The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-07-02
GERMANS INVADE
SLAvs' TERRITORY.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT DECLARES
RUSSIANS ARE RETREATiNG
BEFORE TERRIFIC DRIVE.
RUSSIAN CENTER REFORMING
Troops Remaining in GaIicia Prepare
to Resist Invasion-London Critics
Assert Retreat Due to Lem
berg Battle.

London, July 1.-THE Russians now
are making their stand on the Bug
river. This great stream, which of
fers many advantages for strong de-
Tense, rises near Zloczow, in Gaiicia,
runs almost north, forms great part
of the eastern frontier of Russian Po-
land, and joins the Vistula, 10 miles
northwest of Warsaw. 1t is along the
GaIician course that the army of
Grand Duke Nicholas is believed to
have taken up strong positions, the
loss of which would mean the further
retirement of the Russian forces.
TEUTONS CAPTURE ToMASZOw-
Already the Austro-Germ have
pushed the Russians back to the Bug
river near Kamionka, northeast of
Lemberg, and farther north have pene-
trated Russian Poland, capturing the
important town of Tomaszow. They
have also, according to the official re-
port from Vienna, driven the Rus
SLAMS holding ground near Sielec,
northward as far as Krystianpol, dis
lance of about eight miles, and have
taken Burstyn, north of Halicz.
Berlin, June 30.-In the face of a
terrific drive by the AustrOGerman
army the Russian forces again are re-
treating along the Galician front.
An official statement from the war
office declares that General Linsingen
has inflicted new defeats upon the
Russians all along the Dniester river
General Mackensen'S left has Cross
ed into Russian territory and is oper
ating in the vicinity Of Tomasof, war
Office dispatches said. West of Toma
sof, Bavarian regiments are attack
ing the Russian flank along the Tanew
river.
Linseneen's Army Wilma
1.-The army under General Won Lin
singer defeated the enemy during a
pursuit along the entire front between
Halicz and Firjelow and drove them
across the emilia Lipa river" said the
official statement. IN this section the
fighting continues Further to the
north in the PrZemyslany district the
town of Kamionka, 25 miles northeast
of Lemberg, has been reached by our
troops To the north of Kamionka the
enemy did not await our attack but re-
treated across the river, but at a point
below Kamionka.
I'm a section to the north and north
east of the Mostly Wielkie, about 90
miles north of Lemberg and also to the
northeast and west of Tomaszow, the
enemy offered resistance. Every
where he was defeated. Here we are
now on Russian territory. (TOmas-
zow is in Poland.)
Under the pressure of our advance
in this district the enemy is beginning
to evacuate his positions in the Tanew
section and on the lower San"
Slavs In Galicia Reforming.
London, June 30.-The Russian cen
ter in Galicia is rapidly reforming be-
hind the River emilia Lipa before
General Won Linsingen's drive across
the Dniester, but this retreat, in the
opinion of London military critics, is
almost entirely due to the battle in the
Lemberg region, where the position of
the Russians mare retirement newt
able.
These movements have strengthened
the Austro-German line and have con
solidated the hold of the Teutons on
the regained Galician capital.