Russian Campaign

Taranaki Daily News, 12 July 1915, Page 5

Russian Campaign

Trl!i STRUGGLE! iN GALiCiA, lii'ssiANs' MASTi:;;i.v px/'hut. Keeeivrd ,hr;y I I. :{ ;)() |,. !n . I <<;iid<. 1!, July Ml. Till' Tillies' C,iriV»|>Ond>'nl, lll'tel' ;l visit to the army hold-in;? Zlotalifa', states thai it t<>! 1!11 one of t!ic inr>4 ] emarkahle mirjniiml a<-tii«w ill liM.iry. IVspite tin* overwhelming eoueentr l '- tiuii of tin- (otiimii niiil Au-triaii fnivs llii 1 Russians witlnlr, w, dminu -isweeks, from Stryi 1,, Zlutaiifa. |.iki;i, lilty-three thousand prisoners, b;-sides : iiiflirtin" even •jrwiti-r casualties on th- ' enemy.

I lie Ktissian policy has lieen to retreat l>y forced i>i:iri-hc.s until t.liev «i\inoil natural di l f'"ii;-i\i' positions, several days ahead of their pur.-ucrs. When (he pursuers arrived thev I'oimil selves la,-in- extremely dillieult which were held fur a few days, and (lie Germans ami Austria,is were forced lo pay tile maximum priee fur their adNames. W'lien they linally ])ast the tj;trriei- they discovered that the main force had disappeared, and' were wait in- in an equally strung position a l'e-\ days' mareh hevnnd.

The present position is in heavy mllinjr country, the river forniin»- a natural harrier of K reat If the general sit nation •essitatcs a further retmii, liieiv are at least : ,ix natural positions between Zlotalifa j'-vml Tarnaiml, ni "\vhif!i will cusi, tlic Aiislro-( Jrnuans tiim- or tln» Uussiau casualties

Hardly a day pas>es without lare.e fa;4iiivs of prisoners. The Au*ir,.-Gcr-man losses in the battle of Zlotalifa. in prisoner, alone, exceed;'.! the total Russian casualties. Geruian prisoners slate that many •'.>u>;v.»ies are reduced to one hundred men, and many admit they have couc direct from the I'reiich front. GERMANS USE GASSES. BIG llAl'l, UK PRISONERS. Received July 11. p.m. Petrograd, July ID. Oliicial: The enemy in the direction of Bolimoli attackul us, using gasses, but they are nowhere progressing. Our nilensive at l.ubliu extended alon 1 ; tie whole region from the mouth of tinPodiipe to a sfjvain south of F>ykhava. The enemy continues to r< treat, while Irving to hold us. We have now caiitured over lifteeii thousand prisoners. A RUSSIAN VICTORY. OX THE VISTI*i.A UAXK. I e.'lle, a July ill. A telegram i-tilcs {[,..( „ iuitie began ou Wi'iliipm!;; v I II (lie haul; the ViMula. bet','.eon Wisni'-a and del, and terminal,-d in a \j.tory. 'the Riis-U'iis aliacl;.'. .1 with mi, i| dash that the 1 euiMv iirinediale'v retreated. The Russian-.' artillery accentuated the retreat. The Austro-Cermau-. within tvenlyseveil hours, 10.-t thirteen thousand killed and twenty thousand wounded of the best of their iirst line troops, RUSSIANS 1101.ld.Y,; THEIR GROI N I). Received July 11. li.'i a.m. Petrograd. July 11. Oliicial: Encounters art; more frei|iient between l'rasw. and the \>tula. The Germans on Eriday night evacuated tile last trenches captured near Gounine, covering their withdrawal with a hurricane of dire. In the l.u'blin area, south of I'rzelotV. our troops have approached the River Yijnit/.a. The enemy maintains his position on Height 118, south of Yilkolaz, and delivered violent attacks on the village of Bvstrzitza, which Were all repulsed. Our reserves dashingly counterattacked on Eiidav afternoon and forced the enemy to make a hasty and disorderly retreat. Between Vicrpz and Westerbur we easily repulsed attacks. The enemy assumed the offensive at Zlotolipa and several times reached the entanglements, but were repulsed each time.

RUSSIANS FIRM, A CKUMAX" ISI.UXDEi;. M't'v i;ssi'l'L DICVKLoI'iIKNT. Fetrograd, July !). -Militan; critics point out that the repulse of Die enemy for three daw ou the Lublin front renders impossible the lighining blow for which the Kussians prepared. The Uiissians are now extremely mobile, owing to tlie railways, wlui'eas the eiitta\V present eoniniuaications are difficult, even the road;.

Furthermore, the Kus-iians are fighting with confidence, with the lvangorod-(ire.-tlitovsk line behind them, Deiuils of the laie,.| Uii'-ian Miccc--c- , show that Ihe Archduke .Joseph I'Vidmforce lmnied the KrasiiikLiiidiii lii'jaway on .Nioaday, l>- lie\in;.-. \1: 1 La-skm- wei'i- in full retreat, ileuec t.he ici'ee lost (m:l.*h with (-eneral Mackeiisen's army on its right. The Kussians took advantage o[ the Idnnder. A large force -sadtleid; emerged li'ojn a wood ow to Die highway and inflicted a blow delating !he ad\aitce of the whole Anstro(i.>i niaii force-. niViciak---The (aiemy who were at-iae!'-na 1 he trenches in Dae Oremitz di-;-trirt wre. repulsed with heavy The enemy, on the night of the (iDt. on the left t>ank vi the Vi-dnia, un-ler en',el - of enoriijoiis ,dt«;als lit' pois ia.a; . g,»>e.. delivcVed adlael'.s \owa ld - T>o!ilaoff. on an eight-mile fr.ail. eapturin;! the tir-f" line of Ueneae- in soiae seclor-. bn( they v.a re ejeete.i u,i Die 7th. \\*e recovered the petitions. e\ri pt in a : aa-{or n»*ar the T-olimoif read, where Dae 'i'ight against tic p<ds-.jners coniimies. ; \\ e eoniitilled the sir ee-si'nl ih'Nelopnient in the rrzendow-Fyelawa sector, crossed the river i'n/eiido'\ ka, advanced ah»r,g Die Uoysia jit /a, and dealt the enemy terrible blows, capturing between the aih and 7th eleven thousand prisoner- and several dozen niaehaie-guns. The laieiny in this s,j.. retreating and m- :irr iniiNnin;r. Ml'XlTltiXS WOUKS AT WiSOlU'. I ' IVtiiiarail. -Inly lit. A inmutinns favfdi). nraiii,'.;' ;i niilli |)oiiihls strrlini;'. is <ipi■ iiin 'S'Ih 1 fiti/.cus ;ht eniit nlmti,! io tlio CDst. HICII I iiNI-.i: - liKPoliT. Wi'Uin«li>ti. .Tnlv Hi. Tin 1 1 rijjti Coinmi>si()iicr rc|]urts, nii>lcr dnT.oiuliin. .Inly !l. p.m.:— l'l'tropriul uiimniniiN tluit the lliw-iuns nvc nssuminfi 1 tlic offensive successfully ninl luive re|na-i'<l Hie vnciny's ;nh iince in tlie dived,ion of l.nlilin, cu|itnrin« prisoners and numerous maxims. The retreating oneray is 'being- pursued.