The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-24
CzERNOWITz HAS
FALLEN TO SLAVS
Petrograd Says Austrians Have
Evacuated the Capital of
BukOWina.
GERMANS WIN BACK TRENCHES
Russians Forced to Give Up Positions
Recently Captured in North
French Make Gain.

London, June 16.-The Austrians
have evacuated Czernowitz, capital of
BukOwina, according to dispatches to
the semi-offcial Petrograd news agen-
cy from Bukowina by way of Bucha-
rest.
More than 10000 men have been
captured by the Russians during the
offensive movement on the Voldynian
and Galician fronts. it was officially
announced today.
This statement was given out:
Supplementary reports give the ex-
act number of prisoners taken as one
general, three commanders, 2,467 Off
GERS, five doctors and 10000 men. We
also have captured 1913 cannon, 266
machine guns, 139 bomb throwers and
mine throwers."
In the drive westward from the re-
gion of Lutsk the Austrians are coun-
ter-attacking or intrenching them
selves in new positions for a stand
against the Russians.
Gerr1ans Win Back Trenches.
No report of gains by either side in
Galicia in the region of Tamopol has
come through. Here apparently there
is still a deadlock between the Rus
SLAMS and the Austrians and Germans.
On the German end of the Northern
front in Russia the Russians near
BaranOvichi attacked and carried Ger
man trenches, but later were forced to
give them up under strong pressure
by the Germans. Infantry attacks by
the Germans have occurred along the
Dvina river and in the lake region
south of DYinsk, but all of these were
repulsed.
French Take Teuton Trench.
The French, on the slopes south Of
LIE Mort Homme, northwest of Yer
dun, have attacked and captured a
German trench. The Germans are
still violently bombarding the sectors
of Thiaumont and Fort Souveliie,
northeast of Verdun, probably prepar-
atory to another infantry attack with
the hope of a further advance toward
the fortress.
Advance Covers 80 Miles.
PetrOgrad, June 15.-An advance Of
about eighty miles by the Russians
who have CZernowitz as their objee-
tive, is chrOnicled in the latest Off
cial communications. Having prev
iously crossed the Dniester river and
taken HorOdenka and Zale Szczky,
the Russians have now driven the
enemy to the left bank of the river
Pruth and captured the town of Snis-
tyn, which lies only twenty miles
northwest of the Bukowina capital.
Nowhere on the front from the
Pripet river in Russian and through
Galicia to Bukowina has there been
any cessation in the great Russian
| offensive. Along the entire line, &C
cording to the Russian war office, the
/ AustrO-Hun garians and Germans are
being driven back and the Russians
are still taking thousands of prison
ers and capturing guns, machine guns
and war supplies.
! In the eleven days drive, 1,78O Off
GERS and 10000 men and 40 guns
and 260 machine guns have been cap
tured.
At Gates of czernowitz.
Having cut the railway communica.
tions of Czernowitz from the north, the
Russians have carried the fighting fol-
! possession of that city into its very
| outskirts. Its capture is momentarily
| expected
At the same time the extreme right
| flank Of General Brusiloffs forces is
| swinging out toward KoveI, another
important railway junction controlling
! KoVeI fgrom the southeast along the
Rovno-KeYeI railway, have reached
| the Stokhod river, twenty miles from
| KoveL Southwark of Kovel they have
| pushed a wedge westward to Torchin
/ in the direction of Vladimir-V olynski
| This piercing of the Austrian line
| places the right flank of Prince Leo
/ pold's army in a precarious situation
| A particularly stubborn defense is be
| ing made by the enemy in the Kovel
district advanced positions.
At many intermediate points be
TWEEN the northern and southern
points of contact the Austrians are re
ported to be retreating so hastily they
are out of touch with the Russians. II
is rumored that the Austrians are
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