ON THE PRUTH.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 August 1916, Page 5

ON THE PRUTH.

HINDENBURG CONCENTRATING. . HIS OFFENSIVE STARTED - Received August 9, 0.15 p.m. . London, August 9. Field Marshal von Hindenburg has concentrated heavy forces against General Brussiloff, thus proving again the superiority of li s transport. The slaughter during the past week has been terrible, but the advantage is with the Russians. The enemy has begun his offensive south of Delatyn on a line with the Pruth. STUBBORN RUSSIAN ATTACKS AN ENEMY ADMISSION. Received August 9, 8.5 p.m. London, August 9. An Austrian communique states: Stubborn Russian attacks continue south-west of Torczyn and Volhynia bridgehead. PURSUIT OF THE ENEMY. SEVERAL VILLAGES TAKEN, Receivei? August 9, 8.5 p.m. Petrograd, August fl.. A communique says: Successes southward of the Dneister continue. The Russians are pursuing the enemy. .We have captured Nijniuv, also Otynia and five villages. The region captured covers 100 square kilometres. 1 FURTHER RUSSIAN GAINS. TWO MONTHS' WORK. \ \ Petrograd, August S. A communique says: We are successfully advancing on the Sereth, fortifying the captured positions. We have taken 8500 prisoners. A party of Austrians advanced on the Stok'hod with their hands lifted up and treacherously killed a colonel. Our riflemen killed the whole party. We took the offensive southward of the Dneister on a front of 25 vcrsts (15 miles). \Ye penetrated and drove the enemy back on the whole line and captured the town of Flmnacz, in the region eastward of the Dneister and several heights Our attack with gas is proceeding :outh-west of the Kolomea-Stanis-lau railway. London, August 8. Mr Stanley Washburn, reviewing the two months' offensive, says that Russia has approximately advanced 55 mile" at various points, and lias taken prisoner three generals, 7004 officers and 330,1 00 soldiers. She has also capt'.red 501 guns and 1200 machine-guns. These figures represent losses, including dead, casualties, and missing; of three-quarii rs of a :r.i!li.-,'i. I cannot stats the Russian losses, but iii°y are of 1,0 military significance. Kilf-Ma could sustain double last summer's ksf-fs for five year without a ih'.'rtage of IttCZk