Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23
26,0OO PRISONERS TAKEN
IN RECENT OPERATIONS
Cars Forces Report Penetration Of
Enemy Trenches South
Of Riga.
BATTLE FOR KovEL NEARs
Conflict Is Expected to Prove One
of the Most Important
of the Whole
War,

War.
LONDON, July 22.-The en-
tente allied offensive, which
swings between the western and
eastern fronts with almost clock
like regularity and in a manner
almost completely to prevent the
central powers from making any
considerable transfers of troops
from front to front, now is CEN
tered on the Russian front.
The forces under Gen. SAX
haroff have taken the offensive
energetically and their victory in
the salient formed by the juno
ton of the Lipa and Styr rivers,
southwest of Lutsk, today ap-
pears to be much more impor-
tant than either the official claims
from Petrograd or the Austro-
German admissions of yesterday
indicated.
Thousands Captured.
Gen. Sakharoff has the enemy
retreating in disorderly flight be-
fore his forces. Having forced
the passages of the Styr and
Lipa, the Russian troops already
are beyond Berestechk, having in
two days fighting taken prisoner
from the Austro-Germans 800
officers and 1900 men. In addi-
ton the Russians have captured
quantity of war booty. The num-
Der of Austro-Germans captured
in the operations on the eastern
front since July 19 now totals
5000.
Fierce engagements have taken
place south of Riga, and Russian
troops have penetrated the Ger
man first line at several points,
SAYS the official statement issued
by the war Office.
Established on Right Bank.
By his success in driving the Austro-
Germans from the Styr-Lipa salient,
Gen. Sakharof has established his
forces firmly on the right bank OF the
Lipa up to about twenty kilometers
(about thirteen miles) above its confiu-
ence with the Styr.
Meanwhile, Gen. Kuropatkin is still
pressing forward against the forces or
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg on the
Dvina front, south of Riga and north
of Smorgon. According to military
critics in Petrograd. battle is in
preparation in the neighborhood of
Koyel the objective of the Russian
drive across the Stokhod, which will
prove one of the most important con-
flicts of the whole war.
Russian Official Report
The Russian official statement says:
.On the left wing of the Riga posi-
ton attacks on the Germans continued.
Northeast of Smorgon, in the region OF
the village of Martyschi, another fortu-
nate coup enabled US to capture a por-
ton of an enemy trench during the
lently bombarded the sector east OF
South of the Lipa our troops are
still driving the enemy back They
have passed Berestechk and have ad-
yanced farther to the west.
Gen. Sakharoff Thursday and Friday
.ook prisoner 800 officers. including a
general and a colonel, and 1900 men.
making the captures of Austro-German
rooms in the operations since July Is
.otai $4,000. We also took a large quanti-
" of guns and material, yet unestimated.
Whole Regiment Surrenders.
I'm the region of the villages of werben
md Piliasohovo, on the right bank of the
,tyr. south of its confluence with the
ina. we surrounded the 18th Austrian
-.andwehr Regiment, which surrendered
n its entirety.
"In the region of Vorokhta on the road
rom Delatyn to Maramoros Sziget. We
.onuuered the heights yesterday, taking
prisoners and three machine guns. West
Il Yaremtschie, in the same direction. We
aptured a company of Austrian troops
md machine guns.
Germans Claim Success.
The German official statement, reporting
perations on the eastern front, says:
..On both sides of Ekau Bandenburg
esiments withstood strong Russian mass
Lttacks, which were resumed In the after
loon and continued into the night hours
All attacks broke down with the heav-