, 1916-07-26

sued by the War Office this evening suys:
There is nothing 10 add to he statement Of
this morning. A German aeroplane this
morning thew several bombs on Belfort
The material damage was insignificant. The
Belgian communication On the sector south
of Newport aud around Dixmude there have
been reciprocal artillery actions Of slight
intensity. The Belgian batteries have opened
s destl uctive fire Cd the German works at
Steenstraete. The fire Of these batteries
continues.
Vienna, July 21st-Oficial statement is
sued by the Wan Office today reads: In the
sector at the mouth of the Lipa the enemy
attacked after artillery preparations which
lasted several days. His advance BY The
way Of Werben was arrested. Nevertheless
we withdrew our salient positions before a
new threatening surrounding movement III
the region of Berestechko.
Pelrograd, July 21st.-Russian troops ad-
vancing towards the northern Galician Dor
der have defeated the Acknowledgements
in the region of The Confluence of the Styr
and Lipa rivers and have captured more than
], 900 prisoners says he official statement is-u-
ed to-day. The Austrians retired to the
heights near the town of Berestechk0. The
official S atement is rs follows: On many
sectors of the Dvina front there were vio-
lent artillery fights. Ii the region of the
Styr above it's confluence with the Lipa we
dealt another stroke at the enemy eject
ing him from the village of Verbene and
from fortified woi ks south of that village
and keeping on The heels of his bewildered
rear seized the crossing of the Styr. The
enemy retired toward the heights near the
town of Berestechko and is beginning
partially to surrender to a battalion already
engaged III the region of Berest4chko.
:oonv taboo, olronlv 1,roInr I 1nO =.
GLIDING many officers. Our brave Regi-
mental Commander Colonel Tatarnoff died
gloriously fighting during the latter put
of June in the region Of Kuzn, southwest
of Dubno at the head of his regiment while
crossing u river under II murderous fire aud
putting the enemy TO disorderly flight.
Petrograd, July 2lst.-The War Office
communication issued this evening says
Western trout: The valiant army of General
Sakharoff Shaving surmounted all Difficult
ties Of crossing the Lipa under coucenll&-
ted fte of the enemy on Thursday drove
back the enemy who fed in disorder. Oar
artillery is Smelling the retiring enemy col
umns which have been driven across the
Lipa ut several points. Yesi erday (Wodnes-
day. we took about 1000 prisoners and
4 cannon, three of which were loaded.
Prisoners continue to come III. Further
information indicates that the prisoners
taken ID Thursdays battle numbered three
officers and 155 men. Four machine-guna
were also captured. This fighting took
place in she region south west of Kimpo-
lung, southern Bukowina, in the Wuleputna
region where the enemy was driven
from one height. The number Of prisoners
taken in the battle Of the sixteenth contiu-
ues 10 increase, at present. numbering 2,817
men and rs officers. The booty already
listed consists of three guns, 40 machine
guns, thirty-six bomb throwers, eighty
cases of, grenades and bombs, sixty cases Of
ammunition, fifty-eight cases of machine
gun cartridge belts and three dtpots con-
tanning 35, $40 shells, $3.50 hand grenadcs
and a huge quantity OF rifles, cartridges and
other war material.
Rome, July 21st-The War Office made
public to-day the following announcement:
In view of the persistent Smelling of Ala
and other places in the Adige valley by the
heavy artillery of the enemy our artillery
yesterday bombarded Riva Arco and Row
erto. We caused fires and by our curtain
of fire prevented their extinction. Iu the
Upper Posina small forces of the enemy
mude persistent attacks to prevent CONSOLE
dation of our new positions but were in all
ooo Car1lsaH with heavv lOssas Wo