Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-02
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nelles operations claims that the COLO
NAL troops have not been checked IN
their efforts to advance. but that they
have been used merely to keep the
Turks on their front too busy to send
reseryes TO that portion Of the line
where the Anglo French troops made
an advance Of 1000 yards.
London morning papers generally
print editorials on the sinking OF the
steamship Armenian. their substance
that the relation between the United
States and Germany are bound to be
ffurthar strained BY the latest OF Ger
man suhnnarine exploits. The edit0-
I; rIaia. however. evidently were written
before the status Of the Leyland liner
had hAsn stated. - - q ~ -. -.
XnstSrdam reports that . zeppe1A
waS accidentally DESTROYED by An ex-
plOsion today 1t Drunnels.
During June ninety eight British
ships aggregating slightly more than
80 900 tons were sunk by submarines or
mines, with : loss Ok IL ives.
Vast Army lnvadss Russis.
The northward drive OF the Austro-
Hunxarian armies from Galicia into
Poland IL daily becoming more for
micable and England Is puzzled as TO
whether they propose to make their
main effort, in this direction. instead q
maintaining q concentrated offensive
to the eastward, to force the Russians
ou, Of the southeast tip Of Galicia-
Whatever the ultimate object is. the
f,ghting along the Gnila Lipa river has
not abated, and yesterday afternoons
Berlin Official Communication not only
records progress in this sector but
further north in the arc around Lem
berg, a. we'll as along what has now
become the northern front, between the
yistula and Bug rivers.
Two Million in Pursuit.
Tho Austgo-G German forces on the
northern front are estimated at 1000
900 mon, and their progress has been
rapid They have crossed the forest
fringing the Tanew river, and are not
far from the Zamosc fortress. twenty
Ave miles north Of the Galician 6ron-
tier.
Only . hundred miles to the north IL
the great Russian base, Brest-Litovsk,
linked with Warsaw by important
railways and lying almost due east OF
the Polish capital.
According to an official statement
issued In Berlin last night the armies
OF Generals Won 1Sln3ln8eu, Won NACA-
en,en and Won Wayrich have captured
141,ooo Russians during the month Of
June. IN addition, eighty cannon and
3sS machine guns were taken.
The Austro-GeFman forces have
stormed the Russ positions east OF tho
onila LApa and taken 2.32S men. the
report states.
Confidence 10 Gone.
The sdsvelopment Of the Galician-
campaign has created q situation en-
tirely unexpected by the allies. A few
months $50 the Russians were at tho
Carpa1hian passes. and during the
I anrinx months there wero confident
nfedictious both in England and
France that Hungary would soon be
]. oveyrun.
The British press now frankly Con-
cedSe that the new invasion OF Russia
u serious. Tho papers. however. place
faith IN Russia;s munitions campaign.
much the same - the British public 10
relying UPON David Lloyd Georges
plan 70 20 equip the british army in
France % ultimately TO match the
Germans In explosives and munitions.
especially machine guns.