The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-03
GREAT BATTLE FOR
CzERNOWITZ RACES
Russians Storm Heights. Cap
turing 900 Prisoners
with Is Officers.
$1,000. 1000 MEN ENGAGED
New MuscOvite Offensive in
Galicia Is in Full
Swing.
1900. 900 MEN ENGAGED

Sp,ciai cable Despatch 10 Tar SITS.
IoNpoN. Jan. 2-The great battle IN
ca,i,ja which has been foreshadow"d
for some days by the concentration o'
heavy Russian and Teuton forces. mas
begun I'm earnest, and according To an
official statement issued in Petrograd to-
night the Russians thus tar nave tne
upper hand Czernowitz, capital or tne
Rukow ina has become the centre OF 'he
aghting The Russians report that t1eN
stormed heights before the city ana 'ooN
900 prisoners. including tfteen oihcers'
The citys population ~ held reau! io'
evacuation. -.
czernowitz was taken by the Russians
in tho first Galician drive and was re-
taken by the Austrians exactly year
later. since then II has been firmly held
by the Teutons. ,t.
The Austro- German forces in Galicia
are estimated at 100000 men. and the
Car is believed to have an army OF AZ
most equal numerical strength, inc'hn-
ing the strong forces recently w1thdra"h
from Bessarabia.
The hattie around Czernowitz began
three days ago. and a decisive result ~
eagerly awaited here. The outcome ul
the fshting Is counted upon TO inhuehce
Rumania into definitely going on one
side or the other
The Russian official statement says
On the Strypa front the Austrians
before our attacks were forced 10 re-
tire ON new positions. Near Czerno-
witz. i'm "A particularly heavy engage
meut. we captured several heights ana
took fifteen officers and 500 men pris-
oners. We captured three Hach'he
guns and one bomb mortar.
rMladc. in which German armored
motor car took part. occurred on the
Baiiun road.
south nf Jacobstadt and around the
podunay farm there was artillery ana
rife fire.
North Of Czartorysk the Austrians
were twice rcpulsed In attacks on our
for,tf,cationS and fell back With heavy
! losses to their original positions.
Vienna CONFIRMS Report.
An AUSTRIAN officia, statement issued
,es,erda, confirms that fighting In east
ern Calicia continues with undiinlnisheo
violence and speaks of short Russiar
! advanc.. northeast OF Buczacz. husslaf
| artillery nring lasted until night. tn.
report saws, when the Russians attacked
| the Austrian wire entanglements fv'
! times, but were repulsed.
| The Russians. according TO the oiNclh
! report issued Yesterday al IetroErad
crossed the Styr between the kovel am
;hc Sarny railroad and the villag" :"
rZartorysk Austro-'ierman attempts =
drive IN. cars troops To the right banF
failed other local successes are as
serted by the report.
The kovcl-Sarny sector OF the war
saw-kicff railway runs due north OF tn
Volhynian fortress triangle formed b'
puhno. LutZk and Rovno. OF thes'
Royno is the only one still held by IN
Russians by crossing the Styr IN tn
region north Of the Nolhynian line IN
Russians have pushed the Austr"-ier
mans further to the north and REDUCED
the menace to Rovno, which is the prin
cipal aim OF the Teutons.
The statement follows
on the front from the Gulf OF Riga
10 the Pripet region there is no change
IN the situation.
Desperate Fighting Continues.
South of the Pr!pet the firing cor
tinues with undiminshed despera-
tion. In the sector of the Styr. be-
tween the kove and Sarny Railroad
cnd the village Of Czartory SIX. We
crossed to the left bank OF the StyI
and captured the village of khriasi
Desperate counter attacks by the
enemy with the object OF driving
, us back to the right bank of the Styr
were unsuccessful. as also were at
tempts to expel us from the region oi
Milasheff. southeast of kolk!.
$ North of the station of OlfEa W.
advanced and consolidated the con
auered position.
= ON the front of the River strip;
e We occupied two lines OF enem'
= trenches. In the region OF l'scieczk'
= We drove back the enemy to the righ
v bank OF the Dniester.
= Between the Dniester front and Ru
A mania we reached the enemy wir
a entanglements and broke through
= them and consolidated the groun
= won
Caucasus front--Our scouts at
q tackled Turkish advanced post o
q the spur OF Mount Karatasch. sout
V OF Korassan, on Wednesday last. GU
$ scouts bayonetted the sentinels an
= penetrated the shelters where ther
Il were reenforcements. The scout
bombed the shelters and killed tn
survivors when they attempted to es
cape.
=, In the region south OF Lake Erll
u miah the Russian detachment retire
;. toward Mendoza under pressure G
;, ;, stronger enemy force
~ The following statement was issued
~ the German War Office to-day:
@ Feeble Russian attacks at severe
Is places were repulsed \ Pussian dt
.s tachment gained n temporary succes
,t by entering German position mort
n of Lake Drisviaty.