The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-06-30
RUSSIAN ON.SWEEp IS
CHECKED BY TEUTONS
GERMANS JOIN AUSTRlANS TO
STOP GREAT RUSSIAN DRIVE
IN BUkOWINA.
SLAVS TAKE GALICIAN TOWN
Capture Radautz, Thirty Miles Below
Czernowitz, With Men, Officers and
Guns-Greece Accedes to the
Demands of Allies.
Latest News From War Fronts.

The Germans and Austrians iRsI8f4
hynia are vigorously on the 0fSensiyeF
against the Russians and, seemingySg
have stopped, for the time.Ae Being atS
least, the Russian drive iWestwardsas
Along the StOkhod river, .Wastsaf the =
Styr, in the region of Sokaf anil fur
Their west around NylsE sanguihEy
engagements are in progress. In these
encounters the Russian war office
says the Germans and Austrians haVeia
been repulsed, while Berlin Declares
that on both sides of the Turia 'riyeTts
and southwark from Sviniaukhd srsoy;
Grockow the Russians have beenSy
driven further back and thaGs north. 4
west of Lutsk the Russian .attefffpts TOT;
dispute the German success we're With
out result
On the Stripa in Galcia the Rus
SLAMS have taken portions Of the
trenches of the Teutonic allies near
Gaiyoronka, and further southai1 AEs
kowina have driven their forces south
ward and captured Radautz, about
thirty miles below ,Czernowitz and
taken more officers, meHtssd guns.
On both sides Of the rf3sfaMeuse, in
the region of Yerdun, to tie east of
the fortress, in the Woevre, lat the
foot of the Meuse hills, in France, the
Germans are heavily bombarding the
French. Especially heavy are the at
lacks against Hill 3O4 and LIE Mort
Homme, northwest of Verdun and
northeast of the fortress around Thiau-
mont, the Vaux wood, Chapitre and
Fort Laufee. In a counter-attack the
French have retaken from the, Ger
mans most of the trenches the Ger
mans captured Wednesday night be-
tween the Fumin wood and Chdncia, :
northeast Of Verdun. @ S'E
The Germans near Givenchy capig
tured British trenches, but later were-.
driven out, suffering heavy losses in
the counter attack
SOuSiuSidulS dSl Id dCtiNlts Io"diu
German towns has taken place French .
machines have dropped bombs on Ire
yes, +, Karlsruhe, and Mulheim. In air
battles four German aeroplanes were
brought down by the French, who in
turn lost one machine through motor
trouble. T.
No important changes on the Ital.
ian-Austrian front or in Asiatic Tur-
key have been reported.
The ultimatum of the entente pow
ers to Greece has been yielded to by
the Hellenic kingdom. The demands
include complete demobilizing of the
Greek army, the formation of cabi
net benevolently neutral to the en-
tente allies, the holding of new cleo
tions, and the reconstruction of the
gendarmerie The Greek cabinet al
ready has resigned and another is in
process of formation. ~ =" 80
The Russians continued their adj
vance against the Austrians Through
Bukowina, have crossed the Sereth
river southwest of Czernowitz and oc-
cupied the towns of Zadova, Stroginetz
and Gliboka. The Austrians in this
region, their army cut in two, are de-
clared by Petrograd to be in disorder
ly retreat with the Russians energeti-
cally pursuing them toward the Car.
pathians.
An element of uncertainty as to the
situation between the Pripet and the
Galicisn frontier has arisen owing to
the divergent reports of the'SRussian
and German war offices, both claiming
success for their armies.
Northeast of Kizilin, which lies be.
tween Lutsk and Vladimir-Volynsk,
Petrograd says an Austrian attack sup
ported by Germans was repulsed, while
Berlin asserts that the Teutonic allies
were victorious and are fighting their
way forward against the Russians.
Czernowitz, capital Of the Austrian
crown land of Bukowina, is in the
hands of the Russians and the Aus
TRANS who had held it are in retreat
toward the Carpathian Mountains.
Hard fighting took place in the cap
ture of the Czernowitz bridgehead and
in the passage of the River Pruth, but
when finally the Russians gained the
right bank of the river the Austrians
evacuated the capital, leaving thou
sand prisoners and some guns in the
hands of the Russians.
To the north, in Galicia and Volhy.
mia, the Russians are meeting. with
desperate resistance ON the part of
the Austro-Hungarians and Germans,
some Of the latter of whom are de-
clared by Petrograd to have been
brought from the French front in an
endeavor to aid in stemming the Rus
sian advance.
Numerous battles In the air, In which
six German machines. among them
two Fokkers, were driven down by
the British, are recorded In the Brit.
ish official communication. The Brit.