IN THE EAST.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 August 1916, Page 5

IN THE EAST.

FURTHER RUSSIAN PROGRESS j A VILLAGE CAPTURED. VALUABLE BELGIAN HELP. Received August 15, 5.55 p.m. . ' Petrograd, August 14. Official: The Russians forded the Lukh,-a tributary of the Sereth, and expelled the enemy from a series of trendies. We also crossed the Zlota Lipa at several points. Our olleiisive noith-west of the Dneister continues. We captured the village of Tustobaby in the face of a terrific fire from well prepaied trenches. Belgian cyclists and armoured cars rendered distinguished service in assisting to capture the town of Zborov. BOTHMER'S RE'TREAT. ON CHANCE OF AVOIDING DISASTER COVERING MOVEMENT BX PFLANZER. RUSSIANS CONVERGING ON HAEICZ. Received August 15, 9.30 p.m. 'Petrograd, August 1&. xv o\v that General Bothmer, after stubbornly holding his winter lines for ton weeks, has been compelled to fall back ander the menace to liis flanks, interest centres on his chances of avoiding disaster. Some quarters consider a second Sedan is possible, but there is no sign thereof. The retreat has been delayed, but is orderly thus far. General Bothmer has proved a clever general, and it is unlikely that he held on over-long, in view of the steady Russian progress on his wings. One of General Pflanzer's forces is retiring north-west from Stanislav in an endeavor to cover Bothmer, who has the Tarnopol and Lemberg railway behind' him, also good roads. Moreover three parallel rivers protect his southern flank. Much depends on the enemy's ability to hold Halicz and enable Bothmer's centre to make a good retreat. The Russians are converging on Halicz in three directions. It now appears that the allusion made in a German communique, on August 11, to a re-grouping of troops in order to meet the Russians' altered dispositions, was a method of preparing Germany for the news of Bothmer's retreat; but communiques have not vet mentioned that the retreat has been in full swing for a couple of days. PIERCE ARTILLERY FIRE. ENEMY DRIVEN BACK, London, August 14. A Russian communique states:—We drovo back an enemy attack on the west bank of the Stokiiod. Our advance on the upper Sereth continues and the enemy has retired westward. Fierce artillery lire from behind a fortified position is checking our advance. We arrived before the Zlota Lipa and continued our pursuit, reaching the north bank ' of the Dniester before Moriampol. We repelled local attacks everywhere in the Carpathians.. HINDENBURG'S ORDER. KOVEL MUST BE HELD. London. August 14. Mr. Washburn states that on the lltli the Kaiser and Field Marshal von Hindenburg visited Kovel and held a conference with the officers. Hindenburg gave orders to hold out to the last man and last ditch. Important defence works have been completed. Twenty-three divisions have been directed against Oiener:tl Brussiloff. OVERTURES FOR PEACE. BY TURKEY AND BULGARIA. Received August la, 10.25 p.m. > Rome, August 15. The Tribuna's Athens' correspondent states that Turkey and Bulgaria liave made overtures to the Entente for n separate peace. ' The Entente refused to discuss. •■j AUSTRIAN HEROICS. SOME TALL BRAGGING. Received August 15, 10.10 p.m.;. Amsterdam, August 15. An Austrian official report states: We drove off ravaging detachments westward of Kozowa, and repulsed numerous attacks on the Zborow sector. Generals Bothmer and Molli defeated, southwestward of Podkaniien, a massed attack, supported by gas bombs. The front of our position "was covered with Russian dead. We captured a sand hill southward of .Stobyclnva and the garrison at the point d'appui were taken prisoner. We completely repulsed seven attacks eastward of the Vallone valley. XT WAS EVER THUS. London, August 14. A German official message says:— The battle near Zarecze, on the Stokiiod, has been decided in our favor. Strong enemy attacks southward of Brody were sanguinarily repulsed. New attacks are proceeding. The enemy eastward of suffered great losses under our lire.