The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-05-20
Under Shelter of PrzemySI Guns
Russians Pause and Turn
Upon Foes.
SEVERE DEFEAT ADMITTED
Reorganized Army on Offensive
Gar Robbed of Fruits of
Winter Campaign.

London. May 18.-Official reports
from Petrograd do little to minim-
ize the severity of the defeat which
the Russians have experienced over
practically the whole line from en-
trail Poland to the Ca~rpathians.
The victorious Germanic armies
have robbed the Russians of most
of the gains Of the hard winter
and early spring campaign with the
exception of Przemysl which is
closely threatened on two sides by
hostile forces. In the latest Petro-
grad communication there is a
suggestion that the Russians are
crouched behind the river San In
readiness for one Of those sudden
movement such as previously have
turned defeat into victory for them.
1t Is evident that the Austro-Ger-
man forces will leaving nothing
undone in the attempt to force a
crossing of the San. The Russians
admit the loss of so guns during
the retreat of their third army to
the San, but assert that most OF
them were destroyed.
Petrograd. May 16. delayed by
storms)-The Russian general staff
explaining the change in the Galician
campaign from a successful advance to
a retreat, gave out the following to-
day:
From the middle OF April news be-
gan to reach us of the transport Of
great numbers Of Germans from the
western front and their concentration
in western Galicia. The state OF at
fairs thus created forced us to stop tho
development Of our advance in the d.
rection of M~eZclaborcZ and Uzsok, in
order to insure ourselves facilities for
sending reserves to the threatened Sec
tors of our front.
Third Army Forced Back.
However, the forces which the en-
envy threw against our front were so
considerable that our third army was
unable to check the pressure on the
CenjnoVitz-COrlitza sector. The result
was desperate and uninterrupted fight
ing with momentous counter attacks,
which prevented the enemy from break
ing our front. The enemy's action was
reduced to frontal attacks on the posi-
tions of the Third army, which he oc-
cupied in succession.
THE enthusiasm Of our troops en-
abled them to maintain perfect order,
cope with the difficult problems of the
battle n inflict enormous losses upon
the enemy.
ION May IA. the whole third army
deployed on the San and in conformity
with this fact, we were obliged to make
re-arrangements which were already
neal completion to enable the adjacent
armies to unite their fronts.
Took 10000 Prisoners.
Although we were obliged to fall
back in the Carpathians, we stimuli
t~aneously made a decisive offensive in
ynnk,-r rnIf1S. yvHa-aI,v rrA rK,f.Al
results essential to our left wing and
inflicted a severe defeat on the Aus
TRANS on the Dniester front of Is
versts (about 100 miles.) Within five
days, beginning on the ninth, we cap
tured in this region about 10000 pris-
oners and forced the enemy to retreat
in disorder across the Pruth.
"On May IA our long range batteries
at Przemysl dispersed a column of the
enemy approaching from the west, in
fiicting heavy losses. On the other
sectors of the San and the eastern
slopes of the Carpathians, no actions
are reported.
Austrian Army Routed.
The Austrian army, defeated On the
Dniester on the 14th, could not main
tain its position on the left bank Of
Kolomea, with the assistance Of REIN
forcements brought by train, bring
ing in the last reserves, composed Of
sappers, attachments still in course
of formation and the last available
units.
"On the same day our troops carried
Nadworna, after a great struggle. On
the preceding evening our cavalry,
which forced a bridge head in one at
tack, occupied Sniatyn. We are con-
tinuing an energetic pursuit.
In the region of Shawl ~(Counland)
the fighting is developing f%avorably.
We repulsed several attacks west of
Shawl and successfully attacked a
strong column of the enemy near the
village OF Grodzi, which was endeav-
oring to envelope Shawl from the
north. We threw 1t back"