New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-04
Archduke Leads
Teuton Forces
Into CzernoWltz

London, Aug. Sine NuSsl""'
finally been forced out OF Czerho"''1.
A,s+ria, troops entered the capital Oh
Bpkowina this morning both from the
rortb and the west, with Archduke
1oseDh. chief Teuton commander on
,bis front. at their head. Berlin says
that flaming villages TO the north"aI'
;,d;cate that the Russian rout IS com
rl,te Petrograd is silent as 70 the
a,n;t., Of the crownland, but ADMITS
hat Kimpolung, fifty i've miles TO the
9Th and the key to practically all oil
p,,,owina. has been evacuated under
pressure. -. .no
war that Czernowitz has changed hanDo
and it has been the scene OF some Oh
the bitterest fighting Of the various
campaigns. 1t stands on hill south
~ the Pruth River, and, next to Lem
horo 1AO miles to the northwest IS the
largest town Of Eastern Austria De.
foro the war it had a population Oh
10000.
Unprepared to Resist
Tho rsvs from the rest Of the south
western Russian front is all bad Cor
respondents Of English papers say tha'
there has been an improvement IN 'he
-o-o,o Of the retreating armies in con-
seopence Of counter measures against
nonics and desertions, but there Is
rotbing in the official statements 10 III,
dictate that the Russians are prepared
70 make more than the semblance Oh
stand at any point. 81.
From Husyiatin to the confluence Oh
the Zbrocz and the Dniester the nus
s;ar frontier is held by the Germans
and at many places they are across the
I;r;d;,c stream, we'll established on
Russian territory. Petrograd describes
"s.ubborn battle" where the two
rivers meet, but confesses that the
Russian troops were beaten back CIV
ing up Latkovce, Trubcyin and VOL
kovce,
South Of the Dniester to the Pruth
+bs Russians are falling back upon the
Rossarabian border, though they are
still fighting. In the Carpathians the
enemy has occupied Falkei and Kim
no,une both important towns, and the
defenders have retreated to the river
Moldovitza, where they are giving pat
,la On the Northern Roumanian. front
thew are likewise giving ground ana
have taken up defensive Inc oH 'ie
Bystritza River.
Invasion Is Imminent
The indications are that the Russians
in the course of few days VIII nv
hold one foot of Austrian terrltoty'
The Teuton advance in Bukowlna IS
,,,a,ere N the Russo-Rumanian front
down 40 the western Moldavian border,
and If it continues will cut slice on
. Northern Moldavia, the last OF their
PROVINCES which the Rumanlans sun
hold Probably within twenty-four
bours the Austro- Germans will hold
the entire Russian frontier from the
river Pruth northward 70 point AL
most opposite Tarnopol, and Russia lies
wide open before them If they choose
to begin an invasion. Political consid-
erations may halt their victorious
forces, but there is nothing in the mill
tary situation TO check them.
Czernowitz was first captured by the
Russians from the Austro-Hunngarians
on September 4, 1914, only to be eyac-
mated a few weeks later. In November
of that year the Russians again occu-
MED the city and held it until Feoru-
az 1e15. In the following month the
Russians again returned to the attack
and after a terrific battle stormed the
capital and drove the Austrlans out
This time the Russians held the posi-
ton for only two weeks.
Twice in January, 1915, the seat OF
the crownland changed hands and in
lime OF that year IL was again cap,
tured by the Russians and held until
the present.