Bisbee daily review., 1915-07-21
TEUTON INVASION OF GALICIA NOW OPEN
 TO INVESTIGATION
Reason for AuStro- German Drive of Russians Across GaIiCia Is Seen By Eye Witness Behind Russ Lines.

Seen By Eye Witness Behind
 Russ Lines.
 HEADQUARTERS OF. RUSSIAN | THIRD ARMY, In Retreat Behind Riv- 1 CT San. July 2O.-The details of the 4 German advance on the Third Army are now clearer The Russian ad- | vance over the Carpathians was not 1 met directly, but by a counter-ad- |. vance on its flank Here five army corps were concentrated, some of the i fresh troops being drawn from re- serve divisions on the French front. l Meanwhile Che long period of com- l, parative inaction had been employed l in bringing up the heaviest German and Austrian artillery and getting the range not merely of the Russian lines | but of squares which covered a good Ipart of their rear The enemy's advance was at first directed against what was thought Co | be the weakest part of the Third 1 Army. namely its right flank. which | had sent a number of endorsements | to the Carpathiaus. But the alertness of the Russian general on this side produced an attenuation in the plan ! and the attack was diverted to the IneXt army corps eastwards This Icorps contained regiments which had | had heavy losses in the previous hill fighting. A gap was forced between the two army corps; and the right | flank Of the threatened corps was crushed by the pounding free The 1 flank retreated in good spirit but with ! the heaviest losses, coming into line | with the broken forces 90 .ae right of them. Meanwhile a tremendous cannonade was directed on the divi- sion still further eastward, with the result that some regiments suffered terribly
 The whole advance of the enemy
 was a counter-stroke to the Russian advance over the Carpathians further l eastwards The right wing of the ad-
 vance was now out-hanked and had to come backward Half of this corps
 succeeded in rectifying its positions without serious loss; but the other division had the greatest dimculty in
 fighting it's way through and lost heavily.
 Meanwhile the enemys attack was extended also festward Heher the can nonadc was furious and the trenches
 were iu many parts wiped out, aI approach Go them from the rear for Ireinforcements beiHg made almost im- Ipassible Ultimately a retreat war ordered by the Russians on their side Ialso.
 l When the retreat reached the San the Third Army stood on a not exten-
 siye front partly in front of and partly Ibehind the river. The apparently end
 less file of supply and ambulance Itrains had all made it's way along the
 single line across the river. Wherev- CT they stopped the station was in- Tested by enemy's aeroplanes, at one
 time ten of these flying a,ong the line In one day three were brought
 down. an the airmen being killed. In their positions along the San the
 Russians had a very difficult stream
 to guard and could easily be put un-
 der a lanking fire The officers were - vigorous but deeply mortified at the
 loss of ground for which they had
 sacrificed so much
 The enemy's cannonade became ? more and more intense, lasting all f night and into the next day Then
 the enemy made good a footing on
 the Russian side of the river. was
 driven back, but returned and finally established himself and forced anoth-
 CT Russian retreat of some miles. This brings the operations down to } the date of filing this dispatch. 1 What a picture these days will
 leave behind, with those who have
 lived through them It is only the l simple things that count: but they
 keep coming back in new forms
 again and again
 The stan is in no way downhearted ; Q it is sometimes pre-occupied. some a time cheerful, but always full of yigor.
 The cause Of the losses has been local ized there is no sign of panic or hur- e ny in the thought for the necessary @ remedies. The commander of the
 army is full of spirit and energy and
 all consider that they are only half IT way through this battle
 s ] return to my inevitable conclu
 sion. The Russian retreat has been
 a big success of technique; and it d has wiped out a number of good lives l- The battle is over and the Russians
 are on the offensive at points whicl
 loiter hope Of better results The Rus e sian army is irmer than ever, ana l- more and more men are being poured
 in.