New-York tribune., 1916-07-16
Win Ground at Great Cost
in Three Furious
Attacks.
CZARS VANGUARDS
AT DELATYN'S GATES
Drive on City from Two Direc.
tions-Teutons Repulsed
Near Riga.
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intention of relieving ,he powerful
pressure cxerted by the russians on
their lines in the Stokhod sector, the
Germans to-day hurled themSelves in
great force against the Cars posi-
tions near Baranovichi. The village
of Skrobowa. the whirlpool ar,und
which the Teuton waves ebbed and
flowed. was battered and pounded in1o
mass Of smoking ruins strewn thich
with the almost shapeless forms OF Ger
mans and Russians The fighting be
gan at dawn and diminished in vio'
lence only when darkness made opera
tions impossible.
Three times, in massed formation
under cover Of artillery fire from guns
OF all calibre. the German armies ad
vanced to the attack. Three times
caught under the sweeping fire of Rus
sian machine guns and rifles. they we're
rolled back from the ruins of the vii
lage. leaving mounds Of dead and
wounded in their wake.
Germans Rolled Back.
The assaults were made from the
same direction. but at three diverginf
angles. At times in the furious
charges the Germans were able tc
break through the first Russian de-
fences. but in hand-to-hand encount-
al hac m
behind the Russian vanguards anc
made prisoners.
South and north of Skrobowa and
east of Gorodichtche. the Germans
sacrificed their men BY the hundreds
They lost part of the territory they
had previously held, when fierce Rus
sian counter attack. following swiftly
on the heels of the third German on
saught. swept beyond the outskirts OF
the village. and was not repelled unit
the Russians had enveloped and con
solidated a wide stretch of new ground
$500 Russians Captured.
According to the German oAicia
statement issued tonight, these attack
won for Prince Leopold's forces part
of positions on the first line Of defenc
which had been held by the enem.
since his firsts attack on July g." Ber
lin also announced that more thar
1,500 Russians were made prisoner IL
the days fighting.
In Galicia the Russian vanguard
have pushed on to the gates of Della
tyn To-day they made strong attack
against the Austrian forces southeas
of the town and swept into it at sew
oral points. Vienna reports the com
plete repulse Of these attacks, but il il
freely admitted that the city canno
hold out when the Russians put thei
full strength into an effort to capture II
On the northern line both sides wer
active during the day, the Germans re
pulsing assaults northeast OF Fried
richstadt and the Russians breaking
up German attempts to extend thei
lines southeast of Riga.
Teutons Repulsed at Baranovichi.
The Russian announcement follows
"On Thursday evening the Germans
under cover of violent fire, approache
our bsrbed-wire entanglements in tn
region of the village of LiouDanichi, OF
the river Servitch, tributary of tn
Niemen. They were repulsed by ou
artillery fire.
Yesterday the Germans opened
violent artillery fire against our line
eastward of Goroaichtche (Barano
vichi sector), after which they assume
the offensive In the region of the vii
lage of Skrobows, but were repulseC
with heavy losses, by our fire.
"A little later, after a continuatio
Of the bombardment, the enemy too
81 bo in,
| lttle further north of Skrobowa, bu
were again repulsed by our fire.
"After having taken breath, the Ger
mans made a fresh attack in the regio
Of the same village. but our troop
repulsed the enemy with machine gun
and rife fire. We then made a coun
ter attack, which resultd in the captur
of more ground, which we are now con
| solidating.
Repeated enemy attempts 10 ad
vance toward the sector southwark o
| the village ~ Skrobowa were also re
pulsed by our fire.
"On the front of our position south
east of Riga the Germans took IN
4 offensive against our sectors nea
/ frantz, northwest OF Pulkarn, but wer
repulsed by our artillery and infantr
. 'iit anu ~ manu- bithdut hSuAiHGs
Russians Lose on Dvina.
The German statement says:
Army group Of Field Marshal vo
1 Hindenburg: Russian detachment
which attempted to cross the Dvin,
near Lennewaden. northwest Of Fried
rlchstadt, were repulsed.
Numerous bombs were dropped o
railway stations on the Smorgon-No
/ lodechno line. These stations wer
f busy at the time with a considerabl
traffic.
Army group Of Prince Leopold:
/ the region OF Skrobowa, parts Of pos
tions on the first line Of defence whic
had been held by the enemy since hi
/ first attack on the morning Of JJl
3, were recaptured as the result Of ou
| attacks. Eleven officers and more .ha
/ 1900 men were taken prisoner.
Army group Of General Won LIN
| singer: The situation is unchanged
Our aircraft squadrons achieved sat
isfactory results in their attacks on n
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