RUSSIAN CAPTURES.
ENORMOUS TOTALS. OVER 80,000 MEN. Australian and N.2. Cabin Association. (Received July 31, 8.50 a.m.) PETROGRAD, July 30. A communique says that details of Booty and prisoners arc incomplete. It has been ascertained that General Brussiloff- on July 23 and 29 took prisoners two generals, 651 officers and 32,000 men, including many Germans, and seventy-nine guns, including twenty-nino heavy howitzers, in addition to twenty-one guns.taken by General Leshiteky. General SakaroiT's forces in a three days'"cattle'took prisoner 216 officers, 13,569 men, and nine guns. General Sakaroff's captures from July 10 to July 29 number 040 officers, 39,152 men, .forty-nine guns, thirtynine mine-throwers and sis artillery and engineering depots.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11764, 31 July 1916, Page 1
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