Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1915-06-24
PROVINCE NOW ABOUT
CLEAR OF RUSSIANS
Fierce Fighting Marks Campaign
and Losses Total Hun
dreds Of Thousands.

Berlin, June 24.-Lemberg has beer
conquered after very severe battle.
according to an official report received
from the headquarters of the Austro-
Hungarian army.
The Galician capital fell before the
advance of the Second army.
Lemberg, capital Of Galicia, was oc:
copied by the Russians on Sept. 2,
1914, about one month after the out
break of hostilities, in course Of the
early Russian drive into Austria.
For the past twenty days, since
the Austro- G Germans took Przemysl
from the forces Of Emperor Nicholas.
it has been the objective of series OF
fierce and concentrated attacks on tha
part Of the Teutonic allies. Their sue.
cess will have a farreaching political
effect, as the driving out of the Rus
slams from Galicia is counted upon ia
Berlin TO help maintain the status quo
in the Balkans.
The capture Of I.emberg was one OF
the earliest important successes Of the
Russians. Following it they pushed
onward rapidly through Galicia. The,
high water mark of the invasion found
almost all the province in their hands.
They approached within striking dis,
tance of CracoW, at the western end
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frontier; stormed the heights and
passes of the Carpathian mountains,
which separate Galicia from Hungary;
and, to the east swept down through
the crownland of Bukowina to the Ru-
manian frontier.
All this has been changed by the
steady succession of Austro-German
victories of the last few weeks. The
change began with the launching OF
the great drive from Cracow eastward.
Great numbers Of German troops were.
| sent in to assist the Austrians, as we'll,
eombardment Was Terrific.
The use OF artillery by the Teutonic
allies has been described by CORE
spondents as on Il scale never before
undertaken. It's effectiveness was
relatively increased by the shortage
Of shells on the part OF the Russians,
which is believed to have contributed
largely to the weakening OF their re-,
sistance.
The Austro-German armies pushed
forward, eastward through Galicia, re-
captured Przemysl June 3, and then,
without pause, struck at Lemberg
from the south and west. At no point
we're the Russians able to Withstand
the terrific bombardment directed
against their positions and even the
line of defenses near Grodek, sixteen
miles west Of Lemberg, which is of
great natural strength, proved to be
untenable.
With Lemberg now in her hands
Austria has reclaimed virtually the
whole province of Galicia. The fight
ing in this campaign has been of un-
usual intensity, with heavy losses. The
figures of killed, wounded and cap
turerd as given in Austrian, German
and Russian official statements run
into the hundreds of thousands.
Russia had made plans for per-
manent occupation of Galicia, bring
ing in officials to set up civil admin
istraticn in the territory as fast as it
was taken. Lemberg was rechristened
Lv0v, the old Russian-Polish name.
The city has population of about
100000 and was an important Aus
trian military station. Although found
ed in the Thirteenth century, it is of
modern appearance and is known for
its imposing buildings. The city is
protected by outlying forts. although
its defenses are much inferior to those
Of Przemysl.