Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1916 — SLAVS CAPTURE RAIL POINT [ARTICLE]

SLAVS CAPTURE RAIL POINT

Russians Keep Up Advance Beyond Erzerum—Moslems Pressed Back In the Caucasus. Petrograd, July 21.—The war office announced that Kugi, an important point in the Caucasus, was occupied by the Russians on Tuesday. Kugi is a junction point of high roads 60 miles southwest of Erzerum. Its capture marks further progress by the right wing of the grand duke’s army pressing back the Turks in the Caucasus.