Eastern News

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 30, 5 June 1915, Page 5

Eastern News

OPERATIOSnJS at lsbau.

GERMANS HEMMED IN.

ONLY OUTLET TO THE SEA.

UNiT*n Prf«i Association. (Received 8.55 a.m.) l'etrograd, June 4 The Russians southward of Libau deprived the Germans jof land at Bebe, and by cutting off Libau from Xewmeind. Other detachments were enclosed at Libau. The Germans' only outlet is seaward.

THE ENEMY'S REPORTS.

DEADLY AUSTRIAN ARTILLERY.

London. June 3

A Berlin report states that the capture.'of Przemysl was due to the fall of three of the permanent works on the T.Orthern front. The newly-created fortifications were quite unable to resist the heaviest Austrian artillery. The Russians brought up troops, munitions and. guns into the fortress while the railway and military road to Lemberg were not under fire. When the Germans and Austrians shelled the railway and the road the Russians precipitately removed their men and I provisions.

ENTRANCE TO PRZEMYSL.

Vienna, June 4

• Official: The Germans stormed the ' last Russian position north of Przemysl last Wednesday night, and entered from the north while our tenth corps entered from the west and the south a few hours later. The attack on the Allies' sector north of Stryj is progressing successfully.

RUSSIAN PROGRESS nEFORT.

Petrogradj June !

The enemy's activity on the Warsaw 'front has been revived, and they have, resumed the offensive under cover of gas. The Russians are well provided with respirators.

I Official: The battle in Galicia was continued on Tuesday with undiminished desperattion on the whole of the Vistula and Vadorna front. Our troops 6n the left bank of the Lower San

•.pierced the enemy's line on Wednes(dav.

We captured a fortified position in the Rudnik district, where we took four thousand prisoners. Our offensive on the whole front to the mouth of the Wisloda is developing successfully.

j As Przemysl, owing to the condition jof its artillery and works, which the Austrians destroyed before capitulation, was admittedly incapable of defending itself, its retention only served our purpose until our possession of the positions surrounding the town northward facilitated the operations on the San. When the enemy captured Jaroslav and Ladymno, .and spread along the right bank, the maintenance of those positions forced us to fight an ■unequal and very difficult front, increasing it by twenty-two miles, and subjecting us to the concentrated fire of the enemy's numerous heavy guns.

ENEMY'S SEVERE LOSSES

(Received 9 15 a m V Petr.>grad, June 1

j Official.—We have been lor some time removing gradually from I'rzemysl. Various material were being taken from the Au rr.ans, and fhi* being completed, we removed. The last of the battles was on Tuesday, r.nd we evacuated the town on the follow ing niglit in conformity with oitieis, and a position on '.he west and north fronts was formed, with a moie concentrated force on the east. "1 he enemy have concentrated very huge forces in the vicinity of Stryj. and made progress on the Tismoutza iisut. though they suffered very great k.sses.