Evening star., 1916-07-29
GERMAN LINES WEST :;
OF LUTSK ARE BROKEN
Petrograd Reports Capture of 20, 400
Men in Latest Opera /
tions. IL ]
TURKS NOW LENDING AID
Army Of 1000 Said to Be Stationed
on Hungarian Plains.
Excitement in Buda-
pest.

BERLIN, July 2o, via
London. ass p.m.-After
repeated futile attacks north
west ofLutsk, says the Ger
man official statement issued
today, the Russians sue
ceeded in penetrating the
German lines in the region /
of Tristyn, and caused the
Germans to give up their
advanced positions which
they had previously held
beyond the river Stokhod.
LONDON, July 2o.-In south
ern Volhynia the Russians are
pressing their drive against Lem
berg, capital of Galicia, their ad-
vance being greatly facilitated by
the capture of Brody, on the Dub
no-Lemberg railroad, announced
last night.
The Teutonic lines farther
north are imperiled by this move
and the correlated thrust west
ward from Lutsk which has
broken Gen. Won Linsingen's front
northeast of Siviniusky. The
magnitude of the Russian vic
tories is indicated by Petrograd's
claim to the capture of forty-six
guns, 400 officers and 10000 men.
Gen. Letchitzky, the statement
adds, won an important victory
to the south of the Dniester, in
the direction of Stanislau.
Turks on Hungarian Plains.
A Turkish army. estimated at 10000
strong, now is concentrated on the
Hungarian plains for the defense of
Hungary, says a dispatch to the Ex-
change Telegraph Company from
Lausanne, Switzerland.
The dispatch adds that the Austrian
emperor has gone to Budapest, where
intense excitement prevails.
Russian Official Report.
The latest Russian communication
says:
West of Lutsk (Volhynia) we took
the offensive and broke through the
whole\frst line of the enemy. infiicting
severe losses. Our troops now are ad-
vancing and the cavalry is pursuing the
fleeing enemy.
I'm this district we captured forty
six guns, including six mortars and six
guns. and fifty officers, includ-
ing two generals and two commanders
of regiments, and more than 5000 men.
I'm the valley Of the rivers Slonevka
and Boldurevka (south of Volhynia)
the enemy has been defeated along the
whole line and now is being pursued in
the direction of Brody. Explosions were
heard in Brody and fires were observed.
Dense columns of goods trains were
seen moving from there"
The communication adds:
Later: At $50 o'clock Friday morn
ing Brody was captured by our troops.
The number of prisoners and the
of booty captured is not yet
known.
Austrian Communication.
An official statement given out by the
Hungarian war office last night
says:
"On the upper part of the Czarny
Czereomsz river several Russian at
tacks failed.
'1n the region north of Brody the
enemy continued yesterday during the
whole day till late in the afternoon his
assaults, but he was again repulsed and
gained no ground A fresh attack was
in masses during the even
ing, and the Russians succeeded in
our positions along the
Brody -Leszniow road. Our troops con-
tinue the battle on the southern border
Of Brody.
Near Pustomyty, in Volhynia, Aus
.ro-Hungarians chased back the enemy
who advanced to their entrenchment
Northeast of Sviniuchy the local inva-
sion of the Russians was replied to by
4 counterattack.
"In the middle of July the enemy re-
,umed the offensive in Nolhynia after
| pause of four weeks. The total result
eighty kilometers tfifty miles) was
pushed into a depth of not more than
fifteen kilometers (9h miles). The
enemy paid for this small gain Of
ground, owing to uninterrupted strong
with enormous sacrifices.