The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-11
SLAV DRIVE CRUSHES
/ TEUTON EAST FRONT
BruslIoff Breaks Austrian Line
H., at Three Places, Capturing
( $4,000 Prisoners.
Continued from First Page)

(COntlnue0 from f1rst fabeJ
press westward toward the Gnita-Lipa
river. which marks the Austrians
frontieh before the final advance last
September This is evidenced by the
enormous number OF prisoners taken
daily and by the immense aount o.
booty found strewn along the path OF
the retreating forces. About so,Wo AUS
TRANS have been captured since the
Russian offensive began.
More than 200 miles Of the most COM
plicated Austrian defenses have been
smashed to pieces. not counting tne
miles of enemy works wrecked al
points where the lines were broken.
Many OF these positions had been con-
structed by ten months OF hard work,
prisoners reported. .
Germans Can Aid Little.
Exactly what the Germans will do
to meet this new peril has not yet de-
veloped. They have renewed activity
In the SmorRor region evidently u
mask the transfer Of troops to the a.d
Most Of these men come from the
wilma and Ida sectors. but even these
can be Ill spared. ms Kuropatkln's army
on the pvinsk KiGa front now faces
strength in artillery-the fall OF Dlbae
German prisoners were among those
taken in the last two days.
One Of the surprises OF Brusiloft's for
strength in artiiieryt--he fall Of Dubno
was the result. He IN now four miles
beyond Lutsk and menacinx an impor-
tant sector of Austrian territory.
During yesterdays fighting Petrograd
reports the capture of o. officers. $500
mon. and II guns.
AT many points on the Dvina front
there were artillery duels. During the
night Of the 9Th German mb-throw.
differen. sectors OF the Dvinsk post
lions. In the region OF the village Of
Krevo, south OF Smorgon the Teutoas
the Russian trenches. They were driv-
en- back each time.
Belgian Motor Cars Used.
Belgian armored motor cars arc rem
derlng great all to the Cars forces.
In view Of the frantic efforts of the
Grown Prince to take yerdun. and
the sudden attack of the Austrians on
the italian position the time OF this
Russian drive is believed to have been
nicely calculated.
A week ago yesterday the Cars Of
fensive against the Austf1ans began
along the southern part Of the front
Its northern limit was the town OF
Plnsk, where the German front begins
"A fortnight ago i was estimated that
the western shores Of the Gulf Of Riga
was held by forty-eight divisions OF
infantry and ten Of cavalry. or about
10000 men, and that this line was
40 miles long.
Lemberg Now Threatened.
A week ago the Austrian front extend
ing south from Pinsk to and a little
southeast of the Rumanian salient, waf
1856 miles long.
Since the offensive the Austrian front
defended by 100000 men has lost one
quarter of its total.
The advance not only threatens Lem
berg In one sector. but Kovel as we'll
and the southern assault between the
Dniester and the Pruth not only tends
to bind the Austrian line closer on ton
OF Rumania. but tbs advance toward
the Carpathians. only forty miles away
10 a menace to the plains of Hungary.
Expert British and Russian opinion Is
may at any moment flank the German
right and the Austrian left. Such ar
eventually would obviously affect the
entire Teutonic front and influence
troop movements In places remote from
the sector now active.
Germans Gain in West.
Reports from the western front indi
cate renewed German activity. Tn,
Berlin war office announces furthe
progress northeast of Verdun, wher,
ground has been gained southwest o
Fort Douaumont, and west Of For
Vaux.
In taking a field work in the Vau,
sector more than 500 men and twenty
two machine guns were captured by tn,
S their captures have totaled more thai
200 men