The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-06
Capture Railroad on Which
Enemy's Army Depends.
occupy Numerous Towns in
GaIicia Advance.
ANNIHILATES ENEMY BY RUSE
Let Austrians Get Within 100
PAGES, Then Open Fire.
In Attack on German Center
1000 Prisoners Taken

IL PetroeFad, July 6.---Russian troops
have captured the village and railway
estation of MikuIiczyn, tthirty-eight
eaniles south of Stanislau, thus cutting
aone of the main Austrian lines of
Communication to Lemberg and the
main railway over which General
Bothmer's Austro-German army re-
cefved supplies.
Capture of Mikuliczyn was officially
announced today after an earlier bull
Ietin had been issued, announcing the
getting of the railway. The war Of
zfroe announced that several other Aus
TRAN positions on the Russian left
flank were captured, indicating that
SPECIFICALLY all of the southeastern cor
ner of Galicia is now cleared of Aus
ftrian troops.
Take 449 Survivors.
I'm the region of Noulkagaluikal
enemy counter attacks in close forma-
Zion were repulsed. One enmey de-
tachment was allowed to approach
10 within 100 PAGES of the Russian
spositions before the Siavs opened fire.
SsFhe detachment was nearly an
initiated The Russians took 449
prisoners on this sector.
ION the right bank of the Dneister,
the Austrians were routed, the czar 5
sztroops occupying a sector west or
STANDARDIZATION, taking several hun
edred prisoners.
49, Get First Line Trench at Riga.
8f Heavy fighting continues east and
southeast of Baranovitchi, where the
Russians are attacking the German
sseenter One Russian division cap
zJured more than 1000 Germans. In
seAe region of Verchnitchorkh, the
Russians have taken numerous prt-
tsoners, rifles and other material On
the Riga front, German first line
Trench was captured by the Russian
left wing, which took prisoners and
rnachine guns.
official War Bulletin.
g Petrograd, July 5, via London, July
s6s--An official communication issued
from general headquarters last night
says:
"On Ihe western front near Vulka-
5ffalouziskai, a MASSIVE enemy forna-
ton delivered counter attacks but
was rcpulsed.
t%-'During a hostile counter attack
against sthe village of Kostiukkovka,
The advance guards were annihilated.
We took two officers and 257 men
Prisoners.
5sffThe enemy operating in the region
of the right bank of the Dneister was
e9yerwhelmed and put to flight. We
seized part of the enemy's organized
fosition, west of the line of ESsakof-
ssstdattcheff. We made some hundred
prisoners.
Aeroplanes Raid Minsk.
essse Halfway on the right line from
s,elatyn to Korosmezo we captured the
Village of Mikospchine.
IN several sectors of the left wing
Xxx the Riga front we captured prison.
era and machine guns. The Germans
made further attacks but were re.
pulsed by our artillery fire. .-
- I'm the region north and southeas
of Baranovitchi the fighting continues
According to fresh information one Of
--oIrr divisions took twenty-seven Off
GERS and 1000 men prisoners.
~ Yesterday a hostile aeroplane flew
over Minsk and dropped thirty-on,
bombs, wounding three men, sever
fiwomen and two children.
fii Caucasus front: Our elements ad
vanced in the upper Tchoruk region
took prisoners and captured a grea
quantity of rifles, cartridges, bombs
and tents"