The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-12
Russian Left Wing Again Co
ing Forward in Great Drive
Through Carpathians
STANISLAU'S CAPTURE
HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT
Austrians Fled Holly Pursued
by Russians Along Line Of
Stanislau-Lemberg Railroad.
No Stopping the Bear

London, Aug. 1f.-Stanislau,
next to Lemberg the most impor-
tant railway city in Galicia. has
fallen to the Russians.
General Letchitsky's army,
which has been hammcring ut
the ctty's gntes for more than a
week, taking one fortified barrier
aitcr another, captured it's objer-
i've yesterday in swift DASH
across the river Czarna Bystritxa.
The cty's fall was officiaily an
nounced by Pctrogrnd tonight
and is admitted by the Austrian
war Office, which In its statement
tonight says:
I'VE evacuated stanislau with
out a fight"
The garrison and the army which
had been defending the city's eastern
approaches escaped. Fleeing north
ward along the Stanislau-L emberx
Railway. the Teuton forces are hotly
pursued in the direction OF Halves.
another important railway town III
teen miles to the north.
The capture OF this town ID be-
iieved TO be only a matter Of hours
Move Forward I'm Oarpathians.
Meanwhile the Russian left wing.
acting In conjunction with Letchif
skys stanfslau army. resumed III
drive against the Tcuton Carpathfst1
forces and captured Deiatyn. Their
their main base. according to official
admission tonight. Petrograd Is ST.
lent on this success. but all indica-
tons are that the long and bitterly
fought for Russian aim. to separate
'she Teuton southern Awang from tina
northern army. is near It's realization.
II 1t Is not already accomplished.
Victors in Sereth Valley.
Simultaneous with these successes
In southeastern Galic!a, the Russians
scored further Roadway in the north
west OF the Crown land in the Sefeth
valley. capturing two fortified posi-
tons The fact that both the Rus
sian and Austrian officials tonight
speak repeatedly OF evacuation as
in the case Of stanislau and the sereth
positions indicates that the Teutons
have begun their long retreat along
the whole line from south OF Brody
TO the Carpathian foothills. thus en-
ablinE the Cars forces to push their
drive on Lemberg from the east and
southeast. The Galieian capital Ii
now threatened by the Russian
away. and by Lechitsky's forces now
hombarding Hayes, sixty miles to the
south.
Nothing Is said in the official re-
ports tonight regarding the opera
tons in Volhynia and further north.
A drive by Field Marshal Won Hin,fen-
burg in the north with Riga and
Dvinsk as immediate objectives and
a successful counter-offensive by Count
Won Linsingen's vohynia army now
seem the only chance to avert a Teu.
ton retirement from the Baltic to the
Carpathians.
Second Big Success In Fortnight.
The capture Of the Stanislau IL the
second important success scored by
the Russians In 4 little more than two
weeks. 1t comes close on the heels
OF the fall Of Brody. the northeast
ern gate" OF Lemberg. Stanislau
had been recaptured by the Austrians
on June of last year and had been
in their hands ever since. Its fan
means Russian advance since June
8. when General Brusilofrs present
from where the old line was. south
OF Buczacz. The loss Of 30 impor-
tant railway city and the probable
consequences are expected to have 4
great moral effect on the Austrian
population and on the morale Of the
army, particularly in view OF the re.
cent appointment Of the Hapsburg
throne heir, Archduke Karl Franx
Joseph. as chief OF the
armies In Galicia.
General Letchitsky's successful
drive on Stanislau from the southeast
and east automatically enabled his
right wing operating on the Koropice
River to the west Of Bucxacx 70 push
forward Threatened by an attack
from the rear on the part OF the Rus.
slams. who are driving northward
form Stanislau, the Teuton forces on
the Koropice were forced into q hasty
retreat and are now racing westward