The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-12
Over 100000 Teutons and Austrians Are Captured by Victorious Russians
 During Past Seven Days
AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL REPORTS ADMIT OF
 RETREAT OF ARMIES
Capture of Enormous War Material Marks Brilliant
 Coup of Gen. 'Brusilloff. Great Victory Yesterday

Great Victory 1eSCefday
 Petrograd, June 11.-(Via London Continuing their of fensive movement in Volhynia and Galicia, Russian troops yesterday took prisoners 4O9 officers and 35,000 men, says the official statement issued here today. The Russians also captured 30 guns and an enor- nous quantity of booty.
 The army of General Techitskyn alone, operating in the direction of Czernowitz, Bukowina, the statement adds, overwhelmed the Austro-Hungar- ians and took 1S,000 prisoners.
 Since the present offensive was started a week ago today the Russians have taken about 10S,000 prisoners.
 ADMITS DEFEAT
 The Austrian official communication is sued today admits the withdrawal of the Austrian forces before "a greatly superior enemy in northeastern Rukowina, where the fighting is extraordinarily heavy.
 The text of the statement follows:
 Our offensive in volhynia, Galcia and Bukowina obtained fresh successes
 yesterday. The enemy armies continue
 to suffer enormous losses in prisoners
 alone.
 ''The fierce attacks of our troops are throwing into our hands thousands upon thousands of prisoners and booty
 of all kinds, the exact estimation of
 which is as yet impossible.
 For instance, in a single sector on the enemy front we captured 21 search
 lights, two conveys, 29 field kitchens
 H trains of machine guns. 12,000 poods
 of barbed wire Ca pood is equivalent
 to 36 pounds); 1000 concrete blanks
 100000 cubes of concrete; 10000 poods
 of coal, enormous depots of ammunI-
 ton and quantities of arms and other
 material.
 CAPTURE MUCH BOOTY
 "In another sector we captured S0,- 600 rifle cartridges, 800 boxes of ma
 chine gun cartridges 200 boxes of hand
 grenades. 1000 rifles. four machine
 guns, two range finders and a Norton
 portable pump for the extraction of
 drinking water.
 The capture of such enormous war
 materials prepared by the enemy for
 various operations. affords proof of
 how opportune was our coup.
 During yesterdays fighting we took as prisoners one general. 4o9 officers and 35.100 soldiers We also captured
 30 guns 13 machine guns and five
 hnnb throwers. This makes the total
 trophies in the recent operations one
 general, 1649 officers and more than
 1o6,0oo soldiers ana 1A guns. 1s0 ma
 chine guns and 5S bomb throwers.''
 Among the various episodes may be noted the plucky struggle of our young formation near Rojitche on the Styr near Lutsk. Here the Germans attempted to render assistance to the Austrians. but by our infantry attack delivered under cover of heavy artillery. they were dis lodged from the town. losing more than 10000 prisoners. two guns and some ma chine guns. Our troops pursued the re- treating Germans.
 CAPTURE STAFF Our forces operating in the region of Dubno (one of the fortresses comprising the Volhynian triangle) captured the town and fort and are on the enemy's heels Some Russian attachments, crossing the Ikwa river have developed their offen- sive. A part of the Russians occupied the region of the village of Damidovka on the Mylnoff- Berestetchno road. forcing the enemy at his Mylnoff point of sup port to surrender. Besides dislodging the enemy from his principal position north of Boutchatche. we took many pris- oners there. including the staff of an Austrian battalion, and also captured a great quantity of arms.
 We overthrow the enemy on the Stripa Near Ossovitzie, north of Boutchatche one of our regiments captured com plete battery of four 10 centmetre mprtars
 Despite the enemy's desperate resist ance, his violent flank and curtain fire. together with the explosion of mines. General Techitskyn's troops captured an enemy position south of Dobronovtze, 20 versts northeast of Cxernowitz (Buko- l wina) In this region alone we took as | prisoners one general 347 officers and 1S000 men and captured 10 guns, and ct the time this report is dispatched pris- oners are still coming in.
 South of zaleszczyky. by an energetic coup we overthrow the enemy, who re- treated. The enemy blew up the Your koutz railway station. Turkoman cav airy charged the retreating enemy and turned his retreat into disorderly rout. FURIOUS COUNTER ATTACKS
 ''Ir attempts to save the situation the enemy at many places made furious coun- ter-attacks. Among others, at dawn Sat- urday in the region of Semk east of
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