CAMPAIGN ON EASTERN FRONT

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2492, 21 June 1915, Page 5

CAMPAIGN ON EASTERN FRONT

RECORD 01' RUSSIAN CAPTURES ENEMY'S LOSSES FOR A SINGLE MONTH Potrograd, .Juno ISOfficial —On tJio forty-mile front from tho Tismcnitzn to iho Silica, botweon May 29 and Juno lo t'lio .Itiissinim ini'tl WJO oll'ira*. -10.000 men, a hundred machine rums, and Uvonty-foiir pins. The onemy's losses on Iho same J ion i, for ,i montli are estimated at from 120,000 to 150,000. — TRAINED TROOPS FROM ODESSA BROUGHT TO GALICIA. London, June IS. A Berlin official message states that General MHckensen defeated tho Russians and drove them to previously prepared positions at GrodekNewspapers stato that the Grand Duke Nicholas brought up splendidlytrained troops from Odessa to Crodok. It is reported that tho Grand Duke said: "1 will defend Lembcrg at all costs," RUSSIA IS DANGEROUS AND THE REASON. Rcc. June 20, 3.50 p.m.) Amsterdam, Juno 19. Tie "Frankfurter Zeitung" deprecates cxcessi/c optimism over the Galioian struggle, and says: "Wo must not forget that Russia is dangerous because she has the human material that can only with difficulty bo exhausted." AN AUSTRIAN" VERSION OP THE FIGHTING. (Rec. June 20, 3.40 p.m.) London, June 19. Austrian official. —"We have occupied Tarnograd. The Russians botween the Lower San and the Vistula have retired at several points "We have occupied the Creszanow heights. Strong Russian forces have appeared in the mountainous region eastward of Niemierow and the Janow districts. "The Russians, southward of tho Upper Dniester, after hard fighting, were driven towards liolooruby. Our pursuing troops readied tho mouth of the Wenezska. "The artillery in the tastern sector inflicted heavy losses on the enemy, who was desperately attempting to throw back General Manger in Bukowina. Wo there made prisoners of eight officers and 1002 men, and wis captured three machine jju'ns." AUSTRIAN'S HURLED OUT OF BESSARABIA. Bucharest, June 19. The Russians forced General Manger's Austrians, who invaded Bessarabia, to retreat to the Bojan, and captured a great quantity of munitions and supplies. A CLOUD AS ASPHYXIATING GAS ON BZURA FRONT. (Rcc. Jtina 20, 3.50 p.m.) Pctrograd, June 19. Official. The enemy on the Bzura front spread a cloud of asphyxiating gas along a front of six vorsts. Our troops on tho right bank of tlm San withdrew fighting across the river Tenev and line of the Grodek lakes. Tho enemy between tho Truth and the Dniester has been thrown back into Austrian territory. RUSSIANS HOLDING OUT AT GRODEK. . (Rec. Juno 21, 0.35 a.m.) Amsterdam, June 19. German official.—We attacked the Russian position at Grodek. Tho Russians are still holding out. South of the Dniester, between the marshes and Strji, we pushed tho cneniv northward.