HEROIC RESISTANCE BY THE RUSSIANS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2468, 22 May 1915, Page 5

HEROIC RESISTANCE BY THE RUSSIANS

TERRIFIC . ARTILLERY STORM GERMAN MASSED ATTACK ON THE SAN (Reo. May 21, 8.30 p.m.) Petrograd, May 21. The Russians on the San are maintaining a heroic resistance under a terrible artillery storm. The German advance is a packed, close phalanx of 150,000 men, upon whom the Russian artillery aro inflicting heavy losses. The Germans are sweeping every yard of the- ground with forty batteries, of which half the guns are of largo calibre. The first three days' battle on the Donajecz entailed sixty thousand German casualties and twenty-sis thousand Russian casualties. RUSSIAN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. (Reo. May 21,- 8.30 p.m.) Petrograd, May 21. Official. —"In the region of the confluence of the Snn and the Vistula, we pressed the eiiemy successfully. "In the vicinity of Jaroslav wo are pressing the Germans on both banks of the San. "The enemy's aeroplanes bombed Przemysl. "Fighting is particularly intense in the Lupknow-Iwwfissi sector, where the enemy, at enormous sacrifice, captured several of our advanced trenches. "We continue to repulse tenacious attacks on the Drohobycz-Stryj-Dolijia front, inflicting immense losses. "The operations west of Kolomea, on both banks of the Prntli River, continue to our advantage." HUGE AUSTRIAN MORTARS USED AT TARNOW. (Rec. May 22, 0.50 a.m.) ... Paris, May 21. 'According to the "Vossische Zeitung," the Austrian® used a new battery of 52-centimetre mortars at Tarnow. The first shot entirely destroyed a'large tower at a distance of eleven miles. The shell weighs a quarter of a ton more than the German 17-inch mortars. GREAT NAVAL BATTLE IN THE BALTIC GERMANS REPORTED TO HAVE CAPTURED RIGA (Rec. May 22, 0.50 a.til.) Copenhagen, May 21. rumours 9r« current to the effect that a. fcreat naval battle lias kMH'fotipW ttafcosem »-ji» Ilb*wß-)1 ftiltfitH fosetfc in with the Ueimsj}' liftduLd ftt JUga, ftiid also tot tha Garmajis Jure (wsturod lUfVa

THE WAR IN THE WESTERN THEATRE WEATHER UNFAVOURABLE FOR BIG OPERATIONS Dunkirk, May 20. The British made a further advance on Tuesday night at La Quinqus and Rue. d'On vert. Tho troops havo been since entrenching and consolidating the now positions. Tho weather continues unfavourable. Paris, May 21. Official. —"There have been sharp artillery duels along tho front between Nicuport and Arras. "Two Gorman aviators were brought down—one by the British and the other lj ' V "Wo'progressed by mining operations in the Beausejour district (west of -ir"onno), as" far as the enemy'strenches. " "Wo repulsed an attack at Bagatelle (in tho Argonne), and carried further trenches at Bois d'Ally, in the Woevre." VAST SYSTEM OF POISON PIPE LINES IN ALSACE AND THE AUSTRIAN FRONTIER. (Reo. May 22, 0.50 a.m.) Berne, May 21. Travellers from Alsace declare that the Germans are installing pipelines, connected with generating stations some distance behind the front, to emit vast volumes of poisonous gas when the French advance. A similar arrangement) is being made. on the Austrian frontier whero an entire region lias been tunnelled, and pipes laid.