The Washington times., 1915-06-27
GERMANS CHECKED,
GREAT BATTLES RAGE
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| zany. southeast of the capital The line
Is supported by the Bug as far as the
Lemberg- -Brody railroad. where It falls
behind the Zlota Lipa river. and far
ther south has the additional support OF
the railway running from Lemberg
through Brzezany to the southeastern
frontier. General Won Boehm- Ermoli Is
attacking this line with the utmost fe-
rocity. moving down the railway toward
Brzezany, but the impression he has
made so far is slight.
An Amsterdam dispatch asserts that
several trains loaded with heavy guns
have left Essen for the German front
on the Bzura river, in Poland, where
1t is supposed they will be used In the
advance against Warsaw. The Austro-
Germans are active along the entire
eastern front of 700 miles. and from the
Niemen to Bukowina, where there are
not vigorous battles in progress, artil-
lery duels are raging. North and south
of the Vistula there seems to be an
advance toward Warsaw from all points
except the east.
Fierce Fight West of Triemen.
So far as the operations In Russian
Poland are concerned 1t is reported from
Petrograd that an artillery duel is in
progress in the Shawl region. which Is
the base for the operations against
Courland.
West Of the Niemen in the Kovno
Wirballen region and in the Amalvi
marshes there is a strong engagement
On the Narew front where the actual
drive against Warsaw could begin. the
artillery Is exchanging fire.
There is pronounced movement In
the valley of the Omulew and the
Orszyc rivers. In the valley of the first
named river the Russians are holding
their own, but in the latter they have
been driven from their positions and
one Of their works was destroyed This
is on the line Of Field Marshal Won Him
denburg's famous Mazurian lake drive
In February.
South OF the Pilitza region the Ger
man forces, which have long been dor
mant around Biala, have suddenly be-
come active.
There are no engagements reported
from the Bzura river front.
Expect to Take Warsaw.
A Reuter- dispatch from Petrograd
| says:
Papers found on Austrian and Ger
| man prisoners show that the troops un-
der Field Marshal Won Hindenburg were
| assured by their commander that we
| shall enter Warsaw June 2S, Galicia Will
be entirely cleared of Russians by June
80. and after that peace can be con-
| cluded with Russia
Virtually all the males between ff-
teen and fifty left Lemberg before that
| city fell Besides supplies of grain, oil,
| copper, and other commodities, the Rus
sianes removed the valuable historical
| contents of the museum and art gal
leries before their evacuation"
| A late message from Petrograd, re-
viewing the situation, says:
The Russians are continuing sue
| cessfully to hold their lines along the
Dniester. After q six-day battle the
| Austro-Germans have been defeated at
| kozara and RudZany, northwest of
Halicz, At Martynoffstany a similar at
| tempt to gain foothold on the Russian
| side of the river bank failed, the Grand
| Duke Nicholas troops capturing forty
officers and 100 men.
New Battles Beginning.
AT KosmierJine the Austrians were
repulsed on June % and 2S. after having
previously been defeated at Snovidow,
and were driven across the Dniester
fighting a rear guard battle and losing
| heavily
| These reverses have caused Ger
| man concentration in the vicinity OF
| hosmior1ine, and new and stubbornly
| contested battles are beginning.
] "A German force attempting to CO.
operate in this region Is descending the
Lemberg Brzazany railroad and ls being
! st1obornly opposed" -.-.-----------.-