Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-14
RUSSIAN CABINET
TO MEET CAR ON
THE BATTLEFIELD
Rumors of Peace Overtures
by Austria Follow En- u.
peror's Call Of Council
TONS REINFORCED
Army Corps From France OBJ
served on Line Defending Aus
tro-German Volhynia Base

PETROGRAD, July 14.-Interest in the
progress of the victorious armies was di-
vided here today with that directed toward
the conference of the Council of Ministers
and Car Nicholas at the imperial field
headquarters.
This is the second time that the Cabinet
has been called to the front to confer with
the Car since the war broke out, and it
is recognized that only matters of the ut
most urgency would lead TO such step.
The steady improvement in democratic
affairs makes 1t evident that the conference
relates to the conduct of the war, and there
were even reports that the Government Is
preparing to receive peace ovcrtures from
exhausted Austria.Hungary.
The two battles that developed along the
Stokhod River, in Volhyna, where the
AustroGermans are fighting to save Kovel
and trying to check the advance on Lem
berg, continue with great subbornness
Intense artillery duels are reported from
the Dvina front.
LONDON. July 14.--The Russians. hurl-
ing men and shells at the positions defend
ing Kovel have not yet succeeded in forcing
a breach in the line on the Stokhod. The
Teutons have brought up large reinforce
ments from the western front in the effort
TO save the city, for it's loss means the re-
grouping of the Austrian and German
fronts on a very long line Two army corps
have been brought here from France
''On the Stol1hod, astride the Kovel-Sarny
Railroad" says the Austrian official state
ment last night, I'VE repulsed Russian
attacks"
The Cars troops are pushing toward
Kovel both from the east. along the kovel-
Sarny road and from the southeast, along
the line that runs to Rovno.
With their front forced forward to within
striking distance of Kovel from the south,
the main effort is now being made along the
Sarny road, along which. tne Russian army
can be muntioned for a further thrust west
ward. The furious fighting for the Stokhod
brdgehead is unabated. retrograd does not
expect an advance until the Russian guns
have been brought up.
4, Meanwhile. along the lower Strpa in
NGalicia, another fierce battle has developed.
German troops are now fighting here, the
German official bulletin reveals. These
have succeeded in an encirclng movement,
Berlin claims in driving the Russians back.
Petrograd, however. tells of energetic
eounter-attac<s" by the enemy, in which
1000 prisoners were taken. Vienna records
Russian attacks with strong forces" around
Buczacz and admits the enemy penetrated
the Austrian line at some points but de-
clares he was repulsed
The recovery of the Russian armies since
their defeats of last year and the apparent
ly incxhaustihle supplies of guns and ann
munition with which they are provided con-
tinue TO be source of wonder to military
writer's. At least six great armies are en-
gagged against the AuStrltlnS ana Germans
Russia's western front All of them
nre using great quantities of ammunition,
even those not definitely on the offensive.
The capture of more than 1000 prisoners
by the Russians in desperate fighting to the
west of the lower Stripa, in Galicia, is an
nounced by the Russian War Office in yes
terdays official statement which says:
ION the Dvina, above and below Fried
rchstadt, we have carried out successful
reconnoissances.
"On the Stokhod there has been an ar
tillery duel Some squadrons of enemy air.
craft flew behind our lines, dropping bombs
and firing machine guns.
I'm Galica in the region west of the
lower Stripa, desperate fighting has oc-
CURED in many places, the enemy launch
ing energetic countcr-attacls. We took
more than 1000 men prisoners and captured
a gun and some machine guns"
BERLIN, July 1.-THE War Office gave
out today the following statement on the
situation along the east front:
ION the StolIhod River line Gin Volhynia)
the forces of General Won Lnsingen made n
counter-attack near Zarepiche. north of the
Kovel-SaTny Railway, which threw back the
Russians advancing in this sector. one
hundred and sixty men and two machine
guns were captured.
our aerial squadrons successfully at
tackled in the region east of the StoNhod.
The enemy again penetrated our first
line yesterday on the front held by General
Won Bothmer's troops, but, were elected by
means of counter-attack and suffered con-
siderable losses"