Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-07-30
RUSSIAN DRIVE IS !
OPENING THE way /
ON TOWARD kOvEL|
Germans Being Pressed Back
and Direct Blow at Armies
Defending Vladimir u
Expected Soon.
GAIN SIXTY-MILE FRONT
Estimate of the Results Of the
First Half Of Summer Cam
paign Made.
TAKE MANY PRISONERS
GAIN sIxTY-MILE FRONT
TAKE MANY PRISONERS

compelled to halt their advance for
several weeks before combined Aus
trian and German resistance on the \
northern wing of General Brussiloffs
front, the Russians have again scored
an important success and are press.
ing the Germans back along the en-
tire front from the Kovel-Lutsk rail-
way as far south as Brody.
Although the official war Office
statement gives no particulars of this
new penetration of the Tcutonic lines,
it apparently took place south of
Kiselin on the Vladimir Volynsld
highway and was direct blow e
the Austro-German army defending
adimir-Volynski.
The unexpected widening Of the
breach, begun at Lutsk in the early
days Of the summer campaign, that
has thus been effected Is considered
more significant than the occupation
Of Brody, which was foregone con-
clusion some days ago. The fate Of
Brody was sealed when General SalsA
haroff won his brilliant victory on the
river Solnevka,
Opens Way to Kovel.
The new Russian attack south Of
Lutsk not only threatens Vladimir-
Volynski, but opens the possibility Of
a successful attack on Kovel from
the south, since an important rail.
way line connects these points.
The proximity OF the Russians to
Sokol likewise constitutes a definite
threat at Lemberg from that direc.
tion. The chief significance Of the
new advance, however, is the fact
that it is the first decisive success
scored by the Russians against Ger-
man forces in the present campaign.
Since the first breach Of the Lutsk
front, the Germans, taking over the
defense Of Kosel, had been able to
hold the Russians on the line of the
Stokhod
The combined effect OF the two
Russian advances--toward Vladimir-
Volynski and toward Brody-now has
been to drive the Austro-German ar
mics back along a sixty-mile front.
lhe tall OF Brody, however, has not
as yet seriously awakened expecta-
tions. OF an immediate pressing on to
Lemberg by the Russians.
By Rush Of Infantry.
Military critics cali attention to the
strong natural and artificial defenses
PROTECTING the Galician canital II Il
eYpected that the Austrians will n,ake
their first stand in the forest inme.
dlately west OF brody, along the bend
IN the Styr.
According to some confidential Inc
formation, Brody. was taken without
artillery preparation BY an irresistible
rush OF the infantry. The onslaught
was SO sudden and unexpected that
the Austrians had no time to rcmovu
their enormous depots Of munitions
and provisions which they cn-
deavored to destroy, but large part
of which fell into Russian hands.
The latest computation of prison-
ers taken during the first half Of the
summer campaign gives a total Of
$4,000, according to Russian officers,
who estimate also that the total
Austro-German losses, including
killed and wounded, are close to 100.
900. On the basis of these figures.
Colonel Shumsky. military critic OF
the Bourse Gazette. argues that the
Austro-German losses since the be.
ginning Of the war have been fully
half the total of their available
forces.
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