New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-12

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tachments began to cross to the otneII
bank. meanwhile pouring rife anu
machine gun FIRE into the retreaIlh.
enemy.
Russian Successes Recorded.
An earlier statement read;
Fierce fighting is continuing on the
River Stokhod, in the region o.
Nikhliabachey, the village OF NuIsh.
Lubaohevska, the little town VI
Stobyvy and the village OF Aaroehe,
0r the River Sareth our troops are
advancing as result OF herce hgn''ne
The enemy is making desperate re.
sistance, alternating between oelehs. "
actions and counter attacks. Notwl'h-
stsnd;ne, tho enemy's efforts to stem
our advance our gallant troops, under
General Sakbarof, by series oil re.
heated attacks. pushed the enemy GU.
Of villages and woods on the righ,
hank Of the river and having reached
the ridge commanding the heights they
are fighting before the village OF lrosl-
aneonesgrovoe.
One Of our cavalry regiments at
tackled the enemy's infantry, and by q
second attack on the flank Of the dense
masses of Germans threw them INTO
complete disorder. In this way thelf
advance was stopped.
In this region the gallant troops OF
General EkR took in battles between
August 4 and August 10 total OF
IN. 2ss officers and $4,000 men. In ad-
dition over 1000 wounded Austrlans
and Germans were captured. M
rumber includes two staff officers, lOA
Eeutenants and 4.S72 men, who were
taken in one days battle on Augusl
10. The losses Of the enemy in killed
or wounded. according 10 the state
ments of prisoners, were enoSmous'
Monasterzyska Occupied.
In the region of the Monasterzyska-
Nizniow Railway the successes OF our
troops are developing, and they con-
finue TO advance. Ore Of our infantry
regiments, having driven out the enemy
from the wood northwest of the village
of Dubenka, on the River Koropiec
broke into the southern part OF the
town Of Monasterzyska, where hghting
is continuing. The enemy forces, con,
sisting mostly of Germans, launched
counter attacks, which everywhere were
repelled by our troops. We took mere
$500 men and the commander OF an
Austrian regiment, with the entlre regi-
mental staff and chaplain.
an a westerly direction our troops
reached the left bank of the Zlota Lipa
capturing during the engagement the
village OF Lazaruvka and taking more
than 1000 AustrO-German prisoners
One Of our Orenburg Cossack regiments
launched here cavalry attack, taxing
more than 200 prisoners and capturing
three machine guns.
A German regiment, kcTa5 -rcsseo
the River Zlota Lips, near the vliag'
of Zadaruv, attempted counis! a;
tack on the position we occupied, Du'
was repealed with enormous losses. Gun
, brave cavalry detachments. having
: forded the mouth of the River Iiota
Lipa, attacked the repealed enemy ana
pursuing him, reached the left bank OF
the Dniester in the bend TO the south
of the village Of Ustiezielone (south-
west Of Monasterzyska).
The total number of prisoners taken
during the battles of August 8 and 9
amounts - 1000.
In t., direction of Stanislau our
troops reached with their right flank
the River Dniester, south of Marian
pol. and they also reached the right
bank OF the Bystritza, where they are
constructing bridges. In the region OF
Vorokhta and Chibeni our troops capt
ured in battle several heights.