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Show AUSTRIA! IN GENERAL RETREAT I OVER SECTOR TWENTY MILES WIDE 1 I ni i! Italians Pressing Pursuit Vigorously and Close to Heels of En jl ' emy Russians Hurl Back Germans and Capture An- lj. other Austrian Town Important Activity Reported I Along British Lines in France and Belgium mo Germans in Front of Verdun Heavy W Fighting in Progress. 8 f Bgl Petrograd, June 26, via London, 7:16 p. m. Russian Ijuj cavalry, after a battle withAustro-Hungarian troops, has oc- m cupied a position near Pezoritt, about five and a half miles yf& west of Kimpolung in Bukowina. The foregoing was an- jp- nounced in the official statement issued by the Russian war K! office. tija i Apparently the British, who hold the northern portion of the line In France and Belgium are threatening if they have not already begun making a diversion in an attempt to aid the French at Verdun. The Berlin war office reports important war activity along the British lines. The Austrians have definitely abandoned aban-doned their offensive in the southern Tyrol and are falling back, according to today's reports from the Italian front. The Verdun battle, by all accounts now in crucial stage, was continued last night with the French repulsing German attempts to advance, according accord-ing to the Paris war office. The French claim to have regained ground. Probably preparatory to an effort to bring their lines west of the Meuso up to those on the east bank, the Ger mans are vigorously bombarding tho French positions in the former sector. sec-tor. Rome, June 26, 9:45 a. m. A general gen-eral retreat of the Austrians In the Trentino district over a sector about 20 miles in extent is announced In an official statement issued by the Italian Ital-ian war office today. The statement says that the Italians are pressing the pursuit vigorously. The text of the statement follows: "The enemy, incapable of overcora-Ing overcora-Ing our defense and under the ener-igetic ener-igetic pressure which wo have been 'conducting for several days, has been forced to begin a retreat north of the Mandrlelle road. We have captured the positions of Castelgamberto, Me-lette. Me-lette. Mount Longara, Gallio, Aslago, Cesuna. and Mount Cengio. Our advance ad-vance continues vigorously and close to the heels of the enemy. Heavy Fighting in Progress. Paris, June 26, 3:45 a. m In a night attack the French captured part of a German trench between Fumiu and Chenois woods in the Verdun sector. sec-tor. A German attack west of Thiau-mont Thiau-mont was repulsed, according to an official statement issued by the war French office today. A heavy artillery artil-lery duel is in progress west of the Meuse. . a. Ill 1 ET.W.. Clnhlnn important vvem. num. ia"",,a Berlin, via London, June 26. 2:30 m Fighting activity in the west-orn west-orn theatre on the fronts occupied by the British and the north wing of the French army is important and has been so far the past two days, says the official statement issued today by the German army headquarters. Great Russian Drive. London, June 26, 3:30 a. m. The greatest battle of the present series on the Russian front is developing In the socalled Lutsk salient, according accord-ing to the latest dispatches from Petrograd. Pet-rograd. The new places named in the official communication would appear to indicate that the Germans already have made a slight impression on the salient. . Tho key to the whole situation is the Kovel junction, and gigantic efforts ef-forts aro being made by the Germans to safeguard this vital point. They are massing every available unit there to counter the Russian thrust. |
