BATTLE OF GALICIA

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2467, 21 May 1915, Page 5

BATTLE OF GALICIA

1 RAGING WITH TERRIFIC INTENSITY (Reo. May 21, 0.50 a.m.) Petrograd, May 20. Official—"The battle on the left bank of the Upper Vistula and along tie whole of t'he Galician front has attain-ed-in many districts terrific intensity. We successfully engaged tho enemy at Opatow, on the Lower San. "Tho enemy is established on the right bank of the San. "We have recaptured the'trenches of the ttfo battalions previously lost. "The enemy on the Stryj-Dolimn, front, despite immense losses, are continually hurling fresh masses of troop 3 at-our line. "We have further progressed on the Upper Bystrica, and near Delatyn, and Kolomea. The number of prisoner is constantly increasing." AUSTRIAN EX-MINISTER FOR WAR ARRESTED. (Eeo. May 21, 0.30 a.m.) . Budapest, May 20. Owing to a quarrel with tho Arch- ■ duke Frederick, General Auffenberg, exMinister for War, has been arrested, presumably becauso ho was about to publish liis memoirs. Ho had threat ened to exposes tho Archduke.

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