The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-31
$4,000 PRISONERS
IN TWO-DAY FIGHT
Petrograd States This Is
Number Taken by General
BrussilOff's Army

Petrograd, July 3o.-(via London)
Thirty-two thousand men, $50 officers and
100 guns, including 20 heavy howitzers,
were captured during July % and 90 by
General Brussiloff's forces. according to
a Russian official statement. which
reads:
on the River Stokhod in the region of
Gulevitchi, and have crossed to the left
bank. where they are strengthening the
positions they have taken up.
Enemy aeroplanes made their appear
ance in the region of Logischin and over
the Manevitchi station. where they
dropped some bombs.
I'm the Kovel-Rojtche region our
troops continue to advance. The enemy
is retreating behind the Stokhod river. A
large number of enemy aeroplanes flew
over our positions in direction to the
southwest of Lutsk, dropping bombs on
the way, and firing upon our troops with
machine guns.
ITO the south of the Dniester the enemy
was pursued by our troops in the direc-
ticn of Stanislau and fled to positions
previously prepared by him.
"Details regarding the booty captured
are still so incomplete that it is only
possible to give them in very approx
innate manner 1t, however, has been
ascertained that the troops under Cen
eral Brussiloff during July IS and 20
captured two generals, more than 500 Of
ficers and $1,000 men. including con-
siderable number of Germans. About 100
guns, including 20 heavy howitzers, have
been captured. This includes 81 guns
taken by General Letchitsky's troops.
Eighty-fve machine guns also were taken
by his troops.
During the three days battle fought
by General Sakharoff's troops 216 Off
GERS, 1859 men, nine guns, 40 machine
guns and about 5000 rifles were captured.
However it is just possible that some of
these were included in the number above
given.
The total number of captures made by
General Sakharoff's men from July 16 to
IS are $40 officers, 1912 men. 40 guns
of which II are howitzers; 100 machine
guns, 80 mine and bomb throwers, 50
limbers and rs cartridge wagons; also 10
machine guns mounted wheels and
SIX dTtllleTy ana engineering uepOts.
Todays statement reads:
Western front: On July Is one of our
air squadrons, consisting of 10 aeroplanes
made a successful raid upon Baranovichi
throwing bombs on the railway sta tion
buildings and rolling stock. A few fires
were OBJ served North of Lake Miadziol
Ensign Thomson. in a Newport machine,
pursued an enemy albatross. which ap-
peared over the town of Budislavas, TO
tIa oP o1,1 rl,,i1- oil onfr
withdrew in a northwesterly direction
and Ensign Thomson, after bombardment
with his machine gun of a camp near
the aerodrome, in the vicinity of Kobyl-
mix, returned safely.
THE armies of General Brussiloff hav-
ing resumed the offensive, have thrown
back the enemy on the whole front from
Kovel- Rojische railway to the region OF
Brody and have captured this last named
place Troops of General Letchitzky, by
an audacious thrust, have thrown back
the enemy in the direction of Stanislad
to the south of the Dniester. A number
of prisoners and other booty were cap
tured. Figures are not yet available.
AN heroic Cossack division, by a cav
airy attack. surprised the natives and
took Izerzany, which is situated on the
road to Tlumach (15 miles southeast of
Stanislau).
According to supplementary informal
ton, the total number of prisoners taken
up to the 18th of July amounts to 400
o:ieers and 10000 of the rank and file
The number of captured guns is SIS. In
addition. many machine guns and large
quantities of booty which have not yet
been computed have been captured.
Caucasus front: Our advance in the di-
rection of Sivas and Kharput continues
and we have taken a number of prison.
ers. During the night of the 9th the
Turks launched a fierce attack on the
district of Mosul, on the right flank of
our attachments. but were forced back
by gallant counter-attack by our Gruzi-
Man rif1emen The enemy fled in disorder,
throwing away arms and CARTRIDGES