Evening star., 1916-07-31

of Brody, on the Volhynlan and
Galician frontier, Russian troops
are pursuing the Austro-German
armies, it was officially announced
here today, and have reached the
Rivers Graberki and Sereth.
Official Russian Statement.
The text of the Russian official state
ment says:
I'm the region northeast and south
east of Baranovichi fierce artillery
duel is taking place.
Enemy aeroplanes dropped bombs
on the stations at Zamire and Isiaslay.
"On the River Stokhod our forces
fighting there went forward. At one
of the bends in this river'in the course
Of cur attack we have taken with
other prisoners the entire 31st Honved
Regiment with the regimental COM
mander and his entire staff.
AT other places on the Stokhod we
took twenty-one officers and 914 rank
and file and four machine guns. In
the direction of Kovel fierce fighting
continues.
I'm the Brody area we are pursuing
the enemy and have reached the Rivers
Graberki and Sereth."
New Russian Development.
While Gen. Brussilon's breach in the
Austro-German lines west of Lutsk is
being widened and deepened by the
further driving home of the wedge be-
tween the armies of Gen. Won Linsingen
and Gen. Won Boehm-Ermoll, a new
development is recorded in the renewed
activity of Gen. Letchitzky to the south
of the Dniester. The Russians here
have begun new turning movement
on Won Bothmer's right flank to the
west and southwest of Tarnopol. The
operations in this section, which were
brought to halt a fortnight ago by
freshets, have been renewed in the di-
rection of Stanislau. a division of Cau-
casian cavalry having rushed the Aus
TRANS and captured Ezerzany, twenty
miles southeast of Stanislau.
At the same time new blows have
been delivered on the north extremity
of the Lutsk breach, just south of the
KoVdl- Sarny railroad at Gulevitchi and
Svianiki. where the Rovno-Kovel rail-
was crosses the Stokhod. The latter
censer has been the most fiercely con-
tested portion of the Kovel defense.
Cars Forces Cross Stokhod.
The fact that the Russians have been
able to throw bridges across the Stok-
hod here and at Gulevitchi and estab-
lish foothold on the west bank of the
river is taken by military experts in
Petrograd to signify a definite weak
ening of the German opposition and
of he
Kovel.
Gen. Sakharoff's drive in the direc-
ton of vladimir-Volynski and Sokal
continues with unabated vigor. His
enormous captures of prisoners. total
ing in eight days nearly 10000. are con-
sidered significant of the demoraliza
ton of the forces under Won Boehm-
Ermolli.
Col Shumsky, military critic of the
Bourse Gazette, points out that the
capture of two generals and two regi-
mental commanders is an indication of
the extreme depth of the penetration of
the Austro-German lines, as such, Of
fcers customarily are a considera BILE
distance back of the fighting front. The
pressure exerted by the Russians on
the army of Won Linsingen in the di-
rection of Vladimir -Volynski deprived
the Austrians of any help which might
have been expected in this direction.
Left to it's own devices, Won 3oehm-
Ermollrs army. under the serious turn
ing Of the left flank, suffered greatly
from the swift blows of Gen. Sakha-
roff's troops.
Violent Battles Continue.
BERLIN, July 81. by wireless to Say
official statement Issued by
the Austro- Hungarian headquarters
under date of July 80. reads textually
as follows:
Russian war theater-The battles in
East Galicia and in Volhynia continue
with undiminished violence. In East
especially near Molodylov.
northwest of Kolomea and west and
northwest of Buczacz, the struggle is
bitter.
'"rhe enemy continued his efforts both
iay and nighe, but all failed under the
heaviest losses.
Russian attacks between Berestechk
and the Stokhod, in spite of the great
loss Of life, had no success whatever
In most cases the attacks were stopped
oy our artillery and infantry fire.
Where the Russians entered tempo
-ariIy our trenches like they did to the
west of Lutsk-army of Col. Gen. Won
were elected by a
attack.
Near Kaszovka, on the Stokhod, after
-epulsing several Russian attacks. the
iefense was placed along the subtens
If the far advancing Stokhod bend"
B0ARDER SHOOTS GIRL OF Is.