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Show utr Petrograd, June 20, p. m., via London, Lon-don, 10:56 p. m. On the northern flank of General Brussiloff's front the Austrian resistance, considerably stiffened by the arrival of a large number of German reinforcements, has succeeded in checking- the Russian Rus-sian drive between Lutsk and Kovel, which, directed against Viadimir-Volynskl, Viadimir-Volynskl, aims at destroying the Austrian Aus-trian comunicatione between Kovel and Lemberg. But in spite of the violent vio-lent Austro-German counter-attacks, one of which broke through the Russian Rus-sian lines, the latest reports are to the effect that the Russians have again resumed progress in this sector, after taking the usual toll of prisoners. pris-oners. On tho southern flank the Austri-ans Austri-ans have been unable to check, even momentarily, the Russian advance to-ward to-ward Kolomea and toward the final Dneister fortification of Halich. General Pflanzer, tho Austrian com-mandor, com-mandor, apparently is pnying the pen. alty for having too long delayed his army, now cut in two, is reported to be In precipitate flight, one part along the Ruumanian frontier and the other Into the Carpathians. Turning from Czernoditz, General Letchitzsky's forces are pressing their flank attack further north and have reached a point on the Zlota Lipa some miles to the northwest of Czernowitz. Russian military critical consider It unlikely that the Austrians will be able to hold the Zlota Llpa lino, but will bo forced back upon Halich The separate Russian movements now are showing a strongly centralized central-ized tendency. There are three con- i u0 nf nHvnnr.fi. the common objective of which is Lemberg. Tho first of these lines is approaching Vladimir-Volynski, the second Halich. Capture of any one of these towns will place the Galician capital in a position of grave danger. The total number of prisoners taken tak-en by the Russians now is estimated at 170,000. |