The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-07-11
Russ Under General BrusiIoff Fu-
! riously Attack Germans Defen-
y ding koveI Second In Import
ance Only To City Of Lemberg
TeUT6NS DRIVEN BACK . =
MORE THAN THIRTY MILES
Muscoyites Are Converging With.
View To Striking Titanic Blow
AT Enemy and Forcing Him TO
Retire altogether From Russia
CAs.Oeiassd Pres. By Federal wir.l.s..)

CAssoeistsd Press By Federal wir.lsss.l
~ FTRoGRAD, July 0.-whiie con.
hnuing their attacks on all the
-, other fronts, the Russians under
General Brusilof are now furiously at.
lacking the Germans under Field Mar.
shall Won LinsengeR, defending Kovel,
second in Importance only to Lemberg,
and one of the keys with which it Is
hoped to unlock the door to the Ger.
man positions south to the Pripet
marshes,
The official communication made
public last night announced that the
thrusts have been successful, and that
the Slav forces have driven the Ger
mans back more than thirty miles in
one OF the most tremendous offensives
yet attempted at the Eastern front
by the soldiers Of the Car.
The number of prisoners taken on
this front continues to increase by
leaps and bounds, and the official ac-
counts Of the fighting say that the
total is not far from a quarter of a
million men, most of them unwounded.
Kovel Il Important Center
Kovel which is on the main line
from Lutsk' to Brest Litovsk, com
mands the raj lroAd lines running north
behind the German and south behind
the Austrian lines. These are the feed.
ing lines for the entire German posi-
tion south of the Pripet river, and for
the Austrian positions north of Lem.
borg. To cut this line at Kovel would
mean that the Teutonic forces will be
compelled to fall back to line of
positioiIH vest N9f Bfest Ht9yal, which
north exactly. what has just happened
with General Won Bothmer's army in
the TaFnoPol region, when the, Aus
trians, beaten in the Bukowina, were
driven in rout to the westward, expos.
ing the German flank and compelled
the retirement Of the German armies.
6lavonics Are Converging
The Stays aFe conyerging upon Ko,
vel from the South east, the Northeast
and the East, Coming along the rail.
road from Lutsk they are said to have
reached a. point less than thirty-fve
miles, from Koxel, after having smash
ed the opposition Of the Teuton forces,
and made advances within the last
few days of more than thirty miles.
They report having taken 1000 prison
ers in this sector, together with large
quantities of German stores, guns and
other Al munitions of war. They arc
closely following the retiring Ger.
mans.
From the Northeast, in the Czartory-
ski region, they are also plunging ahead
and inficting enormous damage upon
the foe. Here they have taken 1000
prisoners additional, with more stores
and guns.
Fighting Unusually Desperate
The fighting in this sector has been
particularly desperate. The Cossacks
were used freely, being hurled in huge
masses against the retiring enemy with
orders to use the sabre only. The leu.
tons are reported to have suffered ter
ribly'iu this and other cavalry charges.
In the South, in Galicia, where the
Austrians are reported to be steadily
falling back before the continued pres.
sure of the Russians, the same tactics
are being applied. Thousands of Cos.
sacks are thrown against the lines of
the Teutonic armies, and cutting
through the ranks of the infantry like
a plough through rich loan.
The Germrn official reports deny that
the Russians have made any advances
in the region of PiDsk, just north of
the Pipet river, or in the neighborhood
Of the Dvinsk lines, where there have
been q number of severe Slav attacks.
Distinct Gains Further North
North tof BaranoSichi, where TIVE
fighting has been of the ,hand-tO-hand
Clearwater, the Russian official state
ment says that the Muscovites have
made distinct gains, but this is fatty
contradicted by the Berlin reports,
which declare that the Russian attacks
have been repulsed without an except
lion They add that the attacking side
lost thousands. Russian assaults north,
west Of Bucacz are frditless, says Der
lin, while south OF Lutsk the German
have made substantial gains.
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