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Show I Italians Cross Isonzo and j Take 10,000 Prisoners 1 1 RUSSIAN FORCES WIN ANOTHER j IMPORTANT VICTORY IN GALICIA T rV A I Army Occupies Tysmenietsa, Eight Miles East of Stanislau, i ! Breaking Through Austrian Lines on Fifteen-mile Front Berlin Admits Austro-German Retirement Brit- i; ish Meet Repulse on the Somme and Lose 400 .j Men Fierce Fight Continues on Verdun m ; Front London Reports Advance I North of Pozieres. I ; Petrograd, Aug. 9, via London, 1 :30 p. m. Announce- , ment was made today by the war office that the Russians have , occupied Tysmenietsa in Galicia on the river Vorone. On t j August 7 General Letchitzky's army took 7,400 prisoners, in- y j eluding 3,500 Germans and 63 machine guns. 0) . Tysmienitsa is about eight miles east of the important i Galician town of Stanislau which is on the railroad between Lemberg and Kolomea. It is over this ground that the Rus- sians achieved their recent important victory, announcement of which was made yesterday, breaking through the Austrian lines on a front of fifteen miles. i t Austro-Germans Retire. JJ& Berlin, Aug. 9, via London, 5:15 p. m. Soujh of the a Dniester the forces of the central powers have been withdrawn 5J ' behind the Niznioff-Tysmenietsa-Ottwnia line. This retire- 'SS ment by the Austro-Germans was announced officially today 18 kv the German army headquarters staff. 9 Rome, Aug. 9, via London, 5:52 p. m. Italian troops fl ( j have crossed the Isonzo in the vicinity of Gorizia and consoli-TtO consoli-TtO j dated the further bank, the war office announced today. (Dell (De-ll 1 I cuPatin f tne heights west of Gorizia has been completed. 'M ! Italian cavalry is pursuing the Austrians beyond the river. m . Italian troops entered the Austrian city of Gorizia this S morning, the war office announced today. Thus far 1 0,000 H Austrians have been captured. I London, August 9, 3 : 1 5 p. m. The Austrians, pursued 19 by Italian cavalry, have abandoned nearly all their principal M positions on the Isonzo and Carzo fronts, following the taking M of the Gorizia bridgehead by the Italians, according to a wire-Sfl wire-Sfl ! less dispatch from Rome this afternoon. fS ; ; Officials here confirm news dispatches to the effect that fl ! Gorizia is entirely in the hands of the Italians. I London, Aug. 2:36 p. m. A further advance by the J9 British on. the Somme front of Pozieres was announced by the war office today. 11 ' Amsterdam, Aug. 9, via London, 4 : 50 p. m. The Tele- M ' ! graaf publishes a dispatch from the frontier saying great sup-'J sup-'J plies of war material have been burned in a fire in German : magazines at Aerschot, Belgium. tc?- . 1 Berlin, Aug. 9, via London, 5:17 p. m. Attacks by the i - British and French north of the river Somme have been check-$4 check-$4 ed with heavy losses to the assaulting forces, the war office anil an-il nounced today. Nearly 400 British were taken prisoner and ' six of their machine guns captured. W - K'j Paris, Aug. 9, 11:10 a. m. A Havas . j dispatch from Rome says the Italian flag now flies over the defense of W- 'l Gorizia. After three days of violent If 1 fighting in which the cavalry was i finally brought up to reinforce the Jfc : Infantry, all the defensive works of the -city, which had resisted the ad- vance of the Italians, fell into their hands. ,fj Reports show, the correspondent ' jj 1 mya, that the retreating Austrians J are now being pursued by Italian cav- m alry- Immense Impression Made. The success of the Italian has wj$ , .created an Immense Impression . .throughout the country. Rome, Flor- ! ,ence, Bologna nnd Milan are decked 'M .' ,"lth flags and demonstnitions are being hold by great throngs. v . J The offensive against Gorizia has yj ; been planned for the spring, but was jyi v delayed by. the Austrian attack in ' ? ' the Trentlno region. Its (prosecution .J now is part of the steady pressure ;'v which the entente nllles arc exerting - i j on various fronts and the taking of '; ( .the defenses of Gorizia is regarded . v M Rome, says the dispatch, as more- "4vi !ly DreNiHlnary to an extensive move- ' i ment against the Austrian eastern 3 I wing, which some observers believe may eventually prove a serious menace men-ace to Vienna. Reinforcements Steadily pour In. The Rome dispatch says the Italian artillery dislodged the Austrians, after af-ter which Italian infantry rushed two successive Austrian lines of defense. de-fense. Italian reinforcements