Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-06-09
RUSSIANS CLAIM
1000 PRISONERS
Germans Led Into Trap Near Siwka.
PetrOgrad Says, and 200 Slain
In BayOnet Charge.

Petrograd, June 8, (via Londonl-
Official announcement: In the Shawl
district, province of Kovno, the
enemy received reinforcemen,s
/ changed his front and made an OBJ.
| stinate attack in the direction of
Double. on Monday our troops had
left Double and occupied positions
| in front of Shawl.
In the lower Dubysa our advance
| has been satisfactory. On the left
band of the Vistula. north Of Rawa
! the Germans, taking advantage Of
favorable wind, attempted 10 make
use OF poisonous gases.
In Galicia there has been stub
born lighting on the left bank of Wiz
MIA river. On June 6 the enemy sue
ceeded in forcing back our troops.
but the Russian counter-attacked and
captured 1000 prisoners within q
hours.
ION the Dniester front there was
fighting June and Z. Between the
rivers Tismenitza and Loukwa the
attacks on our right were without
result In this fighting the Russians
captured 500 prisoners. six of whom
were officers, and two maxim guns.
ION the left bank of the Dniester the
enemy has increased his forces at
Zhouzauo. and they now extend from
the forest to the railroad On the
right bank OF this river the Germans
fell into a trap near Siwka Two humid
red of them were killed in a bayonet
charge and several prisoners were
taken Attacks by the enemy be-
tween Siwka and the Loukwa have
been repealed"
Cologne. Germany. June 9 fvia Lon
don.)-A dispatch from the Austrian
press headquarters on the eastern
front states that the Russian army IN
Bukowina, which had been strength
ened by portions OF the detachments
already defeated at Kalusz, eastern
.Galicia, has been fully cut of from
the middle Galician forces of the Rus
slams and is being driven back east
ward. The victorious Austro-G German
forces from Kalusz are only few
miles from Stanislau.
Berlin, June 9, (via LondOn) OF
fetal statement:
Enemy forces commencing an at
tack yesterday afternoon on the east
ern slope of the Lorette hills. were
driven off by our fire. An enemy at
tack today on the eastern slope of the
same hills failed The last group OF
houses in the village OF Melville was
left in possession of the enemy during
the night. East of Melville we defeated
attacks OF the French with
heavy losses to the enemy.
g Lob
1attIe again is raging after an unsuc-
,essfuI attack of the French in the
Early morning An enemy attack in
he forest of LePretre was repulsed
With sanquinary losses. Fighting con-
inues for a small part of the outer
renches.
The eastern bank of the River Win
iau at Kubyli. northeast OF Kurachany.
las been captured by US. Our troops
ire approaching the town of Shawl
rom the southwest. on the Dubysa,
he enemy's northern wing has been
river back in a soutbwesteTly direc-
ion. BY an encircling attack our fore
most line has reached the highway Of
3etigol.
South OF the Nieman river the Rus
ians retreated in the direction Of
lovno after stubborn fights at Dem
.owaruda and Kozliszki. Three hun
red prisoners and two machine guns
we're captured. During the pursuit we
aimed the fortified positions facing
-ovno on the high road between Mari
mpol and kovno.
East of Przemysl the situation re-
lains unchanged. To the northeast
{ Zurawna troops under General Lin
ingen brought the Russian counter
tack TO a standstiIL Further TO the
outh lighting is in progress for pos
ession of the hill 10 the east of Kalusz
nd west of Jezwol. Stanislau already
, in our possession. We took $500
len prisoners and captured 13 ma
hine guns