The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-29
Largest Calician City North
west of Lemberg and Many
Prisoners Captured
AUSTRIANS SUFFERING
HEAVILY ADMIT CLAIM
Fate of Brody's Garrison Tn
known-Russian Invasion Of
Northwestern Galicia Now
Accomplis led Fact

London, July 2S.-Brody, the larg-
est Galician city northwest of Lem
berg, and one of the chief objectves
OF the Russian drive which aims at
the new invasion of the crownlanu,
fell into the hands of the Russians
this morning. The fall OF the city
was announced by the war office to-
night in a brief sentence supplements
tary to the regular official night re-
port which told of the pursuit of the
Austro- Hungarians in the direction
OF Brody"
Evidently with a view to preparing
the public for the loss of this impor-
tant city. the Vienna war office in its
night statement after admitting that
the Russians last night penetrated tho
l<eSznioft Brody road, added. we are
still fighting on the southern edge
of Brody"
Brody lies three and three qua ter
miles from the Gahcian frontier. Tho
city had been in Austrian hands since
Septenl Der I, 1918. when i, was cap
tured In Field Marshal Won Mack an
sens great drive. which carried his
troops more than thirty miles west
ward beyond Brody, Simulta neously
with the success at Brody, which
makes the long expected new Rus-
sian invasion of northwestern Galic!a
an accomplished fact. the Russian
army operating further north 10 the
west of the Volhyuian fortress OF
Lutsk, broke through the whole first
line of the Teutons. driving the de- .
tenders into a precipltate flight and
taking 1850 prisoners. including nifty
officers, among whom are two Eon-
erals and two regimental commanders
according to the Petrosrad statement
The Petrograd Statement.
The Austrian official statement is
silent on this area of fighting but
summing up the situation in Volhynia
says that since the middle or July tho
Russians have taken only thirty-o one 1
and one-quarter miles of AUSTRIAN
front positions. bought with inces-
SAINT attacks
The fate of Brodys garrison is NOT
known, 1t is believed that the AUS
trians had sufficient time TO withdraw
the bulk of the city's defenders Ths
Russian statement issued before: the
capture was known says explosions
were heard at Brody. fires were OBJ
served and goods trains were seen
moving. The Petrograd statement
follows:
West of Lutsk we took the offon-
sive and broke through the whole first
line OF the enemy. INJECTING severe
losses, We are advancing our cavalry
pursuing the fleeing enemy. In this
district we captured forty guns. six
mortars, six machine guns. about
nifty officers including two generals
and two commanders of regiments
and more than 1000 men
IN the valley OF the rivers Slon-a
ovka and Boldurovka, tho enemy was
defeated on the whole line We ara
pursuing him in the direction of y
Brody Explosions were heard IN
srody, fires were observed and dcns,
columns of goods trains were seen
moving
Friday morning Brodv was ca,.
tured. The number of prisoners rri
tne amount of booty are not wnt
known
unchanged"
The defense of the Leszntoff Brody
ROAD became practically untenable i
week ago, when the Russians af.e-
FORCING the Styr -Lipe confluence ad-
vaneed en- masse beyond the town az
Berestechk. where the Austro-Hun-
garians were forced to yield to thu
Muscovite pressure and fell back upon
the road to BrodY. A comparativeiv
small Russian army has been stand
ing virtually at the gates of Brody af-
ter the fall of Radsfwilofr Ave mica
TO the northwest of the Galician cite. .
more than month ago. and has been
all Austrian counter attacks
The moment the Russians had al.
Vanced as far as Berestechk which -
only two miles and half from tn.
Galician frontier and Is. miles frovt
Brody. this northeastern army cost
cooperate with the forces pouring ~,
TO the crownland north of Brody r..
thus the defenders of the Lesznic
Brody road were menased by an es-
reioping movement from which the
was but one escape, namely. wit ldra.%-
al to the southwest.
The Russians are now In post on
to advance against Lemberg from tv,syi
directions and along the two ratlroaf sis
the Dubno Brody Lemberg sector fro 4
the northeast and the Stojanow -Lert-
berg railroad from the ..orth Once NINA
possession of about half of the Erodv.
Lemberg sector the Cars forces WI
be in control of the greater part .4'
the railway net of eastern Galicia aaj
render untenable the Austro- Hunsa- &
rian positions to the west of Buczacy.
where at the present the Teutons are
still holding the Russians. s