The Washington times., 1916-06-24
Cars Forces Occupy Three
Cities, All Of Strategic I'm
portance.
eALIcAN FRONTIER PASSED
Austrians In Flight Evacuate
Kuty, City Of 10000 Popu-
lation, on River.

LONDON, June H.-The whole OF the
Austrian crownland of Bukowina, with
the exception Of the western foothills Of
the Carpathians. whittier the. Aus
trians are now retreating. is in the
hands of the Russians. All the agri-
cultural sections of the rich province
lie behind the Russian lines.
The right wing of the Russian army
sweeping through Bukowina has cross
ed the Gu.ician frontier. capturing the
important town Of Kuty. Petrograd re-
ports.
The Austrlans evacuated Kuty. a city
of about II. 900 Inhabitants. Immediately
after the capture OF Visnit&, across the
river. by E strong Russian detachment.
1t was toward Kuty that n part of
General rflanzcr's demoralized army
fed IN the retreat from Czernowitz.
hoping TO form n junction with the main
Austrian army In Galicia.
General Brusiloff's left wing yester-
day took the three important railway
towns. Gurahumora, In the south
Straza. In the center, and Widnitz. in
the northwest. The Austro- Hunga ria n
army which defended tre crov'r'- ~
seems to have remained irtact and is
expected to make a stand in the Car
pathian passes. Only SEQ men were cap
tured by tho Russians in the taking OF
Widnitz, and no other captures are an
nounced by Petrograd.
In the center as we'll as in northern
Volhynla the Situation underwant no
substantial change during the last
twcnty-four hours. rhe Austro- Hun.
garians. re-enforced. according 10 the
Russian war office, Sy Germans frcni
the Trcntino. are resisting tho urceas-
ing thrusts os Brnsiloff's troops with
increasing atubtorness.
The Ge-mnn war offre rsserts that
~ nf t-L yH.ra
the Russinns are trvi,r ~ break
through tn Knrcl NJ MuscoN''o attacks
have been beaten down md that the
Teuton advance IN that region contin-
ues.
Fighting North of Pinsk.
On Field Marshal Won Hndenburg's 4
front the fighting has extended to the
Oginsky camel front. north of Pinsk.
Tho canal separates the Russian and
Teuton lines and the German offensive
movement here is desiened to add ia
the pressure exertnd against General
Brislcff's northern wing. Berlin re-
ported this afternoon German advance
near the Reresina, west OF Minsk. The
Russian war office tHserts that Ger
man attacks in the Dwinsk region were
repulscd.
General steEelmann. OF the Russian
army has been wounded. according tc
PetrogrNd.
lntTt UTe lnulCutlOnS OF ETeateT teT
man activity in extreme north. on Gen
eral Kuronatkins front.
The Germ ans have attempted severa
times in the PAST fcw days to start
offensive movements in this region with
the purpose of drawing off Russian
troops from the Galician battle front
but each time the German attack ha.
been broken UP.
The Russian Report.
The Russian official statement fol
lows:
AT Dwinsk tho Germans were re
pulsed.
Enemy aeroLianes threw bombs OF
tho station of Mcledetchno.
"Around the oRinski Canal there ha'
been fight ng since Wednesday. Gen
ecal SteGUlriani. las been wounded.
"On General Bruslloff's front the en-
emy !s receiving re-enforcements from
the French Gnd Italian fronts.
"1n the Bukowina we occupied Gura
humora, Strasa. and Widnitz, capturin,
Sn mer. The enemy Is retreatipg to
ward the Carrathians."
The German statement said:
Army =roup of Field Marshal Vol
Hindenbur9: As n result of our ad
vance near the Beresina, east OF Bogda
now. forty-hve prisoners. two machine
guns, and two revolver cannon wer
captured.
Army sroup of Prince Leopold
Northeast OF Csaritschi, weak enem,
detachments advancing against tn
canal positions were repulsed, with san
culinary losses.
Army group If General Won Linsingen
In spite OF repeated counter-attacks
our attacks wet and southwest o