The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-18
RUSSIANS N COMMAND
Of tthbfRG RAILROAD
Occupy Point Within Few Miles of
Important Line OF Commu-
nicauon.
FRENCH TAKE TRENCHES
UNDER BIG GERMAN GUNS
Hill 1871 In veriun Sector Falls to Al
lies Despite Violent Bombardment.
Italians Infiict Heavy Losses Upon
Austrtans,

London, June l7.-The Russians In
their drive on Iemberg. the fortified
Galician capital. have occupied Rad
yiviloff, within eight miles OF Brody,
on the Lemberg- Dubno- Rovno Rail
way This capture, aside from secur-
command OF this important railway
line of communication, serves TO
straighten the Russian front, which
was advanced considerably yesterday
IN the fighting around kremenee.
The sharp Russian advance indi-
rateti-tarr1e ON the heels ef-reperts
that stubborn Austrian resistance had
given a temporary check to the Rus
slams in their great offensive. An in
cessant hail of shells is pouring thick
" into the Ausfro German rams from
a supply which apparently is mex
haustible.
More Russian heavy guns have been
brought up and huge reinforcement Is
for the Cars troops have appeared
near Torchin tTorezy). west OF Lutsk
and at Horodenka, west OF the Dnies-
ter and north OF Sniatiny.
Official Acknowledgment of the
strength of the Austro- German resist
dINE Is III All oiiItidi sid
from Petrograd.
Russians Score Big Breach.
The Petrograd correspondent of
Lloyd's News teleEraphs as follows:
The advance is continuing and the
gap made at Lutsk being broadened
and deepened The result OF the Of
fensive so far ,s that the Russians
have breach sixty miles long and
forty-two miles deep In the northern
flank of Austro German front and in
the southern flank another breach
sixty miles long and thirty miles deep.
''Of the four Austrian armies. that
OF General Pfaozer. defending Buko-
wilma, is driven into corner and cut
off from the armies In Galicia: Cen
eral Won Bothmer's army on the
Strypa is heavily hit only on it's right
wing"
General Won Bothmer's left wing.
together with General Boehm- Ermolli
army, maintains an energetic resist
ance on the approaches to Lemberg.
while Prince Joseph Ferdina nd s
army In Voihynia has been so bodily
smashed as to appear completely dis
organized
German Action Brisk.
Petrograd, June IA dispatch
from Minsk says the Austro- Germans
south OF the Pripet.
London. June 1.-THE terrific Ger
man bonn bardment of the French pe-
sition around Hill 3e4 has been great
ly intensified during the last twenty
four hours, according to French re-
ports tonight
The German statement simply says
that In the Meuse district the artil-
lery activity has increased to great
violence"
But tonights report from Paris
says that not only are the Germans
hammerins steadily against the
French first line around this important
height. but the French second line In
the region of Chattancourt has beer
brought under the German fire.
The Paris report Chronicles q
French attack against the German po-
sition north Of Hill 321 In whicS sew.
eral sections OF trench were taker
and about thirty prisoners brought
back. On this, the east side of the
river the German artillery fire also
has been directed violently against tn.
French batteries south OF Fort vaux