IN THE EAST.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 August 1916, Page 5

IN THE EAST.

STANISLAV CAPTURED. New York, August 11. The Russians have captured Stanislav. EFFECT OF CAPTURE OF STANISLAV. GERMAN ARMIES SEVERED. ANOTHER TOWN CAPTURED. RUSSIAN PROGRESS ON TH& SERETH." Received August IS >1.50 p.m. Pctrovfad, August 3. , Tt is believed that the capture of .Stanislav will cut the connections between General Botlimcr's and Archduke Carl's armies. A communique states: The enemy is retreating in the middle Sereth region. We aie advancing on Izerna, and have captured the railway from Monasterisk to Vycarka, also more ground between Ziotalepa and Horovarkn. Our troops continue crossing the Bystritza at several points. The enemy destroyed the railway junctions at Stanislav, otherwise the town would have been undamaged. . A later report states: We captured the town of Nadworna, twenty miles south-west of Stanislav. TWO MORE TOWNS OCCUPIED. GERMAN REGIMENT ANNIHILATED. TOLL OF PRISONERS INCREASES, Received August 13 5.5 p.m. Petrograd, August 11. Official: Russians occupied Monasterisk and pursued the third German reserve regiment. The latter, whilst still resisting, were annihilated by armored machine-guns. We occupied Ustrezetione, at the junction of the Dniester and ■ Khorovanka. Several explosions preceded the evacuation of Stanislav, Prior to Thursday General Brussiloff's armies took orisoner • 400,000 since June 4. PURSUIT OF THE ENEMY. RETREATING FORCES SHELLED. I Received August 12, ti.3o p.m. •Petrograd, August 11. Official: General Letchitsld, from Stanislav, pursued the enemy in the direction of Sulick. The enemy evacuated the left bank of the Bystritza, which we crossed, shelling the retreating army. We withdrew from Hamadan un del' Turkish pressure. ANOTHER NAME FUR DEFEAT. Received August 13, 5.5 p.m. London, August 12. An Austrian official mesage states: We evaluated Stanislav without lighting, taking up new positions owing to Russian pressure. BRUSSILOFF'S VICTORIOUS PROGRESS. ENEMY POSITIONS CAPTURED. : UTCHITSKY'S ADVANCE Received August 13, 11.10 p.m. Petrograd, August 13. A communique states: General Brussilotf has captured Kosloff, Cabrov, Cyerna, and three other villages, thus the whole region of the main enemy winter positions before Tarnopoli and Buczacz, after being pressed on both fianks, fell into our possession. General Litchitsky seized Nabvonair and crossed the Bystritza to Solotvina. 1 SAKHAROFF'S TRIUMPKANT SWEEP. RUSSIAN SUCCESSES DEVELOPING. London, August 11. A Russian communique states that General Sakharoff, despite desperate resistance to his advance up the Sereth, drove out the enemy from villages and . woods on the right bank. The cavalry . threw dense masse, of German infantry into disorder, taking prisoner since August 4 14,000. Our successes are developing- along the Monasterisk-Nismow railway. We penetrated the south part of Monasterisk, where fighting continues. We took 2500 prisoners. We reached: the left bank of the ; Zlota Lipa and captured a village, tak- , ing 1000 prisoners. We repulsed a coun-ter-attack with enormous losses. Our cavalry forded the Zlota Lipa and pursued the enemy, reaching the left bank of the Dniester and taking 500 prisoners. We pushed the Turks to a considerabledistance into the region south and east of Lake Van. GERMANS ADMIT REVERSES. London, August 11. A German communique states: In ex-; tensive fighting south of Zalocze the Russians temporarily gained ground at Bialoglowy and Bordyszeze, and stopped our counter-attacks. South-west of Monasterisk, at the Dnicster-Bystrzycka junction we were compelled to retire before superior enemy forces. Our counterattacks brought enemy storming attacks ' to a standstill. We are now regrouping 1 our troops to meet the Russians' altered ' South of Doiran the enemy • made sham weak attacks, which were re--1 pulsed.