New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-17
Sudden Respite Follows
Gains at Several
Points.
s5S,6o2 TEUTONS
TAKEN IN OFFENSIVE
London Believes Part of
Bothmer'S Army Is
Captured.

.....b,v lessened activity the Russian
.s.,sive in Galacia came to an abrupt
~, Tonight. For the first time since
ne great drive opened on June
p,,-ograd issued the terse statement:
9TH, situation is unchanged"
The afternoon report from PetrOgrad
...o-ss Russian advances on the Zlota
Ia, south Of Brzezsny, on the Dniester
- Bvstritza rivers and in the re-
~.ors Of Dclatyn ana Vorokhta. tow
s,s the Carpathians. Two villages
,,,.bvest Of Solctvina and series of
,.,,b,s west Of Vorokhta were capt
r,es BY Letchitsky's troops.
Lull in Offensive.
4, The same time the Russian COM
-rnioue makes the admission that 1.-THE
enemy. having resumed his counter-at-
seks is checking our further advance"
ssrlin officially conrms the Russian re-
,or,s Of a sudden lull in the Galician
ssb,ing. 10 states that during the day
here were no incidents Of importance
atrom the sea 90 the region north of the
Dpiester." adding that the Russians,
after their sancuinary defeat on Au-
e.st IA. have delivered but weak at
lacks
Observers here believe the lull is
only temporary. and will be followed
By final Russian blow against Lem
berg.
In ten weeks Of their great often
sive the Russians have captured 1885,
SOP prisoners. This announcement was
made in the afternoon statement is
sued at Petrograd. In addition, &C
eording 70 the statement, 405 guns and
1926 machine guns were swept in by
the Cars troops from June 4 to Au-
gust y.
This statement was received with
amazement in military circles here to-
night. Despite the success Of the
Cars drive AMI the enormous number
Of captures reported by Petrograd
from day 20 day, unofficial estimates
had not placed the total anywhere as
high as il is stated TO be. More than
ever observers are now inclined to
believe the unconhrmed reports that
q large part of Won Bothmer's army
was trapped and swept into the Rus
sian bag before the Austrian command
e. could reach the comparative safety
o; the Zlota Lipa line.
Bothmer Suffers Heavily.
The three Russian generals who have
been operating against Won Bothmer
from the north, south and east capt
ured by far the greater number of these
prisoners. Letchitsky, driving from
the southwest, bagged 1O2,7l7 Of the
enemy. Sakharoif. sweeping down from
Brody, took S9,215 captives. Scher-
batcbof. who fought against the Aus
TRANS on the Strlpa directly to their
west. swept in 57,Ol6 prisoners.
OF this total OF 35S,6O2 prisoners
critics estimate that the greater pro-
portion are Austrians. II is at the
Austrian armies that Brussiloff has
struck his hardest blows, and appar-
emily he has crippled them beyond re-
pair. Their losses in prisoners have
been greater than their losses IN
killed and wounded, because OF the
stiffness and power of the Russian
advances and the absence of much
trench fighting, but their total losses
are put at such high figure that army
men do not believe the Austrian armies
are strong enough now 10 resist even
the weakest Russian attacks.
Brussiof has vindicated his policy
Of fighting for men, not territory. BY
bis captures Of men and guns he mas
reduced the enemy TO such condl-
ton that when the final great blow
falls the Teutons' last hopes will be
shattered. This is London's unanimous
verdict tonight.