Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-06-13
RUMOREDfFALL
OF CzERN0WITz
.Petrograd Hears That Capt.
tai of Bukowina Has
Fallen.
PUSHING TO LEMBERG
Cars Troops Roll Austrians Back,
Who Are Not Given Time to Dis
charge Loaded Guns.

Petrograd, June 13. Hurting west
ward with seemingly superhuman
vigor, the Russian armies of General
Brusillof, are now nammering their
way toward Lemberg, the Galician
capital, in giant strides.
The demoralized austrian defend
ers are rolling back before them.
1t is now estimated that more than
! one.third of the men in Austrian
! armies on the east front have been
! killed, wounded or taken prisoners
since the giant offensive started
| June a.
Approximately 10000 men and
officers have been imprisoned to date.
| In actions such as the Russians arc
engaged the estimate of the conserva-
tive critics is two killed or injured
for every prisoner. This would mean
! that total of 100000 Austrians
have been put out of the fighting
! since June a.
The Austrian army on the east
front has been variously estimated
at from 100000 to 100000 men.
The new Russian line now makes
deep U into the region toward Ko-
vel. Every mile here is double gain.
It drives the Austrians back and at
the same time makes the positions
of the Germans on THE line toward
Riga less tenable.
In the south the armies of the Gar
are knocking at the gates of Czerno-
WITT and the rich country beyond.
Unofficial reports are that Czerno-
WITT has already been taken. This
has not been confirmed.
London, June $50 rapid was the
advance of the Russian armies in the
region of Lutsk that the Austrians
| in several instances did not even have
time to fire the guns they had load
ed, according to Petrograd dis
patch today.
In these instances the Russians ap-
propriated the guns where they stood,
turned them right about and poured
their deadly hail into the fleeing men.
Petrograd, June ia rumor is
in circulation here that the Russians
have occupied Czernowitz, capital of
the Austrian crownland of Buckwina.
The rumor lacks official confirmation,
but it has been given color by the
capture of Dobronovtz, a command
ing point, 10 miles to the northeast.
The Russian line here extends to Ok
ma. From both these points good
roads lead direct to Czernowitz, and
according to military authorities,
they are the only points in this dir
ection capable of defense.
A telegram from Bucharest, Rum.
ania, says the Austrian Army has
evacuated Czernowitz and moved to
a line four miles to the west.
The continued successes of the Rus
slams recorded in official communica-
tion are the more surprising, as the
Austrians, after the first shock of
the Russian advance, appeared to
have rallied their forces and offered
extremely stubborn resistance. This
is indicated by the fact that they
were able to mass sufficient forces
in the vicinity of kolki. north OF
Lutsk. to cause the Russians to re-
tire across the Styr river.
| Not only here, but at other points
on the Volhynian front furious coun-
ter-attacks characterized the last 4C
hours of fighting, bu, without being
able to check, except momentarily
the force of the Russian advance.
It is not believed herethat the Ger.
mans are sending many troops to aid
the Austrians. 1t is. pointed out that
onlv in one misunderstanding Russia's
spectacular Carpathian campaign
did Germany send any large num-
her of men to the relief of the Aus
trians. Instead, it has always beer
their practice, to undertake an often.
sive on some ether line in an endeav.
or to draw off the Russians. 1t is
the opinion of observers here that il
| is not improbable the Germans are