Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-15
RUSSIANS FOLLOW
UP AUSTR|ANSAS
RETREAT GOES ON
- -
Pounding Away a. soS Rear
Guard and - 81 inner =
Takes q ,s ositions
+ Ale -ipa River.
LossEs REPORTED HEAVY
Asserted that >Miriampol Has
Fallen and that General Let
chitSky is Strengthening
His Lines.
MANY PRISONERS TAKEN
LossEs REPORTED HEAVY
MANY PRISONERS TAKEN

Petrograd, Aug, l4.-The retreat
of the Austrians from the Stripa
continues, with the Russians pound
ing the Austrian rear guard. Pod
giacy, on the Koropice, has, fallen
and General Count Won Bothmer's S
forces are taking up positions on the
west bank of the Zlota Lipa.
The line of the Austrian defense
as it appears today runs from Beres-
techk through Shezusovitse along the
head waters of the Styr and through
Olesko7Zboroff to Btzezany, form
ing zig-zag to the upper Zlota Lipa,
along that stream to korzov, thence
west to Jesupol ten miles northwest
of Stanislau, thence south to Solot-
vina. y
J In other words, the Austrians con-
tracing the circle about Lemberg,
are withdrawing to line between
the Carpathians and Pinsk marshes,
the shortest length of which will
compensate them in some measure
for the tremendous losses they have
suffered since the beginning of the
Russian advance.
Surrender of Miriampol.
The surrender of Miriampo1 by the
Austrians has enabled General Let
chitzky to straWhten the front of his
ADVANCE toward Palicz, this now
forming an almost direct east and
west line only seven miles from that
town at the nearest approach. .
The Rech in its summary of\the
prisoners captured by the Russians
during last weeks operations esti-
mates $4,000 men and 1880 Officers
and sixty-nine guns and 342 machine
guns and bomb throwers taken by
Gneerals Letchitzky, Scherbatchoff'
and Bakharoff.
Russian Attacks Checked.
Berlin, Aug. l4.-(Via London.)-
Concerning military operations on
!the>eastern front, an official statement
given out here today says:
Front of Field Marshal Won Hin
denburg: In the region of Skrobio.
wa, on the Oginsky canal, south OF
Lake Wygonowskoie, Russian ad-
vances were, repulsed. German de-
'tachments, dispersed Russian ad-
vanced guards east Of the canal with
considerable losses for the enemy.
Near Zarecze, on the Stokhod, the
battle against Russian troops, which
had advanced, was decided in our
favor.
Strong Russian attacks were d.
rected against the Graberka sector
south Of Brody. They were repulsed
with sanguinary losses. New attacks
are now taking place.
Front of Archduke Charles Fran
els: Russian attacks against the
Zboroff- -Konjucay sector failed. Such
units of the enemy as had penetrated
our lines were driven back by coun-
ter attack and-more than 800 prison
ers were taken West of Monster
zyska the enemy made an attack on
vain."
Italians Repulsed Seven Times.
Berlin, August l4.-(By Wireless to
Sayville. 1.-The most serious fighting
is in progress on the heights east of
Gorilla, says the official Austrian an
nouncement of Sunday. Seven times
the Italians stormed the heights and
were repulsed with heavy losses. The
Austrians have captured 5000 Italians
since the Inauguration of the new Of
fensive.
I'm the district east of the Vallone
valley our troops repulsed several at
tacks," says the statement.