RUSSIANS CAPTURE TOWN NEAR CARPATHIAN PASS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16310, 17 August 1916, Page 7

RUSSIANS CAPTURE TOWN NEAR CARPATHIAN PASS.

TROOPS CONTINUE TO CROSS THE ZLOTA-LIPA.

FURTHER ADVANCE ON THE UPPER STRYPA. Australian and X.Z. Cable. (Received 9.20 p.m.; LONDON". August 15. A Russian communique states: " Our troops continue to cross the Zlota-L,ipa River, although the enemy's bombardment is hindering the construction of bridges. Owing to our pressure the enemy in the wooded region of the Carpathians, between the branches of the Pruth, evacuated Jabiunitza, which we occupied. We also reoccupied Vorckhta and Ardjeluz on the Pruth, capturing 32 officers and 1000 men. We are still advancing on the Upper Strypa. Two of our hydroplanes successfully bombed the aerodrome on Lake Acern, in C'ourland, and returned safely."

Jho Jablonitza Pass is the southernmost of the narrow defiles affording access to Hungary from Western Galicia. It is situated about 20 miles northwest of the Bu-koviman frontier, and 25 miles south-west of Kolomea. The main railway crossing in Southern Galicia comes from bevond Czernovitz and tollows the valley ot the Pruth into the Pokucie. At Kolomea there is a junction, one branch following a south-westerly course by Delatyn to the Jablonitza Pass, whilst the other continues in a northerly direction through Stanislau and Hal.cz to Lemberg. These two lines a,- also connected by a small branch running from Delatyn through Nadvorna to Stanislau. After the railway crosses the Carpathian Mountains, it runs in a south-westerly direction to Maramaros tiziget, in Hungarian territory.