The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-07-13
RUSSIANS CAPTURE
$4,000 TEUTONs
Railway Town Captured Taken in
Drive on KoveI.
MANY TOWNS ARE IN FLAMES
Petrograd Says Teutonic Forces Are
Fleeing in Great Disorder on the
Lower Stokhod Berlin
Claims Attacks RepuIsed.

Petrograd, via London, July TO-
Important gains by the Russians are
announced in war Office statements.
The report says that In southern Ga
licia, the important railway town of
! Delatyn has been captured. In the
drive toward Kovel the Russians have
taken two more villages. On the lower
! Stokhod the Teutonic forces are retir-
ing in great disorder. A statement de-
clared that in two days of fighting be-
tween the Styr and the Stokhod 1000
unwounded prisoners were taken. The
announcement follows:
"Our offensive on the lower Stok-
hod continues. The enemy is retiring
In great disorder.
"South of the Sarny-Kovel railway
the villages of .Goulevitchi and Ka-
chova have been occupied after fight
ing. Further south there are fires
everywhere In the region of the vii
lagos of Arsenoyitchi, Janoyka and
Douchteh. 4,
Seize War Supplies.
'sIn southern Galicia, General Itch
itzy occupied Delatyn after violent
fighting. Delatyn is a railway juno
ton of great importance. Depots Of
war material, steel shields, grenades,
cartridges, iron and wire, abandoned
by the enemy, have been captured at
many points.
I'm the sector east and northeast Of
Baranovichi very lively fighting con-
tinues. The enemy Is offering desperate
resistance"
DisIodged on the Pripet.
A previous official statement says:
"The troops of General Brussiloff
are approaching the StOkhod river and
everywhere overthrowing the enemy,
which is resisting desperately. We dis
lodged the enemy from numerous
points south Of Nobel on the Pripet
river. The enemy is falling back on
the lower Stokhod.
''At night our cavalry charged enemy
infantry and Hungarian hussars in
the region of the village of Noraya
Bouda, situated southwest of LesZnev-
ka, seven versts (about Ave miles)
from the Stokhod and south of TrOya-
nOvka. They sabered numerous hus-
sars and scattered the remainder
through the woods.
"Our valiant troops captured a for
tilted position east of the villages Of
Ugly and NavOz, between the the Styr
and the Stokhod, north of SOkui. They
made numerous prisoners and cap
tured three mOrtarS. Afterward some
Of our troops, pressing on the enemy's
heels, crossed the StOkhOd in the re-
gion of the village of Ugly.
Take 1890 Prisoners.
According to an approximate esti-
mate during the fighting from July 5
to July between the Styr and the
Stokhod we took prisoner at least
300 officers, including two regimental
commanders, and about 10000 I'M
wounded men. We also took not less
than forty-five guns Of large and small
calibers, about forty-fve machine
guns, large quantity of projectiles,
cartridges and arms and stores Of food
and forage.
ION the front of General Evert des-
perate fighting has again broken out
at many places"
RepuIsed, Says Berlin.
Berlin, via London, July 10.-The
Russians have made further violent
attacks on various sectors of the front.
but, the war Office statement says,
We're beaten back with large losses.
The announcement follows:
Army group of Prince Leopold {:
The Russians repeated several times
their strong attacks against the por-
lions OF the front mentioned yester-
day. Zirin, to the southeast of Goro-
dische, and on both sides of the OAR
ovo. The attacks again broke down,
with heavy losses for the Russians.
In the fighting of the last few days
we have captured two officers and 631
men.
Army group of General Won Lin.
singer: Russian attacks at several
points were unsuccessful"