IN THE EAST.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 July 1916, Page 5

IN THE EAST.

RUSSIAN ADVANCE CONTINUES. ENEMY RESISTANCE BROiiEN. LARGE CAPTURES OF PRISONERS. COSSACKS SCORE A GREAT SUCCESS, Received July 18, 8.30 p.m. London, July 18. A Petrograd wireless communique, summing up the lighting oil Sunday, states:—General Sakaroff has broken down the resistance of the enemy east and south-east of Svinuki, in Volliynia. Our advance continues on the lower Lipa, where the enemy are making a stubborn resistance. We took prisoner 277 ollicers and 8037 men, also twentyfour guns on tins lower Lipa. Our "liVeusive is also advancing in the direction of Kiritbalea, on the frontier of Transylvania. Our offensive on the right flank in the Caucasus is developing. Kuban Cossacks belonging to General GornastaefF " v ""*<« scored a great success on tlic 10th. The Turks fired Bajburta before tile?.' hasty retreat THE CAPTURE OF CRUSIATYN. A VIVID ACCOUNT Received July 18, 12.25 a.m. London, July 18. Mr. Gibson, the Daily Chronicle's correspondent on the Russian front, describing the fighting st Grusiatyn on the 7th, says the German" trenches which were monuments of patience and labor, melted like mere earthworks under the shattering impulse of the great shells. Many hundreds of men were buried twenty feet deep in bomb-proof shelters. The communication trenches were found to be blocked, and the men, afraid to retreat owing to the hail of shrapnel at their rear, eagerly surrendered. Most of the enemy were killed during the shelling, the remnant surrendering when the Russian bombers and bayoneters poured over the first line of .trenches, with the exception if a Hunvcd regiment, which fought magnificently till overwhelmed and destroyed. Grusiatyn was taken' with the bayonet, many of (he enemy being killed. IMPORTANCE OF KOVEL. EARLY RESUMPTION OF FTGTTHNG. New York, July 17. A dispatch from Petrograd predicts the early resumption of important fighting and'adds: "The fall of Kovel wpuld lie a staggering blow to the Central Powers, completely disrupting their plans. It would also menace Lemberg and open the road to Brest Litovsk. The Russians have enormous supplies of ammunition. A placard is printed on cartridge boxes 'Don't spare bullets, there are plenty for all.'" HUGE CAPTURE BY RUSSIANS. , Petrograd, July 17. Official.—Yesterday the Russians captured in Volliynia 317 officers and 12,037 men, and thirty guns, including 17 heavy guns. ANOTHER DEFINITION OF DEFEAT GERMAN WITHDAWAL TO SHORTEN LINE. Received July 18, 8.30 p.m. London, July 18. A. Berlin communique states; There was lively fighting against General Hindenburg's army south of Riga. Genera, Linsengen's advance checked the enemy attack south-west of Luck. In order to shorten our line of defences the Germans have withdrawn behind the Lipa, without the enemy's interference. AUSTRIANS ".WITHDRAW," Received July li), 12.2.) a.m. Amsterdam, July IS. An Austrian communique states: The Russians south-west of Luck attacked with superior forces our front sector near Syklin. We withdrew east of Gorochow. The Allied troops south of Luck withdrew behind the Lipa. VIOLENT GERMAN ATTACKS FAIL. Received July 10, 12.50 a.m. Copenhagen, July 18. It is reported from Petrograd that violent Gorman efforts to recapture the lost trenches at Baronovitch failed, and that the Russians are advancing. Bulgarians were participating in the Baronovitch fighting. PRESSING THE GERMANS Received July li), 12.43 a.m. Petrograd, July 1!). A communique states: We continue to press the enemy at Volliynia, capturing prisoners.