The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-10
AUSTRLANLLNE FORCED BACK
26 NILES; KOVEL MENACED|
Russians Announce Capturc
OF 65.857 Prisoners in
Great Drive.
NJ SENT TO AID
SPECIAL Cnhis DesnnfcA "a rux Az

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LONDON. Tune e.-Strons Ceru.r
FORCES have been rushed to aid the hard
pressed Austro.Hunsarian armies In
stemmins the tide Of the Russian often.
s're on the $50 mile front In vo,hvn,a.
southeastern Galicia n the Rukov,na.
These reenforcements have been I'M
able thus far to check the Russian al.
vance. They have been caught In the
hurricane Of Russian shells and the
furious assaults Of the Muscoyi,. irfan.
try lesions.
Push Forward ~ Miles,
The Cars forces have pushed IN.
Austro.Hungarian Ines in Volhynia
more than twenty-six miles to the west.
driving a wedge that threatens to break
the Teuton front and force a general re-.
treat.
They have captured the bridgehead Of
Ho)astihe. twelve miles northwest of
fortified city and important railway
| point Of Kovel.
In the south. on the BukoWina border.
they have pushed thor advance BY
crossing the Strypa and reaching the
Zlota Lipa. threatening Buczacz. the key.
to C~zernowitz. with development.
They have captured a total Of 65,sb7
officers and men. including many Ger
mans. The booty taken includes many
guns and more than thirty cylinders Of
poison gas
The Austro-Hungarian War Office ad-
mits none Of the above assertions. hut in
its report tonight says that Russian at
tacks at various points Of the SOUTH
eastern front were repulsed. II states
that In the northeast the fighting has
been OF a less violent character and that
the situation in Bessarabia is quiet.
The Russian Advance.
The Russian Wa office statement fol-
lows
The battle continues in volhynia
and Galicia. the Germans trying TO
check the development OF our often
sive on their pierced front. German re-
endorsements have arrived from the
region north Of Po,jesje. Many Ger
mans are among the prisoners taken.
Despite the stubborn resistance OF
the enemy In many places u often
sive continues on the whole front. from
the Pripet marshes to the Rumanian
frontier.
Our cavalry led the attack in many
sectors. Among the episodes In the
IhhNbl WIZ iIF's hS6i 'oN'SNs SoFN
Of Lutzk, a squadron Of Cossacks at
tackled the enemy behind the fortifca-
ions and captured two guns and 200
boxes Of ammunition second. near
Boriatno. southeast of Lutzk. our Skin
mishers captured two ten centimeter
guns. four officers inc $50 men. and
near Dobriatne. on the Ikwa. below
! Mlynon, another ten centimeter gun
| and thirty-hve caissons. In another
| Gactar thu hNnfN. included thirty evil
inders Of ~asphyxiating gas.
Our younS soldiers arc rival!ng the'r
elders in pluck u COURAGE. One such
division OF young troops IN an i'm
petuous attack at Opolichenie drove
the enemy back on the Styr and cap
tured the b~ridEehead near the town OF
Rojastihe. They took $500 German
and Austrian prisonerS together with
machine guns and rich booty.
We have crossed the Strypa River
and our troops have reached the Zlo,a
L!pa at Potok.
When directing the action IN n 81
the sectors Of our offensive Gen.
Mikouline was severely
Prisoners Number 8 S.sS7.
The number OF our prisoners Is con-
SANITY Increasing. In addition TO the
e5s officers and more than $1,000 men
already announced. We took III NV
course Of yesterdays fighting an addi-
tional 1855 officers and 1910 men.
making our total Of captures In the
recent operations l.143 oficers and
more than 64.71< men.
Wednesday evening enemy artn-
lerv bal ded violently the regions
northeast Of Krevo and south Of
Smorgon. Subsequently the bonn
bardment extended further north. and
Thursday night the enemy. In strong
force, opened an offensive. but all his
attempts to approach our positions
were repulsed.
In the region Of the Moloderhno
sta tion an enemy aeroplane dropped
four bombs. Five German aviators
raidcd the town OF Iogich!ne. north OF
Pinsk, dropping nifty bombs. One OF
the machines was brought down by
our artillery inside the German
lines.
The Austrian official report follows:
Fighting In the northeast was less
vigorous yesterday. Near kolk'.
north Of Novo Alexieiec. northwest OF
Tarnopol. and on the Dniester Rus
sian attacks were repulsed with heavy
loss.
The situation IL quiet OF the Res
sarabian frontier.
The county Of Poljesje. where Petro