New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
Forces in BukOWina,
Enveloped, Forced
TO Fall Back.
CAR SMASHES
LINES ON STYR
Czenowitz in Ruins-bul-
CARS Rushed to Aid
TeutOns.

ro,5o,. June 1.-THE drive OF the
p...;., offensive in Volhynia, Galicia
- Ppkowina shows little slsckenins
: ,ouer. although the forward progress
- General Brusilof's armies apparent
l., &c much less rapid than in the early
.,s,es Of the campaign.
r-or, the Volhynisn triangle
harnesses The Russians have thrust
s,,rnlv 20 the west and southwest In
ne former direction they are batterlns
=, the Austrian defensive line along
,bs s.vr and the Stokhod, not more
than thirty miles from Kovel, the I'M
,or-snt railway junction essential to
close connection between the southern
Teutonic armies and those 70 the nor'h
In the latter direction they have
scored new progress and are now close
20 the Galician border, pushing down
the railway from Dubno.
To-pirht's Russian official statement
reports the occupation Of RadziloWo'
less than ten miles from Brody, across
the frontier line, and approximately
sixtv miles northeast Of Lembers, the
Cslicisn capital, the Russian objective
H. this drive.
Germans Aiding Austrians-
Berlin records the participation OF
German troops in the fighting sgains'
the Russians, reporting General Won
Iinsineen's forces engaged In the
Stokbod-Styr sector and troops under
General Count Won Bothmer taking
mart in the battles north Of Preze'
woika.
Near Lutsk the gap in the Austrian
lin.s has been further widened by the
northward progress of the Russians to
sokul and the forest Of Rostok, which
fell after 8 hard struggle. The Russian
nenetration northwest Of Buczacz IS I'M
portant in opening up the way 70 Lem
berg. tho approaches to which have been
defended with the utmost STUBBORN
ness.
C1ernowitz, the capital Of BukoVinh
has been almost completely destroyed
IN the fierce battle that has been raging
there and the Austrian forces are
being fast enveloped by Russian troops
which are cutting them off from their
BukowinA army, according TO tele'
eram 70 tho "Russky Invalid" in Pet
rogrsd.
Austrisns Forced to Retreat.
The breaches made by the Russians
on the southwestern front, spreading
fan shape from thirty TO forty miles in
the rear Of the Austrian line, have now
effectively separated the three main
Austrian army groups operating be-
tween the Pripet and Bukowina. The
continued retreat of the more advanced
portions of the Austrian forces is occs-
stoned. therefore, more by strategic
reasons than because Of actual press
ure applied by the Russians.
The primary object Of General Bru-
silofs campaign is not the retaking Of
lost territory, and. although it is quite
conceivable that Lemberg may be
caught in the encircling movement de-
veloping from the flank attacks on
Lutsk and Czernowitz. the chief aim
Of the Russian advance is obviously 70
destroy, or at least cripple, the Aus
trian army.
The tremendous number Of prisoners
taken by tho RuEsians-up 70 the pres
ent roughly estimated at $4,000, with
additional lcsses in killed or wounded
Of ,o0o-sttests the success Of
the Russians IN accomplishing this
aim.
Military commentators contrast the
effect Of the present Russian advance
with that of the German advance last
GUNNER, which yielded much larger
gains in territory, without, however, In
any sense destroying the integrity OF
the Russian armies.
Railways Lines UndsmAged.
Two German army corps have been
sent 70 Galicia, and two Bulgarian divi-
sions have been sent 10 Bukowins, ac-
cording 70 a Kiev dispatch 10 the
"Russky Invalid" The railway line be-
tween Rovno and Rojitche, says the
dispatch. has sustained little damage,
the Austrians succeeding only In de-
stroying several points on the line and
in blowing up bridges. The Austrians
abandoned q battered srmored train
near Olyka-
The storming Of over three miles Of
formidable Austrian positions along the
flooded Pluichevks River. tributary OF
the Styr. hsnked by ten lakes and sup
ported by FIRE from the heights in the
the rear, was a wonderfully fine ac-
tion," continues the dispatch. "and in
conjunction with the capture Of the
Rostok forest south Of the lower