The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23
RUSSIANS STOPPED
 FOR THE TIME BEING
Desperate Resistance Made
 by Austro-Germans
TEUTONS ON THE MOVE
Attempt to Divert Russian Attention by Offensive in NOrth-Teutons Still Flinging Themselves
 Against Dead Mans Hill

The Germans and Austrlans in Vol
 hynia are vigorously on the offensive
 against the Russians and seemingly
 have stopped, for the time being, at
 least. the Russian drive westward.
 Along the Stokhod river. west of thu
 Styr, in the region of Sokul, and still
 further west around Mylsls. sanCyinary
 engagements are in progress.
 In these encounters the Russian war
 office says the Germans and Austrians
 have been repulsed. while Berlin de-
 clares that on both sides of the TuriG
 river and southward from Sviniaukhi
 to Grochow. the Russians have been
 driven back. and that northwest oe
 Lutsk the Russian attempts to dispute
 German successes were without result. On the Stripa In GalicIa thc Rus
 sians have taken portions of the
 trenches of the Teutonic allies near
 Gaivoronka, and farther south in Bulk
 owina have driven thei, forces for
 ward southward and captured Ra 1autz,
 about 30 miles below Czernowltz, and
 taken more officers. men and srns. From north of the Prpet marshes to the region of Riga the Germans again have opened what apparently is a general offensive, heavily bon bard ing Russian positions or throwing vio- lent infantry attacks against thenl While Berlin reports nothing except successful German patrol incursions Petrograd says the Germans are vio- lently ombarding the Iks<ull bridge head and have driven their infantry against Russian positions around Dvnsk near Dubatowka. south of Krevo. and on the Okinski canal. All these attacks are declared to have failed, except near Krevo. where the Germans crossed the river. but later were driven back to the west bank. On both sides of the River Mouse, in the region of Verdun and to the east of Fortress Woevne. at the foot of the Mouse hills. the Germans are heavily bombarding the French Espe- cially heavy are the attacks against
 Hill 304 and Le Mort Hoinme. north west of Verdun and northeast of tho fortress around Thiamont. the Vaux wood, Chapitre and Fort Laufee. In a counter attack the French haze re- | taken from the Germans most of the trenches the Germans captured w eQneSQay n1Bnt. between the Num1n wood and Chenois northeast of Yer dun.
 The Germans near Givenchy captured , British trenches, but later were driven out, suffering heavy losses in the counter attack.
 Considerable activity against Ger
 man towns has taken place, French machines having dropped bombs on 1 Treves. Karlsruhe and MulheiEl Tn aii l battles four German aeroplanes were brought down by the French, who in
 turn lost one machine through motor l trouble.
 l No important changes in the situa | tion on the Austro-Italian theatre or
 in Asiatic Turkey have been reported. 1 The ultimatum of the entente pow CTS in Greece has been yielded to by l the Hellenic kingdom. The demands in- clude complete demobilization f the Greek army. the formation of cabinet l benevolently neutral to the entente al- lies, the holding of new elections and 1 the reconstruction of the gendarmerie. l The Greek cabinet has already re- \ signed and another is in proress of l formation.