Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-29
Triumphant Russians I'm
der Sakharoff Batter
Teuton Resistance.
MARCHING TOWARD
CITY OF LEMBERG
Whole of Longucval and
Delville Wood in Hands
of British.

7 ONDON, July 2S Go p. m.)-Rus-
l. sian forces have broken the en-
tire Austro- German front west Of
Lutsk. says Reuter- dispatch from
Petrograd The Austro-Germans were
routed. the dispatch adds. and nine
thousand men, including two generals
and 46 guns, were captured.
PETROGRAD, July rs (via Lon
don, 10 p. m)-The town of Brody,
Galicia, 5S miles northeast of Lem
berg has been occupied by Russian
troops. says an official statement
given out tonight.
PETROGRAD, July 2S (9:49 p. m)
Austro- German forces have been
driven from the line of the Rivers
Slonevka and Boldurovka, in southern
Volhynia, and have fled in the di-
rection of Brody, pursued by the Rus
slams. says an official statement given
out tonight by the war office. EX-
plosions and fires have been observed
in Brody.
LONDON, July rs G1:40 p. M
The last German strongholds in
Longuoval have been captured by the
British troops, according to the Of
fical statement tonight Hand-to'
| hand fighting continued Throughout
| the day in the vicinity Of Pozieres
| the statement adds.
LONDON, July 30 (3:O3 a. m.)-Ger
man airships raided the east coast o
| England early this morning, accord
ing to an official statement just Is
sued. The number of raiders, say
the statement, has not yet been estab
lished. The reports as to the raider
| crossing the coast came from York
shire and Lincolnshire. Bombs wer'
dropped but details are lacking"
| LONDON, July 2S.-G1:13 p. m,
While the battle of the Somme is con
tinuing with methodical success foi
the British forces the Russians AZ,
able to announce another impOrtan
victory in the capture of Brody. I'M
GaliCian town, 5S miles northeast &
Lemberg, is "A great railway junction
and 1T had been expected the Aus
trians would retain it at all COSTS. Tn
swiftness of this new Russian st:Uk
was unexpected and may lead to tn
capture of Lemberg itself.
The Russians, according 20 a repor
whole Austro-German front west o
Lutsk. In this success they are re
ported to have captured two generals
nine thousand prisoners and IS gun!
After Brody Next
The fall of Brody is a serious thren
to Lemberg and the rapid advance G
General Sakharoff's forces menace
the whole AustrO-German line q
communication from the north I
the south.
For the present Kovel yields /
importance to Lemberg. The pos
ton on this portion of the Russia
front seems to be that General kllt
dimes, having driven General Won i-iI
singen's left wing behind the StoR
bod river. has suspended his adVlnc
toward Kovel and is holding up IN
great Teutonic forces there, Whl'
General Sakharoff is pressing 0
; toward Lemberg, which is defende
by the forces of General Boehm- E'
, molli.
> Petrograd correspondents attrlbu'
the successes over the Austro-Gel
mans almost entirely to the oV"i
whelming superiority Of the Russia
artillery and Russias apparently enc
less supplies Of ammunition.
Tonights official report or u
British war office shows that u
british are continuing their success
!, ful progress. The whole Of Longu'
- val now is in their hands, as well
the Delville wood, from which th'
drove the Fifth Brandenburg DIV
sion.
Capture Gratifying.
= The final capture Of Delville woo
h is very gratifying to the British pc
q nIe. II was first taken July II. b
+ was afterward abandoned. For MAJ
days the wood and the village
. Longucval has been the scene OF son
Of the heaviest fighting of the VINO
O campaign. The possession OF u
: wood and of Longueval is expected
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