RUSSIANS HOLDING THEIR FRONT

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2471, 26 May 1915, Page 7

RUSSIANS HOLDING THEIR FRONT

ENEMY'S ATTACKS REPULSED CODNTEE-OFFENSIVE SUCCESSFULLY EFFECTED Petrograd, Ma,y 24. A communique states: On the right of May 21, south of the Rilica River, in the region of Kliuiontov, ws repulsed the enemy's strong offensive, taking a thousand prisoners and capturing four machine guns. . On May 22, we attacked the enemy in the region near to the Dniester, taking 000' prisoners and capturing four machine-guns. ' On May 21. in the region of Slomaka, on the right bank of the Dniester, there was a stubborn engagement. The enemy several times reached our trenches, but wore repulsed. Wo captured seventeen oflicers, 640 men, ana somo machine-guns (Rec. May 20, 11.55 p.m.) Petrograd, May 25. "In Galicia our offensive on the left bank of, the .Dneister has developed with great success. We captured forty officers, '2200 men, several machineguns, and much material." HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT The High Commissioner reports:— London, May 24, 3.45 p.m. "On Saturday night tho Russians began an offensive in the region neafest to the Dniester, pressing the enemy, and taking 900 prisoners and four machine-guns. . , "On our front on the night hank of the Dniester, m the region of Gloushlco, there was a stubborn engagement during Friday. The_ enemy several times reached tho Russian trenches, but were repulsed each time with gun-fire and counter-attacks. The Russians captured 17 officers, 40 Bjen, and 3ome machine-guns. , , ~ _ , "On the Narew front, in the valley of the Visra (Northern Poland), tho Russians repulsed an attempted attack. "On the left banK of the Vistula, the enemy, supported by intense artillery fire, in vain attempted during the last few days to push back the pickets, which held the left bank of the Rawki. "South of the Pilica, in the region of Klimontov, too enemy attempted (in offensive by a strong counter-attack on Friday night; it was repulsed with tho capture of' over a thousand prisoners and four machine-guns. "On the Vistula and at Praemysl, the Russians have progressed some"On tho left bank of the lower Sail they repulsed four enemy counterattacks in the region of Rudnik. . "North-cast of Seniawa thsy dislodged the enemy at the village of Dobra. "A countor-attack of Germans on Friday night at Makowiska,- on the Wetlin front, was repulsed. "Between Przemvsl and Maish, on the Dniester, the enemy oil Friday continued sterile attempts to pierco the front between the villages of Gusakow and Koukenica. GROSS CRUELTIES BY THE GERMANS. Petrograd, May 24. Having failed to secure a swift victory in Galicia, the-Germans are credited with gross cruelties. . • 0 nm %. * c They drowned a party of prisoners jn tho San. Offioers shot five prisoners with their revolvers. THE CAMPAIGN IN THE BALKAN PROVINCES London, May 24, 3.45 p.m. In the region of Shavli, the enemy maintains a strongly-organised position. A considerable force of the enemy which crossed the Rossieny, left of Dubissa, were repulsed'again over the river. ' (Rec. May 25, 11.55 p.m.) Petrograd, May 25. Official—"On our front on the Lower Dubissa we have made great progress towards the west. We have forced the enemy to take the defensive along almost his whole front." ATTEMPTS TO INFLAME SWEDEN AGAINST RUSSIA INTRIGUES FOR FINLAND'S INDEPENDENCE. Copenhagen, May 24. Inflammatory pamphlets are being: circulated 'in Sweden urging Sweden to secure Finland's independence? by a military attack on Russia, or by other means. HAS THE BIG GERMAN STROKE COLLAPSED ? REPORTED PESSIMISM IN ENEMY'S HIGH POMMAND. (Rec. May 25, 11.55 p.m.) London, May 24, The "Daily Mail's" Petrograd correspondent states that the Kaiser on Saturday left jaroslav, iourneymg westward in the deepest dejection. FieldMarshal von Rindenber'g warned him that the plan of a terrific blow on a short front looked well on paper, but that tho Russians were likely to entangle the German troops for soveral weeks. _ General Maclconsen and General von Emmich have now abandoned as honeless the task of extricating tlie Germans on this 200-mile front. Tho Germans have no troops to resist tho Russian advance on tho Pilica, whero thousands of prisoners are being taken daily. _ It is unofficially stated that the immense accumulations of shells at Cracow for the German advance have so decreased that the Germans are obliged to economise. The advantage gained by the big offensive has immediately vanished.