The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-14
Desperate Rear Guard Actions
Being Maintained Against
Russians in CaGcia
IMPORTANT POSITIONS
/ FALL TO THE RUSSIANS
rzar Forces Are Within 50
Miles OF Lemberg. Whose
Defenses Are Being Crushed
By Great Semi-Circlc

London. Aug. l3.--The semi-circle
brmed by the Russian army chain in
alicia from the region south of Brody
the area south of Stanislau has
zen drawn an average of ten miles
oser to Lemberg during the last
venty-four hours. Swiftly rolling up
10 armies OF the Austrian throne
etr In the direction of the Galician
epital, the main goal of General
rusiloff's drive in the south, the Mus
bvite forces drove the Teuton de-
Pnders from the greater part OF their
psitions on the four great streams
|hich formed the main natural OBJ
acles on the road to Lemberg from
be southeast-the Sereth. Strypa, ko-
bpiec and Zlota Lipa.
Though fighting desperate rear
|lard actions. the Austro- German
oops are rapidly retreating on the
hole front from the headwaters of
BIZ Sereth down to the eastern and
buthern approaches of Halicz the
athdrawal having become necessary
ith the fall OF Stanislau last Thurs
kx. .,...,-a. "a 4 .-.-e,>.. 49,, ~,
IA a result Of yesterdays and to-
hy's nghting. the two southern
gates OF Lemberg-Halicz and Brze-
Any----are now in the range of the
ussian artillery. and their fall Is
kar.
Russians Get -Four Big Towns.
Four important towns fell to the
nssians during the last twenty-four
purs The possession of each serves
tighten their grip, on Lemberg
hey are;
IL tJezierna). between the
six ~ h y - -
i.es SOUTHEAST OF Lemberg; Podgaicy
,odhnjcel, on the koropiec, thirty
lies to lie northeast of .Stanislau
hid only fifteen miles south of Brze-
ny. From podgaicy a trunk rail-
ay runs northwest through Brze-
ny directly TO Lemberg. which is
kty-one miles away as the crow flies.
ofoxonka, west OF the Zlota Lipa,
n miles north OF Halicz. Maryam-
il. on the Dniester. ten miles TO the
utheast of Halicx-
Thus Ha,icx is being encireied and
e Teuton ines there. menaced since
= fall OF Stanislau, have become un-
nable.
So Miles from Lcmbcrg.
In the north, just south of the
laawaters of the Sereth. the Rus
In army under General Sakharor
rec cflda 'ttfsYs' ~tfpie,hwtr II ~
re that the Cars forces are only
ty-three' miles from Lemberg, but
drive on the Galician capital is
rected from the south. with Brody
the pivotal point of the giant
ging.
The huge semi circie's right end
ats on the lines In the Sereth VAL
the center is pushing ahead
ainst Brxezany and the left threat
N Haicx These two latter points
Ken the road to Lemberg is practi-
Iiy clear and the Russians are In a
st,ion to take the last lap of their
i've along these railways. with the
ansyersai rail, Tarnopoi-Stryt serv-
q excetlently as supply line.
Nearly ss.O00 Captured.
ronIrht's Russian war office state
IN, enumerates captures OF prisoners
the Galician fghting. giving n total
nearly $4,000 officers and men.
,f these captures 1854 alone were
a. by the armies OF Generals SAX
RON lsouth OF Brody). and Letchit-
fBaczacz and Stanisiau fronts),
Thin the last thirteen days. The
Lance IL made up by prisoners taken
General Tcherbatcheff fmiddie Sc
~ 'front.' from June up to date:
"a officers and 5.15s men.
Cenerai Letchitsky's forces cap
-Ad twelve officers and 1000 men In
last twenty four hours on the
,stritsa River.
a. thu carpathians where week
= the fortunes Of battle showed In
nations to favor the Teutons. the
,..i.n advance being temporarily
.rted Archduke Karl Franx JOS
-. tight wing 10 now retreatinE be-
r.rswed Russian offensive. At :
,.rts BY the Teutcna to wrest the
st.tive from the Muscovttes and
went the gradual separation from
. Austro German northern armies.
Ei.d, according to tonight's Petro-
ad report.
a~~~tr t1 NaHer0 Eayufly