Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-06-18
Cars Troops Reach Point
Sixty Miles Northeast of
Lemberg, Objective of New
Offensive,
AVlAT0RS ARE ACTIVE
ON VARIOUS FRONTS
Bombs Are Dropped on Padua;
French and German Planes
Make Raids; italian Ma
chimes Busy,
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The drive of the Russian offensive
in Volhynina. Galicia ad Bukowina
shows little slackening in power, al
though the forward progress of Gem
eral Brusiloff's armies apparently is
much less rapid than in the early
stages of the campaign.
From the Volhynian triangle fort
resses, the Russians have thrust
sharply to the west and southwest In
the former direction they are batter
ing on the Austrian defensive line
along the Styr and the Stokhod, not
more than thirty miles from Kovel,
the important railway junction essen
tia. to close connection between the
southern Teutonic armies and those
of the north.
Close to Galicia.
In the latter direction they have
scored new progress and now are close
to the Galician border, pushing down
the railway from Dubno. The cur
rent Russian official statement re-
ports the occupation of Radzilowo,
less than ten miles from Brody. across
the frontier line and approximately
sixty miles northeast of Lemberg, the
Galician capital, the Russian obiec-
tive in this drive. Berlin records the
participation of German troops in the
fighting against the Russians, report
ing General Won Linsingen's forces en-
gagged in the Stokhod-S -Styr sector and
others under General Count Won Both
h stro IN, hot n
of Przewolka.
Artillery at Verdun.
On the western front the fighting
at Verdun has again been left to the
artillery for the most part The Ger
mans are violently shelling French
positions in the Dead Man hill sec
tion, and incidentally have made hand
grenade attacks in this vicinity, which
Paris declares were futile.
Rome announces an important sue
cess northeast of Asiago, ip the Trent
ino, where several positions at the
head of the Frenzela valley were cap
tured. Vienna reports the complete
failure of italian attacks in the Dolo-
mites and likewise of assaults upon
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plateau.
Airmcn Are Busy.
Airmen have been unusually active
on the various fronts. Austrian ayia-
tors raided Padua and Italian towns
nearby; German machines have
dropped bombs freely OF several
points of military Importance along
the western front, including Bar lie
Due, and Dunkirk, and a French air
squadron has bombarded various rail-
road stations behind the German lines
The Italian aeroplanes also have been
busy, one squadron of thirty-seven
machines dropping proJectiles on Aus
trian encampments north of Asiago
Turks Claim Victory.
Constantinople announces the dis
orderly retreat of British forces which
We're defeated in attempting to cross
the Euphrates river. in Mesopotania,
and the driving back of Russian
troops which appeared on the Persian
frontier near Bana.
An attack by three torpedo boats of
the entente allies on the Austrian sea-
port of Parenzo, in Istria, was q fail
ure, according to Vienna. Austrian
coast batteries and aeroplanes driving
off the hostile craft.