The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-06-16
RUSSIANS ADVANCE
RAPIDLY IN drive
GAIN BANKS OF iKWA AND STYR
AND CROSS STREAMS TO CON.
TINUE ATTACK AGAINST FOES
FRENCH LOSE FORT VAUx
Italians Have Been Able to Make
Stand and Check Austrian Advance
Against Them-Situation in
Turkey, Etc,
Latest From War Fronts.

IateSL FROM war fFontS'
Having recaptured Lutsk, one Of the
triangle of Russian forts In Volhynia,
from the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, the Rus
slams are pressing their adversaries
westward. II numerous places, not
only have the Russians gained the
banks of the Ikwa and Styr rivers, but
have crossed the streams and con.
tinued their offensive against their
foes. In the region Of Kovel, midway
between Lutsk and Brest-Litovsk and
In the vicinity of RoVno, southeast OF
the fortress, the Russians have begun
actions against the Austro-Hungarians.
Likewise in Galicia there has been
no letup in the Russian attacks against
the soldiers of the dual monarchy,
from whom they have captured along
the lower reaches Of the Stripa river
heavily fortified positions. In the
fighting the Russians have materially
added to their prisoners and their
stores of captured guns, machine guns
and war materials,
Gains Of considerable proportions by
the Russians over the Teutonic allies,
by the Turks over the Russians and
by the Germans over the British are
recorded in the latest official com.
municatiOns from Petrograd, Constan'
tinople and London. In the region OF
Verdun violent artillery combats are
in progress, while on the Austro- Ital'
Ian line the Italians continue to hold
the Austrians from further advances.
Fort Vaux, lying some five miles
northeast of Verdun, which for weeks
past the French had been stubbornly
defending against terrific onslaughts
by the Germans, has at last fallen
into the hands Of the Teutons, accord.
ing to Berlin. The men who defend.
ed the fortress to the last surrendered
to the Germans, who also captured q
large number CT machine guns and
mine throwers.
In the fighting that is going on from
the Pripet marshes to the Roumanian
frontier the Russians In their big Of.
fensive movement have dislodged the
Teutonic allies from fortified positions
and have brought their aggregate OF
men captured up to about $1,000. They
have also taken seyenty-seven guns,
1874 machine guns and ,forty-nine bomb
throwers. Among the prisoners are
900 officers.
This offensive is declared to be a
carefully co-ordinated movement and
the Russians are said to have a plen.
tiful supply Of ammunition and men.
With the roads now in good condi.
ton their maneuvers are expected to
develop swiftly. The number of the
Teutonic allies facing the Russians Is
reported to be 100000 men.
The Turks in Asia Minor, near Bal.
burt and Erzingan, again have at.
tempted an offensive against the Rus.
SLAMS, but Petrograd says their efforts
failed.
The Austrians still are being held
from further advances and with heavy
losses by the Italians, according to
Rome. In the Valdarsa and Pasubio
sectors and on the front between the
Posina and Astico rivers, vicious Aus.
trian attacks have been put down and
the Italians have gained some ground
against the Austrians on the western
slopes of Monte Cingeo.