New-York tribune., 1916-06-21
Russian Gains Drive
Foe to CarpathianS
and Rumania.
GERMANS HALT
RUSH ON KOVEL
Hurl Back Cars Troops
on Stockhod and Near
the Frontier.

rondon. June 7o.-Bukowins con
,i-u.s 70 be the scene OF important
Russian successes. and the drive
.ssinst Lemberg is being pushed for
usrd without any evidence OF diminish
;,r violence. But on the front east OF
Kovel and Vladimir Nolynski the
,.r,nrth which German troops have
brought to the crumpling Austrian
r,es is slowly beginning 10 tell. In
,,;, district. along front o. about
seventy miles. the German armies are
s,emming the swift Russian offensive.
To-day the German forces in this
region launched counter offensive
,,icb broke the resistance OF the Rus-
SANS ~ several points north Of Lutsk'
between the Kovel-Lutsk railroad and
.1e Turia River. and drove them back
IN what extent is not hinted al in the
German Official communique.
Northeast Of Kiselin, a few miles
north Of the road running from Lutsk
~ Vladimir Volynski, the Cars SOL
6,ers made a desperate stand. repulsed
furious charges by the enemy's infan-
f~v and eventually resumed their prog
~css after sweeping in more than 1900
prisoners.
Fighting Near Frontier.
The Russian lines southwest Of Vlad-
mir Nolynsh have taken the form OF
= fst in a pillow. On the southern
flank the thumb OF General Kaledine's
army is steadily increasing its pressure
toward the Austrian frontier and
threatening g junction with the army
moving across the frontier on Brody.
a. Locatcze one knuckle OF the Russian
forces has thrust its way to within
fep miles Of the point at which the
Russians will be able to cut tho Austro-
German lines between Vladimir Volyn-
ski and Kovel, and thus force the re
tirement of the enemy from the latter
,lsca With Kovel in the Russians
hands. the Withdrawal OF all the Ger
nsn forces 10 the north will become
imperative.
The Russian advance on the extreme
left flank Of the southeastern line con
tinues to reward them with new terri
tory between the Rumanisn frontier
and the Carpathians, snd-what IS
vastly more important to the plans OF
the Russian militsry-with an increas-
ine number Of prisoners.
Planners Army Cut in Two.
General Planners army, isolated by
the swift advance Of the Russian forces
yesterday, has now been cut In two.
One part Of this disorganized force Is
In precipitate fight along the Ru-
nisnian frontier, facing the alternative
of capture by General Letchitzky or
internment for the rest Of the war in
Rumania. The other section is making
for the Carpsthians racing for its life
p.ith the Russian forces, which are try
ing TO thrust themselves between the
mountain wall and the retreating
enemy
The capture of either or both OF
these two divisions will mark another
step in the Cars carefully prosecuted
scheme Of eliminating Austria from the
war by disposing completely OF her
armies. That the Russians have sue
ceedcd even beyond their own eXpecta-
-on in the fulhlment Of this plan IS
proved. in the belief Of military OBJ
servers here. by the toll Of 10000
rr. soncrs. representing an estimated
loss OF more than 100000 men,
taken along the 25O-mile front
10 date. This number repre-
Sents more than one-halt OF the
original Austrian forces which faced
tho Russians on this front. and more
than onc-third Of the entire Austrian
armies.
Advances in BukoVina
Inc advance Of the Russian forces
ir Rukowina to-day followed the limo
OF the Sercth River and enveloped the
towns of Zadova, Stroginetz and Gil
boka. south and southeast OF Czerno-
uif1 The admission in the Austrian
official communiaue that the Russians
had crossed the Sereth m TINS region
is taken 10 bear out reports received
IN Petrograd that the army Of General
PAanzer had been split and separated.
Austrian and German troops from the
Italian and Balkan war zones are re-
ported 10 be falling into the hands OF
the Russians on this front. Further TO
the north il is known that the Ieuton
lines have been augmented by soldiers
from the French front and from the
Pinsk and Bsranovichi regions.
The Russian advance 10 the west
and southwest Of Czernowitz is now
being directed toward Kolomes and
the final Dniester fertilization Of Ha-
Itch The opposing line now extends
from Kolomes TO kuty In the south,