Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-08-14

CROSS UPPER SERETH
Teutons Driven From Last Line of
Winter Fortifications-Many Prison
ers Taken

! Petrograd, Aug. a. The las
formidable Austro-German barrier
to Lemberg has been broken and the
Teutonic forces are making gen
eral retreat on a 80 mile front in the
direction of the Galician capital.
Compelled to retire from the strong
Strypa river positions by the threat
that his armies would be surrounded
and captured, Gen: Bothmer is fall.
ing steadily back on the Zlota Lipa
is miles to the west.
But Russian forces already have
crossed the Zlota Lipa north OF
Stanislau and the danger of a blow
at his right flank will prevent Both
mer from making a stand here.
On the whole line the Russian NOW
ing machine is reaping bloody har-
vest.
On the front east and southeast of
Lemberg alone, it is estimated that
the Austro- Germans have lost $4,000
men, or half their electives. This
fact, it is believed, necessitates the
continued retreat before the Russians.
Petrograd, Aug. 14.-The Russian
forces in Galicia have captured the
town of Mariampol, seven miles
southeast of Halicz, the key to Lem
berg, and farther north the town of
Podgaicy, according to the Russian
official communication.
This announcement came on the
heels of an earlier statement showing
that the Russian drive was going on
unchecked, and recounting the cap
ture of additional villages and forti-
fed positions on the upper Sereth.
The statement issued follows:
"Our crossing the Rivers Stripa,
Koropice and. zlota Lipa' is continu-
ing. We have occupied the town Of
Podgaicy. :
"On the Dniester our cavalry have
captured the town Of Mariampol.
"In the region of the Bystritza we
drove the enemy back to the left bank
of the River Bystritza- -Solotvina, dur
ing which operation one Of our in
fantry regiments captured - Off
GERS and 1000 men and machine
guns and trench gun"
"On the Upper Sereth the troops
of Cen Sakharoff, developing theii
success, drove off the enemy from 4
series of fortified positions and reach
ed the lines of the village of Zvyjen.
Oleuv, Bzovica and BialEovce. Ohr
breaking through on the River Stripa
forced the enemy to abandon strongly
fortified positions.
"Pursuing the enemy, the gallant
troops of Gen. Scherhatchoff captur-
ed the town of Ezerna and, continu-
ing to advance to the west along the
whole front, reached the Upper Sc
reth from the village of Plavucna
Velska up to Plotyche, where they
are crossing to the, western bank.
To the south of Plotyche we reached
the line of :. the village of .Loboda
Zlota and Uvse and arrived before
the town of Podgaicy and the little
town of Kholkhoche.
"Detachments, which in pursuit OF
the enemy, crossed the River koro'
pice by the lower stream, captured
the strongly fortified positions on thu
heights between the Rivers Koro-
Pice, Zlota Lipa and khorovanka and
continuing to the south reached tht
Dniester and Mariampol =.
"On the rivers Bystritza- Nadvorn
askoi and E, Mystritza- -Solovina tn,
construction of bridges and the pass
age Of our troops to the western
banks is going on continuously. TIL
enemy is firing from the western
! bank of the river Bystritza-Solo
J! Vina at our positions and our troop
!. which are crossing.
"To the south of Delatyn, in tn
wooded region of the Carpathians
E our advance near Voroksta- Magur
and Jablonitsa continues. Here W
consolidated positions on severa
heights. Attempts by the enemy t