SPEEDY ADVANCE TO KOVEL.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 August 1916, Page 5

SPEEDY ADVANCE TO KOVEL.

AN ENVELOPING MOVEMENT. AUSTRIANS LEFT IN THE LURCH. BRUSILOFF'S SUCCESSFUL TACTICS. j Received August 2, 5.5 p.m. Petrograd, August 2. The Rhuktka learns tha,t a great stroke has been made on the Vladimir- , Volynsk road. The advance towards Kovel is develop- , ing at great speed from the cast and south. The latest message shows that the Russian infantry are within twenty miles of Kovel. which is being enveloped by a horse-shoe fornntion. The capture of Kovel will sevcis the junction of t!i2 Austrians and GcrmaM. It is a most significant tiling that the Germans seem to have accepted a definite severance from the Austrians. . Their most immediate concern is to save ■ themselves, leaving the Austrians to . shift as best they can. ( The Russian main pressure is now along the Turia river, whereon Kovel stands. It flows parallel with the Stokhod. The possibility of the Germans in the J Kovel region escaping is being eagerly , debated. Their losses in guns and equip- i , ment are bound to be heavy. It is un- , likely that the Germans will reach the , Pinsk-Kohrm railway, except ns a (lis- ! organised mass, particularly as their j inarching powers are far inferior to the Russians. It is now evident that General Brusilo.f kept the German '-cntro in its place in the Kovel region, and only blocked the German massed attacks sufficiently so as not to discourage them to reinforce tii-Mr centre, while the Russians were making progress on the Hanks. General RvuniioiT adopted similar tactics on the "It miles front between Brodv and Butzaez. where General von BothiiK-r continually sought to break General Brusiioff's centre. General von Bothmer's position westward of Tarnopoi is most prccaiious. It is probable he also delayed his retreat till the last moment, remembering the disintegration which followed the Botlimer, Pflanzer and Mollis retreats. ' A QUESTIONABLE CLAIM. TURKS REINFORCE HINDENBURG. Received August 2, 8.10 p.m. London, August 2. An Austrian communique claims that they have taken prisoner 00 officers and 1801) men on the north-eastern front, southwards of the Pripet. The Neue Frie Prcsse states that a large number of Turks on Monday passed Lemberg to join General von ' Hindenburng. It is supposed that Ger- , mans intend a great offensive against Petrograd, in which the Turks will par- , ticipat:. _ . , WHEN ROGUES FALL OUT. [ Petrograd, August 1. Prisoners state that a fierce controversy is raging between the Austrian and German generals with reference to the responsibility for the disasters. General Mackonscn accuses the Archduke 'Ferdinand, but the Austrians retort that the Germans advised reinforcing the Italian front, and recommended the Aus- ' trians to mass heavy guns in the wrong places in Galicia and Bukovina. *—— * i GERMANS REPULSED. i KUSSIAN ADVANCE CONTINUES. Received August 2, 8.10 p.m. f ■ London, August 2. i A Russian communique states that the , Hermans by a rush and attack at SmoliJ.ry, reached the west bank of the Stok- , led, but were repulsed. The battle is ] proceeding. ' ; We further advanced westward of ] Eizingan.