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Show AUSTR1ANS LEAVE MUCH PLUNDER IN HANDS OF ENEMY PETROGIIAD, June ?A. via London, 6:05 p. m. The war office announced today to-day the rapture of the town of Obertlne, south of the Dniester river, and villages north and south of that point. The statement follows: In the region south of the Dniester we are pursuing the enemy.'' The Austrians, panic-stricken, in (heir flight are leaving behind n large number num-ber of conveys. Military material and more prisoners have been brought In. According to telegrams received here, the town of Obeni.ne was taken after a fight, as well as villages In the neighborhood north and south. Northwest of the confluence of the rivers 1 i pa and S t y r our detachments detach-ments approached unperceived the settlement of Oovhnnc and took possession. pos-session. After having put the garrison garri-son of Covebane to the bayonet, we 1 ook possession of the village, to which the enemy had fled in panic. Pome prisoners were taken by, us. An action Is In progress near the village of Plstync. northwest of Kuty (Galicia). In the course of one of the combats here General Count Ke 1 1 er wa a won nd ed , Near the village of Solovine, between be-tween the rivers Stokhod and Styr. to the west of Sokul, the Germans Hi tempted to take the offensive after emitting clouds of gas, which failed to reach our lines and were partly blown back in the direction of the enemy. The German attack was repulsed, but nn artillery duel continues. Yesterday morning enemy "aviators dropped thirty bombs on Lutsk. On the Dvina frYmt the enemy artillery ar-tillery has bombarded our positions southeast of Riga and the bridgehead bridge-head above Tskul. North of Tllonkst the Germans last evening attempted to move forward, but were thrown back by our gunfire. On the evening of Wednesday Hsht and heavy German artillery opened a violent fire on our trenches in the Niemen sector northeast of Novo-grodek. Novo-grodek. I'nder cover of this fire the enemv crossed the Niemen and occupied oc-cupied the woods east of the village of Ghnessitche. Caucasus front: In the direction of Gemischan the Turks at dawn of June 2S took the offensive in great ; strength against our advance guards and. piercing the latter's front, penetrated pene-trated to the rear. A very hot fight ensued, hut our troops immediately recovered themselves and drove back the Turks, who suffered heavy losses. Dressing on the enemy's heels, our troops advanced and consolidated the ground won. |