The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-30
FFT-UP SHOWN
F hi NggLIED FORCES
,xIr MAIN DE.
A'' .oe1TION THE
! cAlICIAN CAPITAL

H AINO THE
sIyE POSITIONS The
cALIcIAN CAPITAL
,,re3 drive against the central .,
'i aontinues undated on both
s4e sU and western fronts of tt the
s' Fonean battlefield. The
- noins, as usual, were record
81 4ss s| east, where General Brus-
'ne in outfanking the
s anstro.German position along
AuS " river. in Middle Galicia,
a,,poIled the evacuation OF a
u miles long that had resisted
r,rta Of the Russians to pierce
frontal attacks r.. D.
position. extending from Bro
tbo north almost to the Dnies-
Erer on the south, formed a sail
rhicb extended into the Russian
# was guarded by Gen. Won
|.,osr,s army, composed of Aus
II reinforced by Germans, and
;+ior was of such strength
4so russians were unable to
i at any one point, the Aus
mans %r sticking to their origi-
intpr lines until last week.
tured 5000 Austrians in Week :.
what he could not do by a d.
s+tack Gen. Broussiioff accom-
Ia I' nv fanking moves. The cap
Nf Brody three weeks ago men
tbe northern flank of this line,
he fall of Stanislau to the Rus
Completely turned the southern
Then the Russians went at
Bothmer's TANKS hammer and
and the gains recorded in three
of fighting, especially on the
shern flank, made the position I'M
pn Bothmer succeeded in with
linz his army, or at least a part
4, westward to the line of the
LIMA river, but he had delayed
retreat a day or two too long,
the result was that the Russians,
ling hard on both tanks, cut off
captured large bodies of Aus
S and Germans. Petrograd
IS that $4,000 prisoners were
lred by them in the course of
which, if it is true, brings
Otal of prisoners captured by the
ians since the Inauguration of
offensive, June 1, to over 45O,-
men.
" Miracle Can Save Lemberg.
It the cutting up of Won Both
army was not the most import
hing gained by the Russians in
ny the evacuation of the Strypa
The move virtually opened the
of Lemberg to the Slavs. Gen.
siloff still is from 35 to so miles
from the Galician capital, but
as carried the main defensive
which guard it.
the remaining lines that of the
Lipa, to which Won Bothmer's
, retreated, already has been
ed in the south by the capture
'taniSlau and Haliez, and from
position the ground rises in more
lations to the gates of Lem
itself, offering no strong de-
We positions. Of course the Rus
still have considerable fighting
before they enter Lemberg, but
e Austro-German forces were
lie to hold the Slavs along the
g river positions it is not prob
that they will have any more
IS in a territory more suited for
'ive warfare.
Battle on the Somme.
the western front the British
french continue to nibble away
he German positions on both
Of the SOmme river, and their
eSS during the last two weeks
cen little more rapid than the
ght previous. Indications now
nat the allies, within two miles
rome, are content with their
onS there for the present, and
eklng to drive eastward further
north of the river and capture
les and Baupaume, a move |
would compel the evacuation |
rome without firing a shot.
uItory fighting continues in the |
IN sector, without either side
g any gains, while all is quiet |
IN the Balkans, Berlin claim
nat the activity of the allies
was a sham. In Armenia the
Duke Nicholas continues slow
night his way westward, but
I I south, in the Mesopotamian
r,erslan fields, the reinforced
nave been compelling the Rus
10 TALL back. The Italians, fol-
up their capture of Gorilla,
soma river, are slowly work
elr way eastward and south
ana are now less than 18 miles
trieste, the Austrian seaport
Adrlatlc, the goal Of General
mas army.
iNES AVERAGE OF $500
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