Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-05


SS0f Smyrna was negotiating with the
ssalites for the surrender OF his terri
s. tory. No confirmation of this report
has been received. The Germans say
ISe&Shay have made further progress with
liner raid into the Battle provinces of
81 Russia. and that they have defeated
i the Russians there ms well rs along
tho East Prussian frontier.
6esaGcrman submarines to-day sank the
steamer Minterne and two trawlers
4 RUSSIA MAKES OFFICIAL
E8 REPORT OF BATTLES
s S4EPETROGRAD, May tvia London,
!, May b).-The Russian War Oflce to-
night issued this official comnunica-
ton:
Il The enemy threatening Libau and
Mftau remained passive yesterday
Both places arc held by our troops
Near Rossicna tabout ,forty-tve
miles northwest of Kovno) there have
been skirmishcs.
''On the left bank OF the Nicmen,
north OF the Bobr and Narcw Rivers,
4 and on the left bank OF the Vistula
as far as the Pilica, there has been no
important change. After a fight,
occupied several villages between the
Meta and EErbna, north OF the Great
Marsh.
The Germans attacked our position
on the right bank of the omulew on
somewhat wide front but were
a forced to retreat in disorder by our
(. fire. They abandoned their dead and
wounded in front OF our positions
Farther to the south of the Pilica,
* the enemy under cover of strong
Il artillery fire. made several attacks.
Near Lopuschlio the encmy's infan-
i try, on the 2nd, approached 10 within
= 200 PAGES of our trenches. hut during
Z the following night our counterattack
8 dislodged them, with heavy losses
from the intrenchmcnts which they had
constructed, and which we rendered
x useless
is AT certain points the enemy at
tempted to cross the Nda River. but
+ our counterattacks compelled him to-
tsevacuatc the left banks altogether
the Nistula near Krasnef. the
4 enemy, who had concentrated near our
s positions, hurricdly and stubbornly
threw up intrenchments but during
ethe night of May Ga we attacked with
the bayonet and annihilated the troops
S occupying them. We took 400 prison
ers. including nine officers.
MS IN Galicia, from the Nistula to the
5SGarpathians. succession OF battles
developed during May . and 3. Enemy
crossed 10 the right bank
&tof 8thc Dunajec, but our fire prevented
K them from advancing farther than the
6 bank
THE lighting was particularly des-
= perate in the region of Tuchow and
5. Biecz. where the enemy artillery
poured forth an extraordinary volume
fire.
=. "In the course OF our counterattacks,
we took several hundred prisoners.
we discovered the presence at this
= point of German army elements maxi
ing their first appearance on our Car
pathian front.
I'm the direction of Stry, in the re-
!. gion of Golovetza a force battle con
p tinues. Here one hin changed hands
three times. We finally captured il
yesterday morning. During the day
we took a fresh batch OF 100 prison
crs, with five officers. and also cap
;. tured three mitrailleuscs.
al the source of the River Svitze
an enemy attempt to envclop our flank
failed completely. AZ this point also
we took prisoners and forced the
enemy to fall back in great disorder.
Our Black Sea fleet yesterday bonn
barded the fortihcations on the right
flank of the Tchatalja position and a
post on the Kara Burnu littorai."