South Bend news-times., 1915-05-31
Austrian Shells Are Falling on
PrzemySI-GrOdek Railway
and Communications Are
Threatened.
FIGHTING CONTINUES
ALONG THE DNEISTER
Russians in an Attempt to
Check Enemy Are Striking
Hard Blows on the San, Be-
low JaroSIau.

LONDON, May 30.-Austrian shells
are falling on the Przemysl-Grodek
railway and the communications of
the fortress with Lemberg are threat
ened, according to the official state
ment and private dispatches received
tonight from Vienna.
The Russians by tremendous cOun-
ter attacks to the north and south are
endeavOring to lift this pressure on
their most vital line. But meanwhile,
Vienna. states. the investing line TO the
north and south Of the great Galician
fortress has been brought forward
from both ends.
The Teutons are striking their blow
at Medyka, directly TO the east of
Przemysl and something less than half
way to Lemberg To Offset this often
sive the Russians are striking hard
blows at the AuStrO- German armies
on the san below Sieniawa, and on
the lower Lubaczowka, to the north,
above JarOslau, and on the left bank
OF the Swica. and the river LOmnica,
to the south between Stanislau and
Stryj
Russians Take Prisoners.
In this latter region, in the neigh
bOrhood of PerkyhOnsko, they
achieved success of some magnitude
on the night of Thursday, taking more
than 5000 prisoners, including 72 Of
ficers. as well as several machine
guns.
Around Sieniawa, where, earlier IL
the week they drove the AuStrO- Ger
mans back, however, their attacks
failed, according TO Berlin and Vienna
and their efforts to cross the san were
futile. Berlin also reports the defeat
Of the Russians in the neighborhOOd
Of Stryi, this claim being somewhat
at variance with those made in Pc
trograd.
Active in Far North.
In the far north, however, there
has been much activity. Berlin claims
that the Germans have repulsed
number OF violent Russian assaults in
the region Of Shawl, and declares that
on the Dubissa, while the Germans
were forced TO evacuate the village Of
Sawdynici with a loss OF four guns,
! they later were reinforced and recap
| tured the position driving the Rus
slams back beyond their original front.
! PetrOgrad says that the German at
I taCks on the lower DUbissa have
! ceased and that in the Shawl region
they have been forced to retire in
considerable disorder from hurtO-
/ visny. These German forces previous
/ ~ had retired from Bubie and had
| taken UP positions on a line running
( from KurtOvisny to POdubls. 1t was
from this latter front, and the village
tself, that the Russians again have
/ driven them.
! ~PetrOgrad reports that despite the
use of asphyXiating gases with which
/ the Germans have been covering their
] advances along the San north of Ja-
roslau they have suffered tremendous
! losses. Numerous villages on this Sec
/ tor have changed hands again and
again. testifying 20 the violence of the
fT,
I hanc TO hand in the streets of the
I towns.
LONDON. May 30-All the Ger
| man trenches on hill No. II. an i'm
portant height about five miles north
! of hill No. 20, have been captured by
\ the allies and violent lighting is pro
| ceeding in the network of abandoned
mine workings which the Germans
have converted into ar almost impreg-
nable fortress 10 the southeast of
/ Neuville-St. Naast. north OF Arras.
! These are the most notable features Of
/ the French report received from Paris
/ tonight.
/ The French claims are met by the
/ German assertions that a French mid
night attack with artillery and infan-
/ try east of the User and north Of the
/ village OF DerhOudt were repulsed
/ with heavy loss 20 the attackers.
| a number of French ZOuaves being
made prisoners. Artillery duels Of
| considerable violence are raging be-
! tween La3assee canal and ArraS. ac-
| cording TO Berlin. This engagement
( OF the heavy guns also is mentioned in
] the paris report which adds that
I duels still continue.
on the whole Of the western front
il is doubtful If lighting OF such sus-
tanned fury as that proceeding on the
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