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Show HISS BATTLES Defenders of Verdun Recapture From the Germans Thiaumont Work, Northeast of Fortress; Slavs Take More Towns From the Austrians. v TEUTONS FALL BACK IN GALICIA Kolomea Evacuated to the Victorious Troops of Czar; Obertine Also Is Captured and Lem-berg Lem-berg Is More Seriously Menaced. PETROGRAD, Via London, July 1, 3:45 a. m. Tonignt'B official communication says: "The total number of prisoners taken from Juno 6 to June 28 is 212,000, Including officers.. Prison- . era are stijJJ flowing in." (Spec!! Cable by Arrangement with London Dally Telegraph and International News Service.) LONDON, June 30. Kolomea, the chief railway center of eastern Galicia, has fallen before the Russian attack, says an official statement received tonight to-night from Petrograd. While the Austrian war office in its statement tonight omits any mention of this loss, Berlin quotes correspond- ents on the Galician front as reporting that the city has been evacuated. The battle which ended in the fall of Kolomea Kolo-mea was, according to these correspondents, correspond-ents, "horribly stubborn." The Aus-4-j triuns only retired after withstanding repeated attacks of great ferocity. Panic seized the Austrians, say Russiau dispatches describing the retreat of the pursued forces. In their march on Kolomea the Russians Rus-sians captured Obertiue, fourteen miles northeast of the city, and Vienna admits ad-mits that Austro-Hungarian forces have been withdrawn . from their positions to the southwest of Kolomea, and with the way thus cleared the Russians are sweeping across a path twenty-five miles wide into Galicia. 1 n their advance ad-vance they are meeting with almost no opposition. Not only is the rear of the Austrian army seriously menaced, but Lcmberg also is threatened from , tha south. In this connection the Berlin statement tonight admits that General Tod Botbmer's army is seriously threatened threat-ened by the Russian advance south of the Dniester. Here the Russians al- ready are reported to have passed west of the Stripa, where it joins the Dniester. Dnies-ter. 1 Hinrienburg Strikes. Heavy reinforcements have been, sent to strengthen the right wing of the army opposing General Brussiloff on the Stoekhod-Kovel line. That Field Marshal Mar-shal Von Hindcnhurg has initiated an offensive in the nature of a diversion in tbo north to relieve the pressure on the Austro-Germans in Galicia is indicated indi-cated hv the Berlin report tonight. ft indicates that north of L;iko Usen "our attacks have met with gains for us. ' ' From Copenhagen comes the report of a battle which began on Thursday night off Landsort , in the Baltic, nnd continued con-tinued throughout the niirht. It states that German cruisers, accompanied by Fonio largo warships, attacked some Russian torpedo boats and destroyers. Germ mi reinf orcein ents mine up, forc-0 forc-0 ing the Russians to withdraw. Them-selves Them-selves strengthened, the Russians returned re-turned to the engagement and tiring began at 6 o'clock this morning. It is said that the German warships which were met by the Russians were seeking to reinforce by soa Von Hindcnburg 's armies in their new offensive. French Retake Fort. The French at Verdun have recap- tured the Thiaumont work just north of Fleurv village. The fight was one of the most stubborn stub-born and deadly engagements of the whole long drawn and terrible battle of Verdun. It began this morning after the usual t bombardment. Through a decimating fire curtain the French infantrv dashed and carried the fort, by assault. The (Continued on Page Three.) FRENCH 10 RUSSIANS Wl BIG BUTTLES (Continued from Page One.) Gnrmans re-formed and sent in their massed infantry. Time after time they came on and at 3 o'clock this afternoon they reentered re-entered the system of redoubts. Then the J'S-ench took up the counter offensive and after an hour and one-half one-half of bloodv work Tort Thiaumont was securely held bv General Xivelle's regiments. Meanwhile almost as desperate work had been going on alone; the hill 304 line on the west side of the Meusc. I fere, after Ihe garrison of the front line of French trenches had been literally liter-ally buried under a storm of shells, the Germans captured a section of th works. The French officials admit this, but at the same time assert that the position was splendidly recaptured by a counter attack. |