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Capture of Additional Prison.
erS Brings Total Since
June d Up to 800, 108
Officers and Men.
Won BOTHMER MAKING
STAND NEAR DNElSTER
AuStro-GermanS Halt Re-
treat and Furious Fighting
is in Progress at Town
of Horozanka.
Infernational News Service


PETROGRAD. Aug n. - The
capture OF 7.5O6 additional Austro-
Germans, including 1913 officers,
was announced today by the Rus
sian war office. This brings the total
number OF Germans and AustrO-
fIunEarians captured in the Russian
drive since June 4 to 366,1OS officers
and men. OF tins total 1856 are
officers.
Artillery and rifle duels are con-
tinuing along the front, the official
report states, and il also ammo lnces
the repulse OF counter-attaCks.
Kemmern. west of Riga, has been
bonn barded by a Zeppelin.
The following is the official re-
port.
Artillery and rifle duels are TAX
ing place along the front. Enemy
counter-attacks were frustrated.
a Zeppelin dropped bombs upon
Kemmern, west of Riga.
Gen. Bezobrazoff. in fns most re-
cent operations. captured 19S off,
GERS. 7.SOS men. 80 field guns, Ia
heavy guns 40 machine gurs, %
bomb throwers and $4,000 smells.
Make Determined stand
Gen. Won BOthmer's Austro-Ger-
man army. which retreated from
the Strypa river. is making a strong
stand north of the Dneister, between
the ZIota Ldpa and the Narajoka
rivers and furious fighting is in
progress in that district. The Aus
tro-German counter-attacks. coup
led with intense artillery fire,
brought about temporary check Of
the Russian advance in 'hat region.
but il is believed that the drive viii
soon be i'm full swing again.
The fighting line, north or The
Dneister. lies on both sides of the
Galician town Of HoronZanka, which
has been destroyed 10y artillery fire.
AT the ends of the GaHcian battle
line the Russians continue their
steady progress, notably west of the
upper Sereth and ON the line
stretching south from the Dneister
TO the lower ranges OF the Carpath-
ians.
In the Carpathians the Russians
have captured more dominating
heights and are lighting hard TO get
control of Jablonitza pass known as
the key 20 the Carpathians.
Southwest OF KOZow and on both
sides OF Zborow the Russian pres
sure is extremely heavy.
Southwest of NOrochta. I'M the
mountains where the Austro- Hun
garians admit their defeat a Catas-
frophe was averted only 10y the
hasty retirement of the Teuton al
lies.
The appointment Of Gen. Nicholas
Ruzsxy TO command the northern
group of armies facing Won linden
burg is believed here 10 be the pre-
lude Ia great activity IN Poland.
Military critics expect the Russians
20 launch a str0ng offensi,- from
the Baltic 10 the Pinsk district
ROME. Aug. 17.-Whilo the Aus
tro- Huugariaus are attacking az
many points along the front TO
create "a diversion. the steady prog
rcss OF the Italians east of Gorilla
continues. with the heavy guns
slowly but steadily blasting way
through the mountain defenses of
The Teutons.
The strongly built trenches on the
Carso plateau. southeast Of GoriZla.
ane falling into the hands OF the
Italians one by one. The battle in
that district never ceases day or
nirht and when the infantry is not
attacking the artillery is lombard
ing
The report that Germans are be-
ine sent 10 defend Trieste is credit
"a here. although no formal decla-
ration OF war exists between Italy
and Germany Austro- Hungary is
desperate and her position is getting
more serious daily The Italians are
driving forward in two directions
from Trieste. one force cutting di-
pec4iy east ward against the hills
positions thai lie at the base OF the
Istria peninsula and the other IN a
southeasterly direction I'm "a direct
lime toward Trieste
4 dispatch from Udme the ltal-
ian base. saws that the advance
guard OF the Italian Is only ii mile.
from Trieste