Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-08-06 | Page 3 | Russians Capture Towns in Fierce Street Fighting

RUSSIANS CAPTURE TOWNS IN FIERCE STREET FIGHTING PFTK Kih' D, A uk'. 'h via London, .'1:' p, ni .-- Ivu-sian troops have eross-d the river Sereth, MMiIh of the town of lirod v and in ihe re ion of Feu ink i-Tehistupadyi i-Tehistupadyi and have eoiolidated the captured positions, it was nll'iciallv announced an-nounced today by the iCi-dan war depart de-part itient . The day oh ic n I btatemeut lollows: South of Hrodv obstinate fiu'litin i prori-cdlli un the i j v e r Seret h. The eminv made several Miui,ter attacks against our detjchrneiits which cr"s-ed to the riuht hank in tlie region of 1 'er: ia I: i T-h i.-' opady. ATI the-i- counter titta-d.n failed inol our t roops eon-olida t e d t h ems el cs in the captured po.-it ions. I In the re-ion of the river Hialv Cherem-h, southwet of Kuly (in the Car pat I: inns ) , the enemy launched an attack with Jorees a rn on n t in l' to nearly n di '. i - i'n noain-t our small inianirv detach-inent'- occupying the rnountaifi pas-es and forced them a short distance dis-tance back toward the norlhea-t. ( an. -a-ian front : Wed of Kial-kit Kial-kit our det aehmenf a 'ain made an n-i a n. e of s '. era 1 k domet ts. A Tnrki-h a'taci; in tlio f'ion of Kvi was rejiul-ed. The official bt at I'm en t from general headouart i r-, if -u.-d t oday. read -: The battlejCon tiie rivers Gra-be:ki Gra-be:ki and Sereth, south of Hrndy, are e ehpi ac; in diir f a or. ' 'u r troop-, after con-oli latin.; their po-on po-on tip' ri-ht l-ank (f the rier. f.iptuici two no.re villages by a-ra ilt and part of a wood situated sit-uated sua the;. -i nf one of them, and a height bitnatcd l-etween tho two. Especially fierce fihtini; occiirrel in the il':Ji:cs. where it was ik-m-h-'nrv to drive tlie enemv r.ut of nearly near-ly every st reel. Tim- enem made i:ine rnii n le r a! tacks from tho reiukboririi; wood-. All the-e were repu!-el and tiie enemv suffered suf-fered h--a v bi-M--. M ore t han li'"'i men were taken prisoners and I re-h prisoners continue to arrive. The Mt ,iat ion in the aneasiis remains unchaiiL1"'!-