Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-06-28
.HALICZ FALLS
BEFORE DRIVE
OF TEUTONS
Capture of Galician Town
Threatens Cars BukO-
wilma Army.
DNIESTER Is CROSSED
ALONG ENTIRE FRONT
Berlin Reports Russians Are
Again Retreating Before
Austr0-German Forces.
PETROGRAD SAYS LINES
HAVE BEEN RECRoUPED
Russians Are Now Prepared to
Offer Determined Resist
ance, It's Declared.
DNIESTER is CROSSED
ALONG ENTIRE FRONT
PETRoGRAD SAYS LINES
HAVE BEEN RECRoUPED
Russians Are Now Prepared to
Offer Determined Resist
ance, It's Declared.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, June 2S (via London, S:4S
p. m.).-The town of Halicz, in Ga
licia, on the Dnester river. has been
occupied by German troops accord
ing to the announcement given out
today by German military headquar-
ters
Besides the occupation of Halicz,
the official statement announces that
the River Dniester has been crossed
by the Germans along the entire
front.
The capture of Halicz and the rail-
way crossing the river north Of
Stanislau is perhaps the most impor-
tant Austro- German victory since the
winning of Lemberg. General Won
Linsingen's extreme right pressing on
from Halicz now threatens to cut tho
| Russian Bukowina army off from the
forces operating TO the north around
Lemberg unless the Russian left wing
ms. Ses a hasty retreat upon Tarno-
pol.
The text of the statement follows;
"In the western theatre:
! North OF Arras night attacks by
| the enemy on both sides Of Souchcz
and AK Noulette, and in the 'laoy-
rinth, north of Ecurie, We're repulsed.
"In the western part of the Ara
gonnes the French attempted last
night to recapture the positions they
had lost notwithstanding the appli-
cation of masses of artillery fhers
the attacks failed completely. .f
French Lose Heavily.
I'm the Meuse hills an infantry at
tack extending over a width of two :
kilometres az miles) on both sides
of DeTranchee had the same result
After unusually large losses the
enemy fed back into his positions.
I'm the Vosges our troops deliv-
cred surprise attack on the defend-
ers of a small hill east Of Metzeral.
Fifty prisoners and one machine gun
remained in our hands.
1--WE were especially successful in
the southernmost part of our battle
front against enemy aviators. In an
aerial battle two enemy flying ma
chimes were shot down north OF
Schlueht Pass and at Gerardmer.
Two further aeroplanes were forced
to descend by our artillery at Largu-
son and at Rheinfelden, on the
Schwartz CD in Swiss territory. 81
I'm the Eastern theatre
Russians Ropuised.
Russian attacks north and north-
east OF Przasnysr, which were mainly
directed against the new positions
captured by us June % to the south
east of Oglenda broke down with
heavy losses to our opponents
In the southeastern theatre:
THE town of Halicz was occupied
by our troops and the Dniester river
has been crossed today The army
of General Won Linsingen thereby
succeeded in capturing or dominating
all the crossing over this river On
the entire front.
After five days of heavy fighting
further to the north our troops are
pursuing the defeated enemy towards
the Gnila Lipa branch Of the Dnies-
ter.
"since June % the army of Gen.
eral Won Linsengen has taken $50
Russians as prisoners.
German. Push On.
Northeast of Lemberg we are ap-
preaching the Bug section. Further
to the east as far as the region Of
Gieszano. the allied Teuton troops
are progressing. They have made
several thousands of Russians pris-
oners and have captured a number of
cannon and machine guns.
Yesterdays official communication
should have read. Enemy artillery
stationed near the citadel (not Caths-
| draD of Arres was bombarded by US
The cathedral has not been bonn
barded."