New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-10
Germans Are Driven Back
to Strypa-7,OOO Are
Captured.
AUSTRIAN CAVALRY
ENTERS FORTRESS
Only Rovno Is Now Left OF ire
Southern Triangle-Russian
Lines Hold.

cess fer the Russians III bas'ei"
licia is announced by Petrograd. IL Is
stated that southwest OF TremoowIa
during the TIN and 9Th the Russians
took as prisoners $50 officers and HOoo
men and that the Teutons retreated
hastily toward the River Strypa.
The communication adds that the
Russian captures since September on
the Sereth front total 383 officers and
more than 1900 men and great
quantity of guns.
Corning close on the victory at Tar
napol, this triumph is regarded In ret
roerad as a celebration OF the cars
ASSUMPTION of chief command and as
an omen of success TO come.
Meanwhile, Dubno, lying directly
north of Tarnapol, one Of the for
tresses Of tie Neutrality-suspicious. tri-
angle. has fallen. According to a Cen
tral News dispatch from Vienna. the
Austrian landwehr cavalry has entered
the town.
Dubno, lying in the government OF
Volhynia, a short distance north OF the
East Gaician frontier, is the second Oh
the triangle of forts to fall. Lutsk'
further to the west, was captured re-
Gently.
As strictly military event, great
importance is attached to the Russian
victories in Galicia, for it is pointed out
that the Germans had collected force
Of Prussian guards and Austrian orl,
pades. strengthened by both light ana
heavy artillery, on a twenty mile front
for the undoubted purpose OF break
ing through into the rich grain prov
inces of Southwestern Russia. WIN
inferior forces, the Russians were abe
TO defeat the plan, despite the delio-
crate preparations that had been MADE
10 execute it, inficting severe losses
and taking 5000 prisoners and siaugn-
tering an entire corps.
German Guns Superior.
The fact that the Russians could not
follow up the victory at Tarnopol was
due entirely to the superiority OF the
Teutonic artillery, it Is declared. mere
is no lack Of war stores, according 10
War Office officials, and the Russian
supply of shrapnel is sufficient, but
the army was unable to take the Oh
fensive against the heavy guns OF the
Germans.
The check administered at Tarnopol
is expected ID have an important pear
ing on operations against Russian pos,
tions along the CORN, lkva ana otuoei
rivers to the northeast, operations
which depend for support on German
advance at Tarnopol. The capture OF
Dubno is one of the phases OF this
campaign. o,.. .L
From the Gulf OF Riga to Olita, south
Of Kovno. the Germans state, the STU
alton is unchanged, while their centre
from that point to and beyond the
Priuet marshes continues to advance.
The Russians are endeavoring TO pre-
vent the invasion of Bessarabla.
Russians Hold Lines.
On the whole, the Russians appear,
with fresh Supplies of ammunition 70
be making a better stand. They are
aided. doubtless, by the rams wniSh
are turning the roads, especially in the
region o. tie Pripet and its atiiuents,
into Iuogmi~es.
GEkMAN VI L lClhL'
The German army headquarters
statement says:
Army group of Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg.-From the Baltic as far
east as Olita there has been no i'm
portant change. Between Jeziory and
the Niemen the enemy is defending
himself stubbornly. Our troops,
nearing Skidel, south of the Niemen,
IL xuhA ta
ing behind the Melwianka. On the
western bank there remain only some
rear guards. This army group has
taken 1850 prisoners and ten ma
chine guns.
Army group Of Prince Leopold
The Melwianka has been reached at
various places during the fighting
with the rear guards OF the enemy.
South of Rozana a crossing has been
forced. Austro-Hungarian troops
continue to advance through the for
est northeast Of Sieloe.
Army group Of Field Marshal Won
Mackensen.-Th northern bank of
the Jasiolda has been gained near
Chomsk. By reason Of our advance
in a northerly direction the enemy
has been compelled TO evacuate his
positions near Berezs Kartuska. Be-
tween the SporowsN and the canal
we gained further ground.
Southeastern theatre of war.-The
northern wing Of the enemy's forces,
which had advanced south Of Ostrog
and toward the Sereth, has been
driven back.
AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL.
The official statement issued at
Vienna says:
Our attack in Volhynia is pro-
crossing. Yesterday the Russian
front north of Olika was broken and
Dubno, the second point in the Vol
hynia triangle, was captured. The
Austrian landwehr cavalry entered
the town in the afternoon. The Aus
trians hold the barrier posts up the
river.
The army of General Won Boehm-
Ermolli has advanced on the upper
Ikva and over the Novo Aleksinies.
The Russian forces which ad-
vanced in the region west of the
Trembowla over the Sereth have for
the greater part been repulsed. In
the battles which occurred here
against superior enemy forces Ger
man guard bsttalions under Colonel
Leu successfully interviewed.
On the lower Sereth and Dniester
rivers there is relative calm. In the
capture Of enemy positions at Novo
Siolk and Kostiukowa, mentioned
yesterday, cavalry conducted by
Lieutenant Field Marshal Brakeman
took an important part.
The section of the Austro- Hun