, 1916-08-16

to an official statement issued by the War
Office to-day. On the left bank Of the
Mense The French took some prisoners il a
raid on German trenches east of Hill 3O4.
On The right bank of the Msuse there was
diminishing with grenades about the Thiau-
mont Works. On the rest of the front
cannonading was intermittent.
Berlin, Aug. 1Oth-An Official communi-
cation issued to-day says that the Imperial
Chancellor, DR.. Won Bethmann-Holweg, ac-
companied by Gotlieb Won Jagow the
German Foreign Minister, has gone 10
Vienna to visit Baron Burian Won Rajecz
the Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister, to
continue the Conference concerning The
territory occupied by the Central Powers.
Petrograd, Aug. 11th.-The official state
mont issued by the War Office this evening
states AS a result of our successes on the
River Sereth in the region of Mesterovce and
Yankovce the enemy was compelled to re-
tire from the following positions of G!iadka
and Voroblevsk. La conjunction with the
successes achieved by us IN the vicinity Of
the Monasterzyska- Niznioff railway line our
troops resumed the offensive in the region
north of Monasterzyska. One of our mounted
mnchine-gun detschments after having re-
paired the destroyed bridge ut Monnstel zysEa
pushed along TO the north OF the third Ger
man reserve regiment and the latter Sill
Offering resistance was annihilated by our
armOured muchlne-gunS La the vicinity OF
the confluence of the Zlota-Lipa our cavalry
detachments continuing the advance occu-
pied the village of Ustizelione at the i1nc-
ton of the river Of Khorovanka with the
Dniester and also the village Of Mindlgorie
north Of Ustizelione. Thus the troops Of
Gene al Letchitzky achieved an important
success. The gallant troops of General Let
L.L-1 H. 49, A~ E-iN - tL~
region Of Stanislau captured that town at
7.45 o'clock yesterday (Thursday) evening.
Thereafter he pursued he enemy who re-
treated in the direction of Halicz. Several
explosions were heard previous to the evacu-
alton of the town by the enemy. On the pres
sure brought to bear on the enemy, he evacu-
ated the left bank of the river Vystritza and
our d~etachments began to cross to the other
bunk, meanwhile pouring rifle and machine
gan-ire into the retreating enemy. Caucasus
front Under Turkish pressure our troops
have withdrawn from Hamadan (Persi0(
Petrograd, Aug. 11th.-The Russian eff
cial statement is as follows Fierce fighting
is continuing on the river StokhOd in tie
region of MikhIiabachov the village OF VuhN
Lubachevska, the little town of Stobvy and
the village of Searoche. On the river SeFeth
our troops are advancing us q result of fierce
AShtIuS' Lux SlloLuI ~ LunhlhS u oOoPSA"N0
resistance alternating between defensive
actions and counter attacks. Notwlthstahd-
ing the enemy's efforts to stem our advance
our gallant troops under General SakharoH by
a series of repeated attacks pushed the enc
my out of villages and woods on the right
bank of the river and having reached the
ridge commanding the heights they are
fighting before the village of Troslaneones
Grove. One of our cavalry regiments at
tackled the enemy's infantry and by a second
attack on the flank of the dense masses
of Germans threw them into com
plete disorder. In this way their advance
was stopped. In this region the gallant
troops Of General Eek took IN battles between
August 4th and August 10Th a total of 269
Officers and 5000 men. In addition over
100 wounded Austrians and Germans were
captured. This number Includes two Stall
Officers, 104 Lieutenants and 1872 men, who
were taken il one days battle on August 10Th.
The losses of the enemy i'll killed, accord
ing to the statements of prisoners, were
enormous. tn the region of the Monas-
terzyska-N eznioff railway the successes
of our troops are developing and they
continue to advance. One of our infan-
try regiments having driven out the