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Show Drive Teutons Across Pita River on Rm-maniae Rm-maniae Front. INFLICT HEAVY LOSS Russians Capture Fris-ouers Fris-ouers aed Machine Guns in Battle. I PETROGRAD, Aug. 11. Austro-Gcr-' man attacks "yesterday in the rear of the villages of Vydra, Voloshkajiy and Cifeslchf, on the northern Rumanian says the official statement issued today to-day by the Russian war department and the Teutons were driven across the Putna river. The Russian war office report announced an-nounced that the Austro-Germans attacked at-tacked in dense waves near thfc village of Zarkov, southwest of Brody, in northeastern Galicia The statement adds that the Teuton offensive which began on Thursday in the Zarkov region completely failed with heavy losses. In the course of a battle south of the river Pruth, on the frontier of Rumania Ru-mania and Bukowlna, tho Russians entered en-tered the town ofbukovica and look prisoners 200 officers and men. The Russians also captured 200 Austro-Germans Austro-Germans and took three machine guns by wresting a height in that region from the enoray. In a stubborn battle on Thursday the Rumanian troops southwest of Ok-na Ok-na were forced to retire for a distance of about three miles. The Central al lied forces continued to develop their offensive west of the Fokshani railway and the Russo-Rumanians were forced to retire across the river' Suchitza. East of the railway all the Teuton attacks at-tacks were repulsed and 300 officers and men were taken prisoners by the Russians. , nn |