, 1916-08-12
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London, Aug. 8th.-A proclamation fore
shadowing the surrender OF Lemberg, CAPT
TIL of Galicia, was issued by the Governor Of
the city on Aug. 4th, says an Exchange
Telegraph Company despatch from Buchar-
est. On that date, the despatch adds, the
evacuation OF the city by the civilian popu-
lation was ordered. The proclamation
declared the Austrians would return shortly
to wrest Lemberg from the Russians.
London, Aug. 7th-Tke arrest of DR.. En-
nest Meyer, editor Of "Vorwards" is reported
III a telegram received at Amsterdam from
Berlin to the "Central News" "Vorwards" is
the leading Socialist paper Of Berlin.
London, Aug. 7th.-Count Korolyi, az the
head of the Opposition Party, will make vigo-
rous efforts this month to force a separation
of the Austrian and Hungarian armies so that
Hungary may sue foI u separate peace. Ac-
Cording to u letter received from the "MOrn-
ing Posts" correspondent in Budapest, the
"Pestfaplo" asserts that it is due solely to the
Belfsacriicing bravery of the Hungarians that
Austria has not been entirely crushed. The
Austrians, the newspaper says, have not done
us much for the Monarchy or itself in the last
four centuries as the Hungarian army has
done IN the last two years. The cOrrespon-
dent adds that Parliament will reassemble on
AUSOob OtA Wnon OOuuG AOIOlHl VIII upon
q debate on the subject Of u separate Hun
garian army.
Petrograd, Aug. 7th-The official COM
muDication from General Headquarters
issued this evening says; On the Stokhod
IN the region OF Zarecze our troops deliv-
cred an assault and without firing a single
shot drove the enemy out of his trenches
which we occupied. We took IL officers, 200
men, and one machine gun. On Sunday we
captured in this region 10 officers and 5000
men, some of them Germans, also two how
itzers and several machine guns. The fight
ing was very fierce. A great number of
wounded Austro- German prisoners are ar
irving. Caucasus: Under pressure of the
Turks our troops in Persia have retired to
the region east of Kermanshuh.
London, Aug. 8th-The British pushed
forward their lines at places east of Tropes
wood on the Somme front, the War Office
announced to-day. British troops, pursuing
the Turkish forces defeated last week at
Romani, have caught up will the Turkish
rear guard six miles east of Katia about 81
miles to the east of the Suez Canal. Guam
titles of war material are being gathered
by the British from Romani battlefield.
Paris, Aug. .8th-French troops made an
advance last night east of Hill 1879 on the
NOAAN' W. ot'OAAHOS "a AAC 0Vl l
recapture trenches east of Monacu farm
were defeated. TIL Germans this morning
launched a series of powerful attacks on
French positions from the village of Fleury
to q point north of Thiaumont work, They
obtained q footing in the Thiaumont work,
where fighting is still in progress. The
attacks on Fleury were checked. The French
attack north of the Somme was made by
infantry operating on the right of the Brit
ish in the course of an attack made by the
British on Guillemont. The French took
40 prisoners.
Berlin, Aug. 7th.-The Roumanian crisis
is over in the opinion of Balkan specialists
here. Roumania, they say, is safe for the
present and will continue watchfully neu-
trail, pending developments in the southeast
ern theatre of war which, it is thought here,
should be OF a character not to tempt the
Roumanian Government to abandon lis safe
neutrality.
Rome, Aug. 8th.-The. announcement by