The Washington herald., 1916-08-13
Russians Draw Closer
to Ralicz and Lemberg
In Smashing Onslaught
UBy the International New. servreeJ

CBy the International News servIceD
London, Aug 12.-Reaping the fruits of
the capture Of Stanislau, Russias in
vading armies in Galicia hive begun a
whirlwind drive on the whole 1jo-miIe
front from the Brody region. in the
northeastern edge Of the Austrian Crown
land down to the Carpathian. foothills.
Using Brody as a base and pivotal point
the Muscovite army chain is swiftly roll
ing up the Teuton forces northward in
the direction OF Lemberg, the Gslician
capital, simultaneously widening the
wedge they have driven by taking Stsnis-
lau between the Austrian throne heirs
main forces and his extreme right wing
In this process the Russians have
last twenty-four hours.
They have advanced along the thirty
five-mile front from west of Tarnopol to
west of Buczacz. pushing their lines in
the north closer TO Lemberg and in the
south menacing close TO Haiicz, on the
Stanislau-Lemberg railway.
In this advance they captured FIVE
strongly fortified villages between the
Sereth and Strya rivers. and the town
of Kozlof on the Strypa, sixty-two miles
southeast of Lemberg.
Capture Two Towns.
Thus the whole stretch OF powerfully
barricaded positions which the Teutons
held against all onslaughts last winter
and in which they expected to remain en-
trenched during the coming winter cam
paign, have been occupied by the Cars
forces just a year after Macensen's
drive wrested it from the Muscovites
They captured two important towns.
Nadworna and Solotwina. northeast OF
the Carpathians. crossing the Czarna
Bystritza River at the former and the
Zlota Bystritza at the latter.
This represents an advance OF eighteen
miles since Thursday. when they captured
Dclatyn. the main base OF Archduke
Karl Franz Joseph's right wing.
1t means a vital step toward the
achievement Of the Russian aim: to os-
tablIsh a barrier Of iron and steel around
the Teuton Carpathian army. TO prevent
it from breaking through and rejOining
the main forces Of the Hspsburg heir
apparent.
Take Fortified Points.
They captured a number OF small but
strongly fortified points northwest OF
Buczacz in their drive on HaIicz. while
the left wing OF Gen. LetChitzky's army
which took Stanislau on Thursday pushed
without halt its pursuit Of the defenders
northward toward that town. thus trying
to cut of the Teuton forces heading for
the Stanislau-Lemberg Railway. now
their only avenue of escape.
In their drive on Lemberg. whose cap
ture forms the basic aim Of Gen. Brusi-
loff's strategy on the Galician front, the
Russians have. since the fall of Erody.
advanced 10 within si&ty-two miles OF
the capital from the southeast and with
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south.
The most important success achieved in
the northeast is the capture Of the town
of Kozlof After crossing the Strypa,
the Russians have only twenty miles to
advance TO Brzezany, on the ZIota Lipa.
From this town a railway leads north
west to Lemberg only forty-six miles
away.
No Mention of Gains.
Tonights official Austrian statement
makes no mention of the Russian gains
enumerated above en- the strength OF the
Petrograd official report
Vienna merely states that Gen. Boehm-
Ermollis army "repulsed a strong enemy
attack"
This army forms the right wing OF
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg's forces
and extends to the region west of Tarno-
pol. where it joins Archduke Karl's left
wing.
It does not, therefore, come within the
province OF the territory in which the
Russian gains are recorded.
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