Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-06-23
The European War Day by Dav.


rojetz and Groudousk.
On the 18th and 18th the enemy
conducted an offensive with strong
torces IN the direction of Rawa Rus
wa and on the front Of the Grodek
Lakes, in Galicia, the enemy forces
being largely recent arrivals from
Belgium
I'm the Dniester region stubborn
lighting continues against enemy
forces which crossed the river be-
low Nijniff.
Advancing from the river the en-
emy progressed as far as the villages
OF Koropetz and Kosmierjene, but
our vigorous counter attacks with the
bayonet threw him back, infiicting
great losses. In the village of Kos
mierjine alone he left more than O.
600 prisoners and seven machine
guns.
Between the Pruth and the Dnies-
ter on the 18th and 10Th vigorous
hghting continued. Near the viii
lage of Balamoutovsky we captured
eight machine guns"
Won Sanders Optimistic.
Berlin, June 20.--The Associated
Press correspondent in the Darda-
nelles has transmitted the following
in an undated dispatch:
British losses as Avi Burnu thus
far are estimated from 5000 to TO-
600. The Turkish losses are some
what lower, although the Turks are
constantly on the offensive and they
make bayonet attacks almost every
night.
Field Marshal Limtn Won Sand
ers, the German commander, is high
ly optimistic regarding the outcome
OF the operations. He declared TO
the Associated Press representative
that not only are the British unable
to make progress, but they are losing
ground daily.
with the British fleet unable to
assist in the land operations because
ish hold OH Avi Burnu apparently is
not as serious as it was.
Big Events Near.
London, June 21.-The announce
ment that Emperor William has as
sumed command of the operations in
Gallcia is interpreted here as an in
dlcation Of complete German conf
dence in the final victory of the as
sault on Lemberg, now regarded as
so near at hand that the generals
"n" au"nE the las two months have
'..." '''Hr "N. across the Prov
nee wish "A Emperor 20 5a.,iclnafe
persooally ia the axpactod ,rt1mDh.
Some N' the Claims put f.r-lrd b.,
the Germans and Austrians still are
to be substantiated, but there is no
question that they have won new vic
tories both west and north Of the Ga
lician capital, and the Austro- German
advance still is progressing through
the Grodek lines west of Lemberg.
1t is questioned here that anything
so vital as the flight of the Russian
army as indicated by Vienna reports,
or a perilous break in the Russian
front, has occurred.
French and German accounts of
operations in the west show the usual
Emergencies, but the detailed reports
from Paris satisfy the British that
the French are making such an ad-
vance as will soon permit more ac-
tive operations in the sphere occupied
by the British army.
The French advance north o. Ar
ras, it is thought here, must have
pushed the Germans into a narrowed
front which will render some Of their
masses OF troops cOmpa ratively incf-
fective. The gains in Alsace show
that the French are drawing close to
the area of permanent German forti-
tications.
Field Covered With COrpscs.
Berlin, June 22.-The Overseas
Agency to-day gave out the follow
ing:
Reports from Dutch sources say
the French losses are fearful. The
hospitals at Amiens and Abbeville are
OvercrOwded.
Soldiers write that from Arras to
SoucheZ (abOut eight miles) the field
is covered with corpses, and that the
odor is unbearable.
Reports from neutral sources de-
clare the battle raging near Arras
may decide the fate Of France. Both