IN THE EAST.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 August 1916, Page 5

IN THE EAST.

I . IMPORTANT POSITION GAINED SUCCESSFUL RUSSIAN ATTACKS. London, August 7. jpeneral Brussiloff's entire armies are tarrying out a violent offensive extending over one-third of the East front. General Sakharoff's latest attack establishes him on the heights across the Sereth and Goraoerko rivers, within ~ eleven miles of the main Berlin-Lembarg- ' Odessa railway. FIERCE BATTLE ON THE SERETH. fiUBSIANS CAPTURE 2004 PRISONERS. Received August 8, 8.35 p.m. ; Petrograd, August 8. A communique states: On August 6, -tin the Sereth, we took 21500 prisoners, a portion of ihom being Germans. Fighting continues to be fierce. RUSSIANS NEAR TARNAPOL RAILWAY, AUST£UNS EVACUATING THE TOWN. Receive!! August 8, 6.5 p.m. 'Petrograd, August 8. Our successes southward of Brody bring the Russians within fourteen miles bf the Tarnopol railway. It is reported that the Austrians have begun to retire from Tarnopol in the direction of ZlotehPtt. Prisoners state that three divisions of German reinforcements have been sent ♦0 Zlotchoff and Pomorjang. FORTIFIED POSITIONS CAPTURED. iPetrograd, August 7. A communique states: We repelled Ibe enemy 'offensive everywhere. On the Stokhod there' were fierce bayonet encounters, and we captured three strongly fortified positions. Ceaseless rains have converted the ground into a morass. We advanced several versts at Ertingan. A Turkish attack northward of (the river Munatchai was repulsed. ~ " PAPER SUPPRESSED. Rome, August 7. The Giornale d'ltalia states that the publication of the Tanin has been suspended for suggesting that Germany and Austria, instead of Austria alone, are asking for Turkish troops and will recall their own troops in the Balkans Vwd Constantinople, where they are unpopular. A GERMAN CLAIk. London, August 7. A German communique says:—FieldMarshal von Hindenburg repulsed detachments advancing on the Stokhod. Russian attacks westward of Zalocze were futile. We gained the Carpathian heights 0t Czermosy. - r . ' .'■'!»