New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-04
Teutons Occupy Lowlands
of Labunka on Their
NorthWard Drive.
PURSUE FOE IN
ZLOTA LIPA REGION
Victorious Armies Advance on
15O-Mile Front in Czar'S
Territory and Gaiicia.

armies continuing their impctuous
5-,ve alone front measuring aprroNi-
mstc'v I5- miles IN Southern Russian
Poland and % Ga,icia have gained
ros,cs..or Of the lowlands Of Labunka,
- .be Russian Province Of Lubhn,
des-i., -.ororr resistance. according
% .o-5,r's Gc~n1~ official statement.
They also have advanced i'm pursuit
n The fleeing Russians m the hlota
LIN session Of Galcla.
petrr-,cG admits she retirement OF
gro Rus. an. across tho GnlIa L'p@'
ard ,Nrlr.r- chat thc retroCraOe move
non. further 20 the north was caused
h. strong Banking operations OF me
Ar-.~o-G Germans against the Russian
pos.rors .D the Tanow region.
Russian Armies Intact.
Although ,ho retrcatiag Russian
a~~-cs --st be regarded Is still Wy.
tD~.r ,r.a.t. tkc growing impetus o.
The Aus-ro-GormaD advance is sucn
tt,. decisive Russian defeat seems
;-..s-atlr. according 70 military eN-
re--s. unless the entente powers
initiate a powerful diversion on the
I.-r.qr. or the western front
c,~,o o. .hc most conservative Brit
;sr -.wsoapers assert that tins alone
c,~ co~-ral Germany 70 withdraw men
<-o-, the Eastern theatre, barring
vs~-epr. q sudden shortage in high
eyDIos,vcs. the supply Of which Wall
4ov 20 The front more irregularly as
~, railways become less and less
Te+rer to the north Of Lemberg,
Calico. nor 20 the southeast DO the
Russians appear 20 be trying TO oner
serious resistance, but unless the ap-
p-oaches 20 Warsaw are TO be left IN
protected. military observers say the
forces of Grand Duke Nicholas the
Russian Commander in Chlef, must
soon DO some stubborn hghtint over
the Southern Poland frontier, Wnlie
his extreme left in Galicia must match
his IN rand retirement # u Is 70
svo.d a critical predicament.
Fighting on l5O-Mile Front.
The present alignment Of the ire.
,,erdous forces engaged in Gallcla and
southern Russia is roughly dlvlsable
INTO two 75-mile fronts, one running
rc~-b rom Halicz and the Gnlla Llpa
p,ve~ and the other travelling east
f~or, the junction OF the san and VS.
tula rivers. Together the fronts form
an obtuse angle az Sokal. on the hlVer
Bug. and on the Gahclan side OF the
Russian border. .,..
Although the Germans receh'IE =
gained new positions 10 the north OF
ueiic7 where they fortified the left
49, of me Gnila Lipa a preponder-
s-ca Of the forces and the chief energy
~ the victors were employed at the
Worth end 70 advance into the Prov
,---s ~ Lublin and Kholm, along a
f~o-- eytendirg from the Nlstula to the
Bug River.
e-~ half. between the River Nlepr5 and
the Bug. the Germans are making
steady i not spectacular progress. Inc
e-cou1ters in this section have not
baen Characterized by pitched battles,
bu. they consist chiefly OF rear guard
action. followed by Russian counter at
tscss and orderly retirement
Seize Labunka Lowlands.
Following is the text Of to-day''s
statement by the Germany Army head
North Of the Dniester River our
troops are advancing under continuous
fighting in pursuit OF the enemy ana
rcretra-ing by way OF the me
Nariampol. Narajoa and M,asto TO-
ard the Zlota Lipa section. Ihey ma e
reached the Bug az several places De,
tween Kamionka and StrzumIo"a ana
below Krv!ow, and are quickly advanc-
ing In a northerly direction between
the Bug and the Nistula.
"Tbe ,owlands Of Labunka now are
in our possession, after our opponents
had offered stubborn resistance at Ger
tain places. . &C..
German troops also obtained hrm
too.hoG on the northern bank OF the
river ,n the Wysnica section, between
Krasris and the mouth of the Labunka.
Between the left bank Of the VS.
tula and me PllIca River the SITUATION
remains generally unchanged.
"a Russian counter attack southeast
o. Radon was repulsed.
Battle Northward in Poland.
The Austrian official war statement
received tonight says:
On the battle on the krasnlk-La-
nose front Southern Russian roland ,
our attack Is progressing. AZ seVeraI
important points the Russian de1enCes
already have been stOrmed.
"On the lower emilia Llpa RIVER
Eastern Galicia) the defeated Rus
slams are s,ili pursued by General Won
LinsnCen's army.
The situation on the Dniester RIVER
is unchanged"
Following Is the Austrian oihclal war
statement received tonight:
an East Galcia the Teutonic allied
troops are advancing, pursuing the
enemy east Of Halicz and across the
Nara oW ska. and 70 the north attacking
successfully on the heights east OF
Janozyu. On the Bug River the situa-
ton is unchanged.
Between th, Vistula and the Bug
rivers the Teutonic allied troops are
steadily advancing under violent com
bats Zamosc has been stormed. west
Of there the Russians everywhere nave
been rcpuised beyond the Por RAM
which is in our possession. Al several
places we forced passage OF the oroo"'
East Of Nrasnik, for which hgntIng
is stl proceeding, Studzlankl mas beeil
captured The village Of Wysnlca, west
Of Krasaik. also was stOrmed. here ana
elsewhere in this sector the enemy was
rcpUlscd
Friday on the Por and near krasnlN
$500 prisoners were captured and three
machine guns were taken.
West ol the Nistula there were ar
tlery duc.s."