The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-13
Germans Strike In Force From Gulf of Riga to Pri- pet Marshes, But Slavs' Rush Is Unabated-Unof- ficial Reports Say Czerno- witz Has Fallen-114,7O0 Prisoners Caught In Mus covite Meshes.

Prisoners Caught In Mus covite Meshes.
 Petrograd, June 1S-A1though se- were storms in Southern Russia have cut off much of the news of Gen. Brusiloff's campaign in volhynta, Galicia and Bukowina. official bull Ietfn declares the Russians are still ad Yancing.t Reports were current here today that Czernowitz. capital of Bukowina, already was in the hands Of the Russians. This, however, can- not be confirmed. The official com rnunication merely says the fighting is in the outskirts of the city.
 Germans Strike in North.
 Enough is made public by the war Office to show that the fighting is furious practically along the whole vast front from Lower Styr to the Rounanian border. The Germans and Austrians appear from the report to be straining every nerve in desperate efforts to retrieve the situation
 These efforts on the part of the Ger mans include, today's bulletin an nounces, attacks in considerable force at many points along the whole northern front from the Gulf of Riga to the Pripet marshes. Most of these attacks pulsed, the Germans only gaining a Iittleg round at one or two points and in one place, west of Riga, actu- ally losing ground.
 lowing to the storms in Southern Russia and consequent temporary rup- ture of telegraphic communications reports are delayed and news of ou1 armies Is restricted" the official re- port says ''Neverth e1ess, it lis con- firmed that Gen. Brusiloff's offensive continued yesterday.
 ''In many sections of the front we are still Rursuing the defeated enemy and in some places we attacked him hotIv. He counter attacked with des- peration The totaf~of our prisoners now amounts to 1,70O officers and Il B. 900 men Gan increase for the day of 51 officers and 1000 men)-
 '"The following details of the fight ing have been received;
 ''In the engagement near RoJItche Cat the Kove1-Rovno railroad cross ing of the Styr, near Lutsk), mention ed yesterday, one of our new ele- ments captured IS officers and 1,185 German soldiers and 26 officers and TAP Austrian soldiers Instead of the round figure of 2.o0o given yester- x day. 4 s.South of Lutsk, on the Ikwa front, Hhe enemy beat a. nasty retreat We are pressing closely on, his heels. s Tn .GaIicia, near GHadki and Vero- bievka, north of Tarnopol, on the morning of the 11th the enemy at 4acked repeatedly and furiously, but was repulsed. In this action our ar tillery distinguished itself by sustain ed gusts of fire, with which it met all the enemy's attacks.
 -s.'In the region of Bobu1intze. lon the Stripa, about five miles north of Buc- zacz) the Austrians, assisted by Ger
 xI-s< 3r-v1 T10 perateIy opposed with a series or counter-a.ttacks, to which our troops replied by further attacks, but were forced to give ground a little at this point The fighting continues with ever-fncreasing desperation.
 ssIn the region south of the Dniester our troops were yesterday already nearing the Zaleszczkyi bridgehead Gin Northwestern Bukowinal and were fighting for the suburbs of Czerno- witz, where heavy explosions were ob- served The enemy blew up a bridge near the Village of Maha1a (about two miles east of Czernowitz). The total number of prisoners made by General Techitsky Is 10000, all Hungarian in fantry and cavalry.
 "On the right wang of the Riga for tress the Germans opened an offen- sive north of the Tirul Marsh (which lies south of the estuary of the Aa, west of Riga) and were repu1sed, af- ter which our troops made fresh ad- vance
 ..On the whole Jakobstadt front the Germans on the morning of the 11th opened a sudden violent artillery and rifle fire Enemy columns then be- gan to advance at some places. but everywhere were driven back to their trenches.
 .sOn the night of the 11th strong German forces after artillery prep earation took the offensive south of of Dyinsk), but were obliged to retire by our concentrated fire. South ot Krevo Cbetween the Villa and the Nieman, east of Vilna) the enemy on the night of the 11th opened a violent artillery fire and then took the offen- sive with considerable forces south of Kotchany.
 Enemy detachments succeeded in penetrating the wood west of Kotch- any, but under our artillery fire and hail of hand grenades were com pe11ed to evacuate most of it. On the banks of the Jasio1da Ca northern trib- utary of the Pripet) we repulsed an enemy offensive.''
 sfans for the third time during the war have entered Czerowitz is not officially confirmed, an official report of the capture of the city is expected, as it is not believed the Austrians can hold the city after their Dniester line is broken. A despatch from Bucharest says the Austrians have already evac- pated 1t and retired to a line four miles further west.
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