New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-22
RUSSIANS Go
TOLAST DEFENCE
Next Stand on Line Only
Nine Miles from the
Galician Capital.
DNlESTER LINE YIELDS
c,.r's Forces Abandon South
Rank of River-Austrians Re-
mise Attacks in BukoWina

ro,don. June 2l.-The important
..g,os6 town Of Rawa Ruska. thirty
-, miles northwest Of Lemberg, ac-
..,.,r 20 2 Berlin official report is
=, latest Russian position in Gallcis
;. f,u into the hands Of the Austro-
n.-sns As the Teutons, according 70
Wanna have advanced 10 Zolkle"'
.;.,,ssn miles north OF Lemberg' the
,S..tnent Of the Galician capital must
!, 60 nearly complete that the Rus
,;,,. either must withdraw from the
,i,y or leave a portion of their forces
here 10 be besieged.
The German General Won Mackenseh
:. ,.,,ytsd 70 have seized the railway
,opnec,ing Rawa Ruska with Lemoerg'
,hu, cutting off the retreat northward
,..h. Russians. According to the latest
,,v. from the Austrian headquarters
., 7.p,onic allies are now within nine
lies Of the limits of Lemberg
Withdraw Across Dniester'
Considerable wonder is expressed oy
:. c.rman military critics over the
,,,,,o.German advance Of the last
tv d,vs They had expected the Rus
,,,. "a make a firm stand along the
c-oaek line. Instead, however. Grand
nnl. Nicholas. the commander in chlef
a n. Russians, not only retired quick
i from this position, but, evidently
,,,ogni1ing his dangerous predicamen"
,,o ordered the withdrawal Of the
p,.,ian forces from south OF the
Dniester River. ,
REGARDING the crisis in the Galac'an
,,n,sicn. the "Bourse Gazette Oh
Pe,rogrsd, says:
Tf IN view of the continued German
endorsements in Galicia the situation
or,.s rs 70 choose between retaining
l.mberg and preserving the freedom OF o.
ory oneTations, il is possible we snaIi
have 70 make sentimental sacilHee'
,,d abandon the Galician capltai;
Fmneror William, it was otnclally an
.,rnrsd nv the German war Depart
,,s,t ,o-day. was present at the oatVIe
AZ peskid for possession of the GrodeK
line, west Of Lemberg.
Fmperor Witnesses Battle.
II. announcement that the Emperor
has assumed supreme command OF the
operations in Galicia is lnterpreIeu
bsrs a, an indication Of the Germans
,on,nIete confidence in the final VIC
,srv ~ the assault on Lemberg, now
,,y,rded as so near at hand, that the
,sssrsis who duding the last two
snptbs have battered their way across
"A, nrovince wish the Emperor TO par
t,ipste personally in the triumph.
The Austrian War Once communica-
ton says: a
sThe pursuing allied troops have ad-
vaneed 10 Zolkiew, about eighteen
miles north Of Lemberg, and south 10 OF
Lenber 70 the Skemierek RiVulet' Inc
Russion troops on this line are every
"Near TiEolawow and Zydaczow the
enemy is standing on the Dniester. .,
"Tbe troops Of the army Of General
Pnsnzer have repulsed strong. Russian
stacks with the heaviest Of losses 70
the enemy southwest of Potok Zlopy'
sesr zale Szczyky, and on the Bessara-
bisn frontier"
The report issued by the German
army headquarters to-day reads as fol-
lows:
"The armies under General Macken-
sen fighting for Lemberg and Iolklew
have captured Rawa Rusks, which IS
N our hands. To the east OF hawa
Rusks the Russians were attacked yes
iistdsy by German troops and driven
back
The Russian General Staf's state
nent issued at Petrograd tonight
nys:
"0n the night Of the goth our troops
retired from the Grodek Lakes. on the
Lemberg positions.
"0n the Dniester the enemy has de-
liyered barren attacks between hiko.
aiow and Jidachew. in the course OF
which he was driven back from the
villages Of Demanka and Liesna, sus,
aining heavy losses. On the rest OF
DE front in Galicia and Bukowina' al
hough stubborn fighting continues III
some sectors. the enemy has not sue
eeeded in making progress anywhere