Evening star., 1916-08-13
HALICZ is EXPECTED
TO FALL IN NEAR FUTURE
Gen. Letchitzky Strives vigorcusly
to Turn Won Bothmer's
Flank.
AUSTRIAN RETREAT SWIFT
Unable to Reform Ranks and Mako
Serious Stand-Fierce Battles
Are Being Fought on
Stokhod.

re L NOGKAD, August IL. via
London, 10 p.m.-"The whole
region of the main enemy winter
positions before Tarnopol and
Buczacz" has fallen into the pos
session of the Russians, according
to the official statement from
general headquarters issued to-
night.
Following the capture of the
important railway junction of
Stanislau, Galicia, Gen. Letchit-
zky is pressing with unabated
vigor the movement to turn the
right flank of the army of Gen.
Won Bothmer. Halicz, sixteen
miles north of Stanislau, appears
likely to fall before the Russians
in the near future.
The Austrians are falling back
on this point, pursued closely by
Russian cavalry, which is giving
the Teutonic forces no time to re-
form their disordered ranks and
prepare to make serious stand.
Halicz Is Real Key.
Halicz always has been regarded as
the main key to Lemberg Once the
Russians are in possession of that town
they will have before them no natural
obstacles, and will have plenty of good
roads to Lemberg.
The capture of Monasterzyska, ten
miles north of the Dniester, by Gen,
Scherbatchoff, who threw his troops
across the Zlota Lipa to cooperate
with the forces of Gen. Letchitzky on
the right bank of the Dniester south
of Mariampol. broadens the line of at
tack upon Halicz. The wedge is being
driven relentlessly back of Gen. Won
Bothmers Tarnopol position, and prom
ises to put this Austrian force in aisack
from which it will find 1t difficult to
extricate itself
Fierce battles are progressing along
the Stokhod, with varying success The
counter offensive attempted by the Ger
appears to have been stopped by the
Russians, who in turn have assumed
the offensive in the vicinity of Luba-
shev, forty miles south of Pinsk.
Russ Official Report.
The Russian communication of to-
night reads:
The fete day in celebration of the
of the heir to the imperial
the Grand Duke Alexis Niko-
laievitch. by a fortunate coincidence,
happened at the same time as the bat
tering DOWN of the fortified wall which
the enemy erected last winter from the
Pripet river to the Rumanian frontier
To-day. yielding to the vigorous and
determined efforts during the last seven
weeks by the gallant troops under
Gems. Gerbachev and Sakharoff. under
the leadership of Gen. Brussiloff. the
of Gliadki, VorobIevsk. Ceb-
-off. Czena and Pokropivna. all strongly
fell into our hands. Further.
koslef southwest of TarnopoD, well
protected by the Burkanow forest. and
the whole line Of the River Stripa, met
the same fate.
Thus, the whole region of the main
enemy winter positions before Tarnopol
hanks. fell into our possession.
The gallant troops under Gen.
Letchitzky captured Nadworna (south
If Stanislau) and the Village of Fitkov.
and then crossed the River Bystritza
1t Solotvina."
Berlin View of Fighting.
BERLIN, August IL. via London-Ths
,fficial statement regarding operations
IN the eastern front says:
Front of Archduke Charles Francis
lively fighting was still in progress
outh of Zalocze last night. Otherwise
10 infantry activity developed north of
he Carpathians. The movements we
ave initiated are being carried out in
ccordance with our plans.
During a progressive attack south of
able, in the Carpathians. we took 100
hine guns. On both sides of Capul
Ieight German troops have now entered
he fight.
Front of Field Marshal Won Hinden-
urg: Near DubucZcze, on the Strumen,
vest of Lake Nobel and south of Ia
ecze, Russian attacks were rendered
utile.
I'm the angle of the Stokhod. east of
-oyel, we captured several machine
uns.
:ssStrong enemy attacks on both sides
E Troscianiec, west of Zalocze, were
aDuring the past few days our aerial
uuadrons found noteworthy objectives
3r their activity along the kovel-
army railway line. and in extensive
.oop encampments north of the same,
Russian aeroplane was shot down in
n aerial fight north of Sokul''