were poured In steadily from an underground under-ground passage, which had been dug to within sixty feet of the Austrian first line, The Italian infantry advanced so rapidly that the Austrian artillery continued to shell positions from which the Italians had advanced some time before. One of the surprises of the attack was the use made by the Italians of a new instrument by which large bombs were hurled with fearful effect. ef-fect. Some of these bombs tore wire entanglements 'and pulverized trenches, opening breaches through which Infantry and cavalry were able to pass freely. , The official statement follows: "This morning our troops entered the town of Gorizia. "Early this morning in the Gorizia sector after intense nrtlllery preparation prepara-tion our troops completed occupation of tho heights west of the town, driving driv-ing out the last remaining hostile de- I . tachments. Trenches and dugouts were found full of the 'bodies of Austrian Aus-trian soldiers. Their army, completely com-pletely routed, had left large quanti ties of arms, ammunition and material. ma-terial. ' "At nightfall detachments of the Casale and Pavia brigades crossed the Isonzo and consolidated themselves on the left bank, a column of cav airy and bersaglleri cyclists promptly launched a pursuit of the enemy beyond the river. In they meantime our engineers were throwing new bridges across the river and repairing repair-ing those damaged by the enemy. "On the Carso plateau, our troops repulsed several counter attacks on the summit of Monte San Michole and captured more trenches in the neighborhood neigh-borhood of the village of San Mar-tino. Mar-tino. "Up to the present time we have taken about 10,000 prisoners. More are coming in. The exact quantity of material taken by us has not yet been ascertained, but It is very considerable." consider-able." Paris, Aug. 9, 9 a. m. The German mado violent attacks last night on the positions taken by the French north of Hem wood on the Somme front, during tho last two days. The official French statement of today says these attacks were frustrated. The fighting continues. On ,the Verdun front heavy fighting continued during the night for possession posses-sion of Thiamont work. The Germans gained a further footing. The French hold the outskirts of the work. In the village of Fleury, the -French made some progress. The text of the statement says; -r-oNorth-col the river Somme last 1 night was marked by violent counter ! attacks on the part of the enemy I against the positions conquered by us yesterday and the day before, north of the Hem wood. These, endeavors were broken by our fire. They cost the Germans heavy losses and were repulsed except at one point, where the enemy succeeded in re-occupying one of our trenches. A French attack shortly afterward resulted in the recapture re-capture of a larger part of the loBt ground. Our advance In the trenches still occupied by the enemy Is being actively continued with hand grenades. "Between the Hew wood and the river the Germans have bombarded I with hftavv r.alibor shells the new! French positions which we were organizing. or-ganizing. "In the region of Chaulnes tho artillery ar-tillery fighting has continued on the Avre with intensity, particularly between be-tween Lihons and the Chaulnes railroad. rail-road. Here the Germans attacked our lines and at one point they penetrated into our advanced positions. An Immediate Im-mediate counter attack with the bayonet bayo-net drove them out. Germans Gain Footing. ' "On the right bank of the river Meuse there was fighting part of last night around the Thlaumont work. Here the enemy gained a further footing, foot-ing, 'after numerous attacks which were repulsed by us. Wo are In possession pos-session of the immediate outskirts of this work, which our artillery' Is now bombarding with energy. In the village vil-lage of Fleury we have made some progress with hand grenades. An attack at-tack of the enemy upon the trenches In the Vaux,-Chapitre wood has been repulsed after spirited fighting. Aviators In Combat. "On the Somme front aviators have delivered aerial attacks. Six German machines seriously damaged, descended descend-ed precipitately within their lines. A captive balloon of the enemy was destroyed on the night of August S-9. One of our aviators has thrown down projectiles on the powder factory at Rottweil on the Neckar. One hundred and fifty kilos (330 pounds) of ex-iplosives ex-iplosives were thrown down on the