched 40 fresh battalions without success. Vienna, July 2. A communique states: Cavalry masses extending over a breadth of three kilometres and a depth of six kilometres attacked -General Bothmer, but the enemy was dispersed with big losses, We are pushing back the -Russians in Yolhynia. -Since the beginning of June we have captured IoS Russian officers and 23,0!J(i men, several guns and nine machine-guns, south of the Pripet marshes. London, July 2. Austro-Gerinan forces stormed the heights south-west of Tarnopol, THE ENEMY FLEEING. FUGITIVES DESTROYED IN MASSES. Received July 3, 6 p.m. Petrograd, July 2. General Letchitzky's latest report frou Kolomea states: After intense fighting we stormed the enemy positions, taking prisoner two thousand men, who had been freshly brought to this region, the greater number of whom were intoxicated. The enemy made desperate attacks at the Volhynian sector. The German offensive between the Styr and the Stokhod region, including the villages of Kopehe and Zobary, were repulsed, as were also a series of attacks to the south-west of Kisseline. Tlu> -"enemy's :olumns are fleeing and suffering heavy losses, fugitives being destroyed in masses. We also repulsed the reinforcement attacks.