Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-07-30
EGERMANS DEFEATED
!. NORTH OF LEMBERG
lTen Thousand Teutons Gap
tured When Brody Falls {
Before russians. %r
BRITISH TAKE DELv1LLE


have occupied the important railroad
junction of Brody. fifty-cight miles
northeast of Lemberg, in Galicis;
broken through me entire first line ct
the Teutonic allies west Of Lutsk, and
driven the Austro-German forces
from the line OF the Rivers Slonvka
and Boldurovka, southern Volhynia,
according to the official communica-
ton issued tonight by the war office.
Heavy casualties were inflicted on
the Austro- Germans. More than
10000 men were taken prisoners and
large number of guns were cap
tured. The swiftness of this new
Russian stroke was unexpected and
may lead to the capture Of Lemberg
Itself.
The Russians, according to re-
port from Petrograd, have broken the
whole Austro- German front west of
Lutsk. In this success they are re-
ported to have captured two gen
erals, 5000 prisoners and forty-six
guns.
The fall of Brody is a serious threat
10 Lemberg and the rapid and sue
cessful advance OF General Sakhar-
offs forces menace the\ whCle Austi o.
German line of communications from
the north to the south.
Holding German Advance.
For the present. Kovel yields in i'm
portance to Lemberg. The position on
this portion of the Russian front
seems to be that General Kaledines,
having driven General Won Linsin-
gems left wing behind the Stokhod
river, has suspended his advance
toward Kovel and is holding up the
great Teutonic forces there, while
General Sakharoff is pressing on
tow; I'd Lemberg, which is defended
by the forces of General Boehm-
Ermolli.
Petrograd correspondents attribute
the successes over the Austro-Ger-
mans almost entirely to the over
wheiming superiority Of the Russian
artillery and Russia's apparently end
Tonights official report Of the
British war office \, shows that the
British are continuing their success
full progress. The whole of Longueval
now is in their hands as we'll a. the
Delville wood, from which they
drove the Fifth Brandenburg division.
The final capture of Delville wood
is very gratifying to the British peo-
pie. 1t was first taken July II, but
was afterward abandoned For many
day the wood and the village Of
Longueval have been the scene Of some
of the heaviest fighting OF the whole
campaign. The possession of this
wood and Of Longueval is expected to
facilitate greatly the further progress
of the Franco-British forces. =.
German, Stronghold Falls. til;
The last German stronghold ). in
Longueval has been captured by the.
British troops. according TO. the Of
ficial statement given out tonight by
the war office: Hand-to-hand fight
ing continued throughout the day in
the vicinity OF Pozieres, the statement
adds. 49,. 49,, 49,.
German airships raided the east
coast of England last night, accord
ing to an official statement just To-
sued.
THE number Of raiders" says the
statement, has not yet been estab-
lished. The reports as to the raid
ers crossing the coast come from
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Bombs
were dropped, but details are lack
n ing"
j A Turkish army estimated at 10000
strong now is concentrated in 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 cx-
citement prevails. H. T.,
Germans Gain and Lose.
Paris. July 28.--An attack by the
Germans against French positions
south Of Sainte Marie pass, in the
Vosges, resulted in their gaining
Judgment in the advanced French
trenches says the official statement
given out tonight. The statement
adds. however. that later the Germans
were driven out with the bavonet
PROGRESS for the French on the
right bank Of the Meuse is reported.
The statement reads as follows:
In mine Duelsin. the Argonne, we
occupied the edges Of two craters
otter a grenade struggle at File
Morte. On the right bank of the
Meuse we made progress to the west
of the Thiaumont work.
an, the Vosges. after lively bom-
bardment. the enemy twice attacked
our positions south of Sairte Marie
pass. The first attack, which sue.
ceeded in their gaining Judgment in
our advanced trenches, was driven
= back with the bavonet. The second
/ attack was launched shortly after
ward but was unable to approach
our lines. being broken I'D under our
harrage fire. During these actions
the enemy suffered appreciable
losses.
"This morning our aeronlanes pur-
sued a German air SQUADRON in the
region Of Verdun. Several FIGHTS oc-
Cured. in the course of which one
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