Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-06-23

capture or LemberR depriVes the
Russians of their last military base in,
Galicia. Several railways centre from
the town. The important lines .were-
in the hands of the Austro Germans
before the city fell.
Moral Effect Great
The moral effect of the recapture of
the city overshadows the military VIC
tory. The capital of a great Austrian
province has been reclaimed from tic
enemy, the Russian grip upon GaIiciaT
has been loosened. il not entirely
shaken, and the people of Austria
have been raised to the high pitch OF
enthusiasm over Austro- German suc-
cesses
The Russians. it Is believed here.
will fall back more than twenty miles.
making their next stand near Busk,
between the branches of the Bug and
Styr rivers. There is every reason to
believe that the Austro- German pur-
suit will continue to the Galician bor-
der, II not into Russian territory
Headquarters plans. it is understood
here, contemplate driving the last
Russian out of Galicia am an in
vasion of Russian Bessarabia on the
southeast
BY the United Press.
BERLIN, (via wireless to Sayviiie,
l.. L,), June 23.-Sixty thousand Rus
sian troops and nine cannon were
captured in the Austro German drive
on Lemberg, according to a semi
official statement given out here I'd
day. These figures cover the lighting
for Lemberg since June 12.
Lemberg, capital of Galicia, was
occupied by the Russians on Septem-
Der 2 1914, about one month after the
outbt eak of hositilities, in the course
of the early Russian drive into Aus
tria. 1t has therefore been in Rus
sian control for over ten months.
For the past twenty days, since the
Austro- Germans took Przemysl from
the forces of Emperor Nicholas, 4
has been the objective of a series OF
fierce and concentrated attacks on
the part of the Teutonic allies. Their
success will have a far reaching po-
litical effect, as the driving out Of
the Russians from Galicia is counted
upon in Berlin to help maintain the
status quo in the Balkans.
Early Russian Success.
The capture of Lemberg was one
of the earliest important successes Oh
the Russians. Following it they
pushed onward rapidly through
Galicia. The high water mark of the
invasion found almost all the provinces
in their hands. They approached
within striking distance of Cracow,
at the western end of the provinces
close to the German frontier; stormed
the heights and passes of the Car
pathian mountains, which separate
Galicia from Hungary, and to the
east, swept down through the crown
land of Bukowina to the Rumaniar
frontier.
All this has been changed by tie
steady succession of Austro- German
victories of the last weeks. The
change began with the launching at
the great drive from Cracow east
ward. Great numbers of Germae
troops were sent in to assist the Aus
trians, as well as a vast amount OF
field artillery. The use of artillery
by the Teutonic allies has been de-
scribed by correspondents, as on \
scale never before undertaken. Its
effectiveness was relatively increased
by the shortage of shells on the past
of the Russians, which is believed to
have contributed largely to the weak
ening of their resistance.
GaIicia Virtually Reclaimed.
The Austro- German armies pushed
forward westward through Galicias
recaptured Przemysl, June 3, and
then, without pause, struck at Lem
berg from the south and west. AT
no point were the Russians able to
Withstand the terrific bombardment
directed against their positions, and
even the line of defense 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 figt.
ing in this campaign has been of I1-
usual intensity with heavy losses
The figures of killed, wounded and
as given in Austrian. GerA
man and Russian official statements,
run into the hundreds of thousands.
Russia had made plans for pern,a-