Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-06-14
$4,000 PRISONERS CAPTURED BY RUSSIANS
Cars Army Take Total Of 100000 in one
Weeks Offensive Movement.

movement u q S, OFeIWncIule'
the Aussian troops yesterday tool
prisoner 400 officers ard IS OUt
men says the official statemen
issued here today. The Russians
also captured 80 guns and an
enormous quantity of booty. .
The Army OF General Techit-
skyn alone, operation in, the di
rection of Czernowitz Bukomina
the statements adds overwheln
ed the Austro- Hungarians and
took 5000 prisoners
Since the present offensive was
started a week ago today, the
Russians have taken about 1O9,-
600 prisoners.
sour offensive in Volhynia
Galicia and Bukowina obtained
fresh successes yesterday The
enemy armies continue to suffer
enormous o S e S i'll prisoner;
alone.
"The fierce attacks o f our
troops are throwing into ou1
hands thousands upon thousands
of prisoners and booty of all kinds
the exact, estimation of which is
as yet impossible.
For instance, in a single sec
tor on the enemy front we cap
tured 2l searcelights, two con
voys, % field kitchens ~ train
of machine guns, 5000 pools OF
barbedwire a pood is equiva
lent to 80 pouuds) l 900 concrete
planks, 100000 cubes of con
crete 1c 900 poods of coal, enor
nous depots of ammunition and
quantities of arms. and tther ma
terial.
''In another sector we captured
30 600 rifle cartridges, 800 boxes
of machine qua cartridges, 200
boxes of hand grenades, 1 900
1ides, four machine guns, two
range finders and a Norton por
table pump for the extraction of
drinking water.
The capture of such enor-
nous war material prepared by
the enemy for various operations
afford proof of how opportune
was our coup.
During yesterdays fighting
we took as prisoners one general
400 officers and IS loo soldiers.
We also captured SO guns, 13
machine guns and five bomb
throwers. This makes the total
trophies in the recent operations
one general, l $40 officers and
more than 100000 soldiers and
124 guns, l9o gun sr1achine and55
bombthrowers. Among the va
rious episodes may be noted the
struggle of our yonng formation
near Rajitche on the Suyr near
Lutsk. H r the Germans at
tempted to render assistance to
the Austrians but by our infan
try attack, delivered under cover
of heavy artillery they were dis
lodged from the town, tossing
more than 1000 prisoners two
guns and some machine guns
Our troops pursued the retreat
ing Germans.
"Our forces operating in the
region Of Dubno Zone Of the
fortresses comprising the Voll1y-
nian triangle) captured the town
and fort and are on the enemy's s
heels. Some Russians detatch-
ments, crossing the Ikwa River,
have developed their offensive.
A part of the Russians occupied
the region of the village of Dam
idovka On h Myinoff Deres
tetchne road forcing the enemy
at his Mylnoff point of support te
surrender. Besides disloging !h'
enemy from his principal position
north of Boutchatche, we tool
many prisoners there including
the staff of an Austrian battalion
and also captured a great quani
ty of arms.
sWe overthrow the enemy OF
t h e Stripa. Near Ossoville
north of Boutch atche one of ou
regiments captured a complet
battery of four lO-centimer moi
tars.
Despite the enemy's desperat
resistance his violent flame an
curtain fire together with tn
explosion of mi II e S, Geners
Techltskyn's troops captured a