Evening star., 1916-08-13
Italian Armies Have Register
ed Most Spectacular Suo-
cesses of the Week.
OPERATIONS FOR TRIESTE
HAVE WIDE possibilities
British Raise Firm Barrier AeainsSe
Turks East of Suez-Russ
Reverses In Armenia,

artificial fortfncatiun erected By o.
Aus { yfans'
Austrian Forces along the
Moved From Front. NJ .
ed impregnable and forever An effect
ual check against any plans which
Gen. Cadorna might have in mind. and
inasmuch as these on, many occasions
proved their worth. II 10 believed the
Austrians had moved considerable
forces from this arena to the Russlan
front previous to the italian drive.
italian successes are fraught with the
greatest possibilities, according to the
is believed that should Gen. CadornA be
able to take 'Triese-and there are but
few natural barriers on the CArso
plateau which must be traversed-this
success Immediately will be followed
by operations against the great Aus
trian naval base OF Pola. In some cir
cles it is declared that the Italians are
about to open a gateway to Vienna
itself. but the italian armies still have
much to achieve before such q sug-
gestiion can be given serious consid-
Grafton.
1t is not to be expected that the Ital-
ians will be permitted to progress fur
ther without the most strenuous sort
Austrians will attempt to move large
reinforcements to this arena. But even
the rushing Of troops to the lower
Isonzo will be fraught with grave diff
ficulty, for 1t Is believed with their
hands firmly on Gorixia. the Italians
also will endeavor to seize the town OF
Tolmino, and should they do this they
will be in practical control of all the
chief passes through which these rein
forcements must be sent.
The between ItalV and AuG-
tria is but beginning in so far az Its
larger aspects are concerned.
Gen. Brusiloff's various Russian
armies are daily making the Teutonic
tena ancy of
Russians Push positions in the
Stan slau and
Forward In East. Halicz sections
more untenable. The Russians all
along the southern end of the eastern
battle front daily are scoring striking
victories, although on the extreme
south the armies of Archduke Karl
have forced the Russians back from
advanced positions nearest the Car
pathians.
The great battles for Lemberg-for
the present actions may be termed that
and nothing more-are assuming pro-
portions of the dramatic. During the
week Just closed Gen. Letchitxky has
forced a Teutonic retirement over
front of fifteen miles from Niznion to
Krylin, though the Austrians. rein
forced by the Germans, fought des-
perately before finally giving away. the
Russians later entering Stanislau. To
. the northeast of Stanislau directly west
of Buczacz the Russians have captured
the town of Monasterzyska, and at
points touched the Ziota Lipa river.
army which defended Stanislau in .
pocket from which wide retreat viii
be absolutely necessary to its preosrva-
tion should the Russian pressure con-
tinue Halicz. the second key to Lem
berg. Is Immediately threatened - the
Monasterzyska operations.
To the northward the Russians have
scored another success in the vicinity
Of ZaIozce, which town they have cap
tured along with large number of
villages This particular section Of
Galicia lies on q height. and the Rus
sian gain removes from the hands Ct
defensive weapons. Before tho nus-
SLAMS, almost directly to the west. lies
Lemberg. Should they continue to
press onward the Austrfans Will be
even further retirement essential
-
There has been severe lighting along
the River >Stokhod. in the direction
OF Kovel both
Hard Fighting in Berlin and Pc
Direction Of Kovel. ,nr r.nuisss 70,
enemy attacks, but. according to re-
liable advices, 1t would appear that
tho Russians have gained . few Teu-
tonic trenches in this section. There
has been comparatively little action
along the northern section Of the east
ern front during recent weeks although
hostilities of sanguinary character are
expected to break out at any moment.
Petrograd announces that Gen. Kuro--
patkin, who has had command Of the
Russian armies along this section oE che
front, has been made governor gon-
eral Of Turkestan, which 10 tAntax1ount
to the announcement that he has bean
removed and command in the 1ags
and Dvinsk regions placed in ofher'
hands 1t generally - admitted In
allied quarters that things have n0tl
progressed to the north.as the RuaslaAs
would have liked.
AlInOuBu UO 6toilAirAS eShiO OAAs~@ee>
have been wrought during the woek,
the French and British forces opera&-
ing on both sides Of the river Soumes
their steady advance. hrst here. Shen
there. against the Germans continues
Possibly the greatest success was
achieved by the French between
Guillemont and Maurepas. q distance
of about four miles, where trench AFTER
trench was taken from the enemy. The
Australians to the northwest Of
Pozieres, who got within touching Als>
tance of Courcelette and Martinpufeh,
further augmented these gains duringI
the week by the capture OF zoo yards
of enemy trenches. Tho Germans have
launched strenuous counter attacks,
one following another, but save In on4
instance. when q small section Of .
British position was temporarily tAlcen
from the British, these attacks eUnars
ally have been futile. The British
also have advanced to the east Of
Trones wood and now are said to held
houses at the edge Of Guillemont after,
having engaged the famous BrAAdons
In the region Of verdun the ehisT.
fighting has been south Of Thia-
mont work. As was the case
during the previous week. both 0sr~
mans and French achieved successes,
first one getting o good grip on this
position then losing II. The French
through counter attacks later In the
week, were able to occupy . lorgo
part Of the position.
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