The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-14
RUSSIANS CONTINUE ID PRESS THE ENEMY Retire So Rapidly That Few
 Are Captured
 TORCHIN IS OCCUPIED Obstinate Struggle Continues on the Stripa Front--Fighting at Verdun
 Renewed With Violence-Cana- dians Retake Trenches
IS OCCUPIED

Petrograd, June 13.-(Va London )-The war office announcement of today says that the retreat of the Austro -lIungarlau n and German troops along the Galicia1 ard Volhyrian fronts is proceeding so rapidly that only small number of plis- oners has been captured. in addition to those previously reported. The total is eiven as about 115,70O, as compared with approximately 1147O0 announced yester- day.
 The statement follows:
 "On account of the fact that in many places the Austro- Hungarian and Austro- German troops withdrew rapidly before the blows of our southern army, the number of prisoners has increased only very little The total now amounts to about 17Ce officers and 114,O0O mer
 '"The enemy left enormous quantities of military tooty everywhere in the terri tory evacuated. General Letchitzky's command since the opening of the opera tons has taken three commanders of regiments, 7A officers, 37.S32 men, 49 guns 12O machine guns, 21 bomb throw CTS and Il mine throwers
 TORCHIN IS OCCUPIED
 Northwest of Rojitche, after dsodg- ing the Germans, we approached the River Stokhod. West of Lutsk we oc- cupied Torchn and continued to press the enemy back.
 Tn the Strpa front north Of the vil- lage of Bobulintze, an obstinate struggle continues. We have taken the village of Zarvanitza after a desperate defense. In many sectors we discovered defenses has tily constructed with the object of strengthening previously prepared posi- lions. s.s
 On the Dneister sector and further south our troops after crossing the river captured many fortified points and also the town of Zale Szczyky (northwest of Czernowitz) and continued to advance. The village of Horodenka, northwest of Zale Szczvky. is also in our hands.
 ENORMOUS BOOTY LEFT
 'On the Pruth sector between Doyan and Niepok koloutz, our troops ap- preached the left bank of the river Near the bridgehead of Cznernowitz hot fighting continues. In the evacuated NCIiitOiy lue cHelIly Itll all cuOIIIlOu us quantity of military booty
 'On the Dubno- -Kozin railroad he abandoned network of telephone wires, great quantity of cartridges, bomb throwers and autom obiles. nar- row gauge railway with a great quar- tity of cars and storehouse full of provisions. Near the village ot Maly- miltasa he left intact a monument commemorative of Austrian victories In the shape of a high column surrnounted by ali Austrian eagle.
 "At the village of Sadagora, north of Czernowitz. we seized d grea. store house of engineering material and an overhead railway. An order of tho day found on dead German officer in- dicating the position of the enemy troops contains the following express sion, and other defeated Austrians.' This is explained by prisoners in de- positions which state that new forma- tions were being organized from the remnants of the defeated Austrian troops
 'On the Dvina front south of Dvinsk the Germans bombarded our positions at many points"
 BATTLE RENEWED FIERCELY
 Paris, June 13.-The battle for Verdun has broken out with unusual violence on the east bank of the Mouse after the lull following the capture of Fort vaux. The Germans have brought up fresh electives, reformed their lines and advanced their artillery to positions from which they
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