THE EASTERN CAMPAIGN

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2486, 12 June 1915, Page 5

THE EASTERN CAMPAIGN

SOME MINOR RUSSIAN SUCCESSES I [I London, June 10, 12.35 p.m. The High Commissioner reports:— ' In the Kovno direction, between the Niemen and the W.irkallen railway, there was slight enemy progress in tho ; l''orests of Kozwovoruma. On the Dniester-Ugartsberg-JidatchcS J' front tho enemy was repulswl on Mon"j day and Tuesday, and over eight hundred prisoners, including ten officers and ' five machino guns were captured. l " EVACUATION OF LEMBERC PEND- ® INC. 1, (Rcc. Juno 11, 11.6 p.m.) io London, June 11. The Russians are preparing to evacu--10 ate Leinberg. >s — g SEVERAL ATTACKS REPULSED Jf CERMANS DRIVEN BACK. e (Rec. June 12, 1.25 a.m.) Petrograd, June 11. Official.—The enemy in great force ats tacked our position. protecting Mos- !" cisks. The attack opened on Tuesday t ovening. For three hours they mainly tained an extremely activo artillery = fire, partly using gas shells. Then , groat masses of infantry were hurled in , assault, reaching, tho wire entangle- _ incuts, whero the.v wero stopped. , The enemy on Wednesday suffered se- , vere losses and were thrown back 2000 paces from the trenches. ® We pressed the enemy on the Ugarts-berg-Zhidaczew front, capturing 2000, including 50 officers, and eight maohinej guns. Tlie enemy in the Zaravno region (on tho Dniester), after a fierce , fight, wore driven back behind the'railway. We captured some villages, tak--1 ing 800 prisoners, including enomy officers.