The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-03
On Sunday Alone Russian
Drive Melted Ten Thousand
Teuton Prisoners
ON TO LEMBERG IS
SLOGAN OF RUSSIANS
Berlin Comedies Losses Bat
Declares Advance Has Been
Halted by Barrage Fire Caus-
ing Terrible Losses

London. July "A fash In tina
PAM II that Is what this new
Russian drive Is, 1t is OF the kind
that will burn a large hole, tha
pan" being the Teuton front u
Galicis.
But over the wires and cables
from Petrograd which monopo.
lized the attention Of an eloctri-
fed world today came buzzing n
night long terse but Significant
bulletins. They indicated that tho
flash" is growing into a holo-
caust.
Two hundred miles OF front,
from Stokhod to Volhynia down
to the Dneister in Southeastern
Galicia, are bathed In fire, Rus
sian fire. Everywhere the Rus
slams are the aggressors. It ID Z
typical Brusiloff drive, no halt,
no counting OF dead. only ona
thought, one command: For.
ward" u
Here are the net results Of n
first days fighting, Sunday;
They captured Kuntuclh1s Il a1En6ss3
tegicaI point forty-scvcu 114l,
southeast Of Lemberg, and . sex3e4
Of strongly fortified positions -
the southwest Of Brzezany, which
lies forty-six miles southeast OF
the Galician capital and eight
miles below Koniuchi
They took in that one day ten
thousand prisoners. Among them
were some 200 ofYfcerS, --------
Caye,s havn haau <af1A4
ID SO far among the booty.
The kaiser's war ONCE comedies tn
oss of Koniuchi. 1t asserts that tnera
he Muscovite onslaught stopped
caught in barring position" which
frustrated a new attack It pays III
iirect tribute 10 the gallantry IN,
lash of the Russians. 1t says tn
alters losses "surpa ssed any measur
hitherto known
The Surprise OF the War"
The drive Is the greatest surprie
u the war England and her allie
re jubilant. The impression IL IN
made on the Tutonic empires is no
ret crystallized. The following fact
nay. however. serve as a criterion:
Not Like DISCRIMINATION.
German military critics have beel
Isserting for months that the Rus
ian army is disorganiZed; that n
group could be induce,
o ta,1e the offensive.
Today's Berlin statement says:
Sixteen Russian divisions, constant
v employing fresh troops. assaultAi
'ur position" Sixteen divisions mum
Yer 22o, 600 men 80
The same critics had said Ruaeil
lad no ammunition and II she had
he could not get it to the front
Says today's Berlin report:
An exceedingly strong arttfiAr,
preparation which lasted two day
urned our positions into a crate
leld.'
There was military news from a
'ther, more distant theater tbs
,heered Russia and her allies today
Nip Attack In Bud.
The Russians nipped in the bud
turkish attack on the Caucasus front
promptly wrested the Initiative IRON
he sultan's forces and swept aheA.
n vital sectors, recording substAntia
rains.
1t is new Russia that is In the sA6
lie this time. Every dispatch iron
'etrograd shows the changes wrouxh
n the Muscovite land by the Marcl
evolution. Bulletins from the ~
INV al Z iiot hii toSS. AbCy tCA NXA&1
Incom promising facts. War Mintote
lerensky in the same statement Ii
which he recorded the great success
old his people today that the Rus
ians too, suffered severely. especial
y in officers
Turkish troops are among the scon
raj powers contingents that bore IN
'runt of the Russian onslaught south
asst of Lemberg Side by side Wit
hem fought Rhineianders and SAx
ms. Not a word Is said by Bar1n
bout Austrians on the front.
AS for the strategical side OF III
lew drive. this Is the situation:
Brusiloff's forces stand in a souat
ircle east OF Lemberg. 1t reacA4
rom Brody down TO in front OF M
icz, which saw much terrific hattIe
asst year and is still in Teuton hAp4l
there are four main railways l4o1
ng direct to Lemberg: From Bro4y
-arnopol, Podhajdeze and Hals&1
The third is the most important Thi
Russians are trying to reach X
srzeznay koniuchi. the town ~
,aptured yesterday. lies eight mf23
10 the north. simultaneously TIN
ook positions southwest of BrseamGS
Thus they are we'll on the way
'utflank that town,