New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-09
Russians Regain
Two Border Towns
Throw Back Enemy in the
North, but Lose Ground
in Rumania

LONDON, Aug. s.-The military stu
alton in the East is practically un-
changed, except for two small Russian
successes on the southwestern front
and a Russo-Rumanisn reverse in
southern Moldavia.
Near Brody. the single Galician town
Of importance which the Russians still
sold, the Tcutons penetrated the Rus
sian positions in the region Of Semi
rinki, but were thrown back 70 their
original lines by counter attacks. On
Russian territory. near the confluence
OF the Dniester and the Zbrocz, the
frontier stream, attachments of Korni-
lofts Seventh Army inaugurated what
Petrograd describes as a vigorous
offensive and expelled the Austro-
Germans from the villages Of Barych-
kovey and Wygoda, capturing seven
officers, 80 men and four machine guns.
Petrograd admits the German claim
that Field Marshal Won Mackensen's
counter offensive north of Focsani in
Rumania, has gained impetus, and says
the Russians have been compelled TO
retire north of Bisgeschi.
Petrograd credits the Russian SOL
diers defending positions in the wood
ed Carpathlans with extraordinary
herosm. Several regiments, after their
cartridges were exhausted, defended
themselves with stones flung down the
mountainside at the advancing Aus
TRANS, and met them with the bayonet
when they reached the summit. The
that the enemy was able to seize only
two OF the heights, though Vienna
claims that several SUBMITS" were
stormed. Lack of ammunition COM
PEELED the Russians to retire little on
both sides of the Kimpolung road.
The thrust of the Russian Seventh
Army where the Zbrocz River joins
the Dniester has not yet developed
sufficiently TO indicate whether it is a
fash in the pan or whether Kornilotf
has reorganized his forces sufficiently
to strike q genuine blow for the pro-
lection of Bessarabia and the rich har-
vest lands of this region. Unofficial
imminence of a further Russian re-
treat just north of this area, from the
old Polish fortress of Kamenetz- Po-
dolsk, the capital Of the province Of
Podolia, which adjoins Galicia, to the
garrison town of Proskurov, ffty-three
miles northward and directly east Of
Tarnopol.
The "Novoye Vremya," of Petrograd
says both places have been evacuated.
Kamenetz-Podolsk is an important
town of $4,000 population, and Pros
kurov, in the same province, has $4,000
inhabitants. The latter city is thirty
miles within Russian territory and has
little protection east of the Austrian
border. Recently, however, the official
news has suggested that the Teutons
east of Tarnopol have been content TO
halt on the frontier.
Around Brody there have been sew
eral attempts lately to force the Rus
SLAMS from their lines and clear all of
Galicia, but the morale of the defending
troops in this sector appears better
than that of those TO the south. They
have held their positions with tenacity.
In Southern Moidavia Mackensen's
stroke, which in its first phase resulted
in the capture of / 300 prisoners. must
take its course for few days 10 re-
veal its effect on the offensive the
Russo-Rumanians have been conduct
ing between the Casin and Putna val
legs, in Pennsylvania. The Russians
are retiring TO the River Sereth, which,
near its confluence with the Danube, is
a wide stream, and may afford a good
line Of defence.