The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-19
Germans From West Hurled Into Line of Battle but Slavs Press Onward - Panic in Czernowitz as Victorious Forces Appear Losers Repulse Attacks On Styr.

Petrograd, June 1e-Czernowitz, capital of Bukowina, once more is in Russian hands.
 Gen. Lechnitzky's troops, it is an nounced officially, entered the city Sunday afternoon, after capturing the last Austrian defenses by storm. The Austrians, the report says, are retreat ing southward, toward the Carpath- ian Mountain passes.
 Fierce Battle on KoveI Road. Furious fighting is also going on, it is announced, at many points along the Volhynia-Galicia front, particu 1arly on the front northwest of Lutsl, where the Russians are pushing along the railway line toward kove1. Ger man troops, brought from the wes- tern front have been thrown into the battle at this; point, it is an- nodnced. The ofddial report says:
 s"The Emperor has received @ con- gratulatory telegram from the King of Serbia on the overwhelming sue cess of the brilliant Russian troops, with warm wishes for continued suc- cess. A similar telegram was re- ceived from the Serbian Grown Prince, stating that the Serbian troops were filled with warm admira- ton and joy over the Russian vic- tories.
 "On the front of Gen. Brusiloff' s army the enemy maintains his resis- tance, making repeated counter at tacks, which our troops repulsed suc- | cessfulIy, pressing the enemy more closely in various directions and talk ing prisoners and booty.
 Win Bridge by Storm yesterday, at o'clock in the af- | ternoon. Gen. Lechnitzky's troos cap tured Cernowitz on the left bank of the Pruth. After desperate fighting for the passage of the river, where the enemy had destroyed the bridges, we 1 occupied Czernowitz.
 "Our troops are pursuing the enemy, who is retreating in the direction Of 1.-the Carpathian passes In the course | of the capture of the bridgehead we | took more than 1000 prisoners and also seized guns in Czernowitz-
 s"The following details have been re- .ceived of the fighting on the remain der of the front. The troops of Gen. KaIedines have repu1sed desperate en- emp counter attacks, in which Ger man troops from the French front were engaged. In the region of the Village of Gadomitche (west of Koll<i) on the Styr, hot engagement occur red.
 '"Thus far the German and Austrian prisoners amount to seventy, officers and 2,OOO men, and we also have taken eight machine guns.
 | the village of Svidnaks, on the north bank of the Stokhod (nidway between Lutsk and KoveD. We repulSed the attack despite the fire of the enemy's \ armored train. Our Cossac clxs, headed 1 by their Col Srnirnof, charged twice on the flank against the enemy forces which had assumed the offensive. The Cossacks captured five machine guns, put a great number of Germans to the sword and the others to disorderly flight and took as prisoners two off, cers and many German soldiers. According to the latest particulars of the fighting from the 9th to the 17th, General Kaledines has taken as prisoners 1, 309 officers, 10 surgeons and 10000 men, and 83 guns, 236 machine guns and an enormous quantity of I material.
 "In the region of the right bank of the Stripa river north of Buczacz the enemy took the offensive, but, being received by our concentrated fire, he Iretreated to his trenches.
 Artillery Duel In North.
 -ttOh the northern front, in the forest region, and on the Dvina front there has been violent artillery fire on vari- ous sectors. Our artillery seriously damaged the enemy's trenches and works fronting our Dvinsk positions and southwest of Lake Norocz''
 From Berlin comes: Czernowitz has
 
 days official Austrian bulletin, re- 1 ceived here from Vienna, admits. The report however, announces that the Russians were repulsed at several other points, with considerable loss to them. Today's official German report also mentions the repulse of Russian attacks on the Styr, in Volhynia, and west of the Stripa, in Galicia. The Austrian official bulletin says:
 Yesterday the garrison of the bridgehead at Czernowitz withdrew before superior enemy fire. During the night the enemy at several points forced a passage of the Pruth and penetrated Czernowitz, which we evac uated.''
 The statement claims the repulse of Russian counter attacks in Volhynia and the gaining of ground north of Gorochof (2o miles east of the Bug and seven miles from the Galician frontier), with the capture of 300 Rus sian prisoners and three machine guns It reports the Germans successful to the north of Torya, where II Russian officers, 3,446 men, one gun and ma chine guns were taken.
 Russian attacks between Soku1 and Ko1ki Con the Styr) are declared tc nave been repulsed.
 The German official report says: Gen von Iinsengen repu1sed Rus- sian attacks on the Styr on both sides of Kolki. Between the Kovel-Lutsk road and the Torya. sector our troops Il Russian officers, 3,446 men, one can- non and 10 machine guns.
 Before Gen. Count von Bothmer's army, enemy attacks north of Prze- lowka (west of the Stripa, north oi Buczacz) broke down under the cur tain of fire"
 Special despatches from correspon. 1 dents on the Austrian front at Czerno