IN THE EAST.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 August 1916, Page 5

IN THE EAST.

ADVANCE ON WHOLE FRONT. BOTKMER RETREATING. . \ HEAVY KXJOIY LOSSES. I'ctrognid, August i 1:1. Tt is ofliciaily announced thai. General Bru>siloti" lias seized tin.' whole (if tin' Strypa lino opposite Tarno|iol anil finrzKcz. 'This indicate; that General liothiner has begun to retreat along tlie entire mile front. General lini-siloO"* front has advanced si.-; to eight miles. The possession of Nadivorna gives the .Russians another approach to the Cat - pathiaus. London, August I.'!. A Russian coiiminni(|\H' says that General Sakharoli's troops on the. upper Seretli drove out tile enemy from a series of lorti(icd positions. Our lireak through on tlie Strypa. forced the enemy to abandon .strong fortified positions at Tchorbacheva. We captured Czornn anil continue our advance westward along the whole front, reaching (he upper. Seretb, and are now crossing to tlie west bank. Our detachments who crossed at Koropiee in pursuit of the enemy captured a strong position 01: tlie heights between the Koropiee ;.nd the !?lota Li pa at Khorovank. fovtinuing south. the troops readied the Dniester it Alarvpol. The advance south-west of Delalvn continues, and enemy attempts to resume the offensive are everywhere remilsed. One of General SakluirolPs corps cook prisoner, between August 4 and 11 nearly 17,000 men. General Tcherbsuh > iinco June o, lias taken prisonei SG/j'jj men. Rod Ceneral I.etehitsky, between August 1 and 10, took prisoner 10,*c?-ir.en. Our counter-attack on til? irest b&ai; of Lake va.il drove the Turks.soutlnvard. MORE TOWNS OCCUPIED. EXEMY DRIVEN OVER RIVER. Received August 14, 7.10 p.m. Petrograd, August i 4. A communique states: \Ye have occupied Rodgaicy. in tlie Zlota Lipa vision. Our cavalry captured ilariampo], and drove the enemy across the liver Byitritza. GERMANS UNABLE TO CONCENTRATE. RUSSIANS' KEEP EXEMY JIOVIXO. London, August 1". Mr. Stanley Washburn report* tliat the Russian armies are showing almost incredible endurance and persistencv, despite lit) days' continuous limiting.' The | enemy is constantly reinforced, but is unable to accumulate blocks 'of newtroops, because the exigencies created by the Russian pressure eat up the reserve's a-; fast a? they arrive, As soon as the enemy slows down the Russian-, advance on one front, and Rrnssiloll promptly breaks tiiiough on another. The German railway facility enable them stubbornly to resist the Lutsk armies, but thev are unable to move single unit southwards. AUSTRIAN'S SITFRR FROM FOREST I'IUE. Received August 1-1, ».4(l p.m. New York, August 13. A lire raging in the Tarnova forest traversed the Austrian trenches. .FOR AUSTRIAN' DELECTATION. Received August 14, 7.15 p.m. Vienna, August 13. A snmiminiqtU' states: Wo repulsed massed Russians west Fighting has ilecreased in the Vohlynia and Stoklmd regions. In the last unsuccessful attack at Stokhod all the divisions ol the Russians guards were used, and tliev were heavily punished. A HERMAN REPORT. London, August 13. .1 German communique says: The Russian attacks southward of Smorjoii, near I.ubieszow, were unsuccessful. The Archduke Carl threw back the Russians who were attacking westward of Monas'ferisk anil south-west of Stanislav. RUSSIAN POLICY UNCHANGED. Petrograd, August 13. M. Stunner, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, repudiates the suggestion that his appointment signifies a change, in the Russian policy, and declares that Russia considers it lie; duty to fulfil all measures in relation to Germany which England lias decided upon.