The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-07-08
RUSSIANS FOLLOW
UP THEIR ADVANCE
TAKE TWO VILLAGES
AND RAILWAY STATION
Violent Fighting Goes On Un-
checked With Russians
Sweeping Onward

| PETROGRAD. July I (via London
tT:20 p. m) m)-Following up their ao-
vance in the region of the lower Styr,
| the Russians have occupied two vii
llases and a railway station. The war
office announcement of today says the
villages OF Komarow and Grady anu
| the railway station Of Manevltchl are
now in Russian hands.
The official communication says:
! "The battles west of the lower Styr
are continuing with much success LOT
US. In the Galusia-Optovo-Fa!tcetzk
region We have taken possession OF
! fortified Austrian and German posi-
tions... The enemy took flight under
the fire of our. artillery. Our cavalry.
pursuing, charged into them in the
region of Foltcetzk and captured a
krupp battery Of six cannon when
! hardly had time to fire few shots.
At the end of the violent battle we oc..
cupied the villages Of komarow and
Grady.
; According to the latest reports. our
cavalry carried the railway station OF
Manevitchi and in the course Of the
pursuit captured another battery OF
J four cannot and three pieces of heavy
South of the river Stokhod and in
! the region of the lower Lipa there
have been artillery duels.
In Galicia. near Gliadki, the enemy:
after having exploded number OF
mines, attempted to begin an offensive
but was repulsed. According to the
latest information, the prisoners taken
! on. July 4 and west of the lower Styr
were 27o officers and $500 men. The
:. following booty has been registered ur
to the present: 90 machine guns. 5
bomb throwers. 3 mine throwers and
more than 5000 rifles.
! Offensive RepuIsed.
Northwest of Kimpolung tSouth-
: ern Bukowina) the enemy undertook
an energetic offensive. which we re-
PEELED. Sc.
! "On the Dvina front. in the region
of Dvinsk and doYt to the region Of
/. Poland, violent artillery engagements
occurred ar several points. South
west Of Lake Narocz as the outcome
! of a fierce bayonet attack. We captur-
| ed from the Germans. part OF their
! first line trenches. Violent counter
! attacks by the Germans are conunu-
4: ing. -. 1880.
, ."East,o Raranovichi the enemy un-
dertook several attacks.
! Successes against the Turks IN the
region along the Tchoruk River, north
J west. OIL 6TZeTuIu. uIAlSu al LACAla'
!! as the result OF which several COM
manding heights were occupied by the
! Russians. are reorted by the war Of
; fee today's official statement. The
repulse of Turkish attacks in the Tre.
! bizond region also is announced.
! The statement regarding opera
/, tons in the Caucasus follows:
j I'm the region of Djivizlik. early on
i. the morning of July ). the Turks, sup
+! ported BY artillery, attacked with
+: strong effectiveness sector of our
| positions and succeeded in forcing
+; our trenches. They were driven out
again by US at the point of the bay
onet and BY bomb throwing. Two
: fresh Turkish attacks in succession
I.were driven back. More than 800
enemy dead remained IN front of our
trenches. together with a large guam
! tity of arms and military equipment.
East of the region of Baihurt (65
miles northwest Of Erzerum), after
/ having weakened by our fire enemy
! troops which undertook violent fut
j fruitless counter attacks. we are fol-
| lowing up our progress at many points
and have taken possession of several
{ dominating heights elaborately forti-
fed by the. Turks.