The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-07-01
Later Assertion Comes
Only From Ger
man Sources.
WON'T JOIN ALLIES
Russia Admits Her Force.
Are Still Going From
Galicia,

London, En.land.-rhc British
official statement today dealing With
the operations i'm the Dardancllcs,
announces that two lines of Turkish
trenches have brcn captured to the
cast OF Sa2lir Dcrc and that three
lines have been Stormcd to the west
of that point.
london, En9land.-No loss in the
dr'N'n" mower of the Tuctonic ar
mics before which the Russians are
lHnea'lng eastward, is indicated hy
tie latest official reports from the
front. MI along the line, from East
cln Galicia northward we'll into Rus
sian Poland, Grand Duke Nicholas
forces arc being pushed hack. al
though fighting stubob,nly as they
retreat, and imflictin2 heavy losses
on their pursuing rc,nonS.
The French are hammcring away
at the German positions in the Alras
region. making some progress.
Rerlin. Gormany.--The Russians
i!aNc begun Il retreat from the Nis-
tnla river in the district of Iamosz,
southeast of Lublin, i'm Russian
Poland. according to AN Official
statement issued by the German
army headquarters staff.
London. England. The Germans
and Austrians are pressing the Rus
slams hard in their retreat through
northwestern Galicia and southern
liussiaan-Poiand towards the river
Bug. All the official reports ind-
caie this, the Russians themselves
speaking of desperate German at
;aeks' on their rear guard positions,
which are declared to have been re-
pulsed The energy of the pursuit
of the retreating Russians. however,
is costing the Germans forces dear,
according to Petrograd statements,
With mention enormous losses in
f'cted in the endeavor OF the Austro-
Germans to throw disorder into the
Russian ranks during the withdrawal
from the Dniester region north of
1lalicz
Meanwhile Russia is attempting to
compass better organization of her
munitions supply system With un-
limited money and virtually unre-
strcted power, the Russian new
board OF military supplies is expected
to remedy the shortage in munitions
To which Russian adNerses i'm Galicia
have largely been attributed.
Austrian Artillery Against Itaians
The Austrians, although vel loc-
cupied in Galician campaign, are
not neslecting to keep sharp watch
ON the Italian front. II sports from
the Tyrol and 1rentino districts, for
instance, mention the notable activ-
itv of Austrian artillery ltaly's
forces are making slow headway on
the lsonzo river, unfavorahle atmos
pheric conditions being mentioned as
interfering with the operations there
German submarines claimed twoI
more victims. the Norwegian steamer
Gieso and the ship Combnskenneth
of the same nationality. being sunk !
by torpedoes in waters near the Eng
lish coast.
Dispatches from Mytilene record
the exploit OF a British gunboat
which bombarded the Turkish ports
OF Chesmeh. l.idia and Asellia. de-
stroyins petroleum depots and sew
eral small vessels.
Balkan States with Tcutonso
One diplomatic situation with re-
gard 10 the Balkans is again widely |
under discussion A recent confer
ence of the German chancellor and |
the German and Austrian foreign |
ministers was followed by assertions
in German quarters that the hopes