Evening star., 1916-08-15
.AUSTR|ANS UNABLE
TO HALT RUSSIANS
Cars Armies Continue Rapid
Advance Toward Lemberg,
Capital of Ga|icia.
Won BOTHMER RETIRING
TO WEST OF ZLOTA LIPA
Berlin and Austrian Official State
ments Insist Russian Attacks
Have Failed.

PETROGRAD, August IS, via
London, $40 p.m.-The rapid
Russian advance in Galicia con-
tinues.
Russian troops are crossing to
the western banks of the Zlota
Lipa and the Observation-Disclosures
and are advancing along the Up
per Stripa, the war office an
nounced today.
Austrian Retreat Continues.
The retreat of the Austrians from
the Stripa continues, with the Russians
pounding the Austrian rearguard. Pod
giacy. on the Koropice, has fallen. and
Gen. Count Won Bothmer's forces are
taking up positions on the west bank
of the Zlota Lipa.
The line of the Austrian defense as
1t appears today runs from Berestechk
through SheZurovitse and Stanysta-
vezyk along the headwaters of the
Styr northwest of Brody, and through
Oleskozboroff to Brezany, forming a
zigzag to the upper Zlota Lipa, along
that stream to Korzov, ten miles above
it's junction with the Dniester. thence
west to Jesupol, at the mouth of the
Bystrotza -Maidan, ten miles northwest
of Stanislau thence south to Solotvina,
ten miles northwest of Nadvorna
Teuptons Shortening Line.
In other words, the Austrians con-
tracing the circle about Lemberg are
witfrdra wing to line between the Car
pathians and the Pinsk marshes, the
shorter length of which will compen-
safe them in some measure for the tre-
mendous losses they hae suffered since
the beginning of the Russian advance.
Military critics look for their eventual
withdrawal to the line of Kamionka.
Lem berg, Mikolayoff and Stryj their
logical line of defense.
The surrender of Miriampol by the
Austrians has enabled Gen. Letchitzky
to straighten the front of his advance
toward Halicz, this now forming an
almost direct east and west line only
seven miles from that town at the near
est approach.
The Rech in its summary of the pris-
oners and booty taken by the Russians
during last weeks operations estimates
| that $4,000 men and 1,T20 officers were
| captured and SO guns and 342 machine
guns and bomb throwers taken by Gen.
ILetchitzky, Scherbatchoff and Sakharoff.
Says Russian Attacks Failed.
BERLIN. August IA, via London, Au-
gust 15.-Military operations on the
eastern front are reported as follows in
an official statement given out here to-
day:
Front of Field Marshal Won Hinden-
burg: In the region of Skrobiowa and
on the Oginsky canal, south of Lake
Wygonowskoie. Russian advances were
repulSed. German detachments dis
persed Russian advanced guards east of
the canal with considera Bile losses for
the enemy. Near Zarecze. on the Stok-
hod, the battle against Russian troops,
which had advanced, was decided in
our favor.
strong Russian attacks were di-
rected against Lub and the Graberka
sector south of Brody They were re-
pulsed with sanguinary losses. New
attacks are now taking place
Front of Archduke Charles Francis
Russian attacks against the Zboroff-
konjucay sector failed. Such units of
the enemy as had penetrated our lines
were driven back by a counter attack
and more than 800 prisoners were
taken. West of Monaster Zyska the
enemy made an attack in vain. He suf-
fered great losses under our fire