factory fac-tory buildings and as a result two very extensive fires and several ex plosions were observed. This machine left at 8:30 p. in. and was back from its trip at 11:55 p. m., having accomplished ac-complished at night a raid over a distance dis-tance of 350 kilometers (217 miles), which was rendered particularly difficult dif-ficult by the necessity of going over the Vosges mountains and the Black Forest, "Furthermore, on the night of August Au-gust S-9, other French aeroplanes threw down shells upon the railroad stations at Audun-le-Roman, Iongue-yon Iongue-yon and Montmedy, and 88 shells upon the railroad line at Terguier and the station at La Fere," In tho region of Chaulnes the Germans Ger-mans penetrated the French lines between be-tween Lihons and the Chaulnes railroad, rail-road, but were expelled at the point of the bayonet, A French aviator Bet forth at 8.30 o'clock last night on a voyage in w"hlch he covered 350 kilometers (217 miles), returning at 11:55 o'clook. He crossed tho Vosges mountains and the Black Forest of Germany. Joffre Continues Relentless Fight. Paris, Aug. 9, 12:35 a. m. -General Joffro's methodical offensive con- tinues relentlessly its slow pressure in both theaters of the western front. On the right bank of the Meuse General Nieville has extended his of fensive to the Vaux-Chapitre-le-Cho nois region where he has gained u local success. In the Fleury-Thiau mont zone he is more than holding his own. In the latter district tht Germans are concentrating all thel: effort and exceptionally strenuous fighting continued there throughout the night and day. The Germans succeeded suc-ceeded once more in getting a footing foot-ing in the Thlaumont work, but all their efforts to capture the French trenches on the commanding positions posi-tions to the northwest and south proved In vain. In consequence their position became untenable and a well directed counter attack 'forced them back, leaving the French again in possession pos-session of the work. North of the Somme from the river to where the French line joins the British, General Joffre, acting In closing relation with General Halg. has made systematic progress. In the last three days the French have won trench after trench along a line four miles In length and have pushed forward their whole line for a distance of half a mile. New Italian Campaign. Rome, Tuesday, Aug. 8, via Paris, Aug. 9, 1:15 a. m. The successes won by the Italians on the Isonzo front are regarded In Rome as marking mark-ing merely the beginning of the new campaign. Although the news is received re-ceived with great satisfaction, it had been long expected and no surprise ia expected nor have their been any unusual un-usual public demonstrations. The attack at-tack was to hae. ,ben. inaugurated earlier' In The summer but was delayed by the Austrian offensive. "At last our waiting, planning and steadfast faith are bearing fruit," says the Glornale dTtalla. Lutheran Schools to Close. Melbourne, Australia, Aug. 9, 9:25 a. m. The government of Victoria has under consideration a proposal to close all the Lutheran schools in the state. It is expected that action will be taken In the near future. Turks Capture Armenian Towns. Constantinople, Aug. 9, via London, 5:11 p. m. Turkish troops yesterday captured from the Russians the Armenian Ar-menian towns of Bitlls and Mush, it was officially announced today by the Turkish war office. London, Aug. 9, 4:10 p. m. From seven to ten Zeppelins took part in a raid early today, according to an official of-ficial statement this afternoon. About 160 bombs were dropped and 23 casualties cas-ualties were caused, says this statement, state-ment, supplementing tho earlier announcement. an-nouncement. The commanders of the airships seemed in doubt as to their whereabouts, where-abouts, as they frequently shut off the engines and hovered" in the air for minutes at a time. The raider which visited Scotland, flew over a sparsely populated district dis-trict and its bombs were dropped In fields and on hillsides. Another raider dropped twenty-six bombs In the open ground between two villages. Obstinate Fight is On. Petrograd, Aug. fl, via London, 5:19 p. m. The war office announced today to-day that the Armenian towns of Mush and Bitlls have been given up by the Russians, owing to the pressure of the Turks. Obstinate fighting continues In tho regions of Mush, Bitlis, Varsk-on, Varsk-on, Rmijsk, Sznesk, Senesk, Ivher-mangsan Ivher-mangsan and Khanazan. oo |
