Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-13
ITALIANS MAKE
FURTHER MOVE
TOWARD TRIESTE
Reports from Rome Say Substantial
Progress Has Been Made in Eff
fort to Invest the Aus
trian Seaport.
RUSSIANS ARE ALSO GAINING
Austrians Said to Have Lost Entire
Corps Which Began Advance
on Lublin.
HEAVY FIGHTING NEAR soUcHEz

LONDON, July 12.-Compartive
calm exists in the various fighting
areas with the exception of the Aus
tro-Itallan front, where the Italians
claim a substantial advance In their
efforts to invest Trieste. Petrograd
is Dated at the Russian success over
tho Austrians, who are said to have
lost one of the three corps which be-
gan the advance against Lublin. The
entente allies are reminded. however,
that this is only local triumph on
forty miles of a thousand-mile front
Austrian operations against the
Warsaw railroads have been checked,
IL not thwarted. which means that
the threatened advance on Warsaw Is
little less dangerous than when the
Austro-German attack began.
A dispatch from Austrian headquarters
In Galioia explains the apparent lul in
the Austro-German advance by assert
ing that the Teutonio allies fixed Lem
berg as the objective of the present cam
paign with the idea OF establishing them-
selves in strong defensive positions TO
the northward In order TO use part Of
their troops elsewhere. II Is claimed that
this has been accomplished by establish
ing lines along the rivers Bug and Zlota
Lipa and the Krasnik ridge II is
further explained that the Austrians pro-
ceeded beyond Krasnlk, but enoounterinE
unexpected opposition, retired on the
positions originally selected. where they
have resisted all further Russian at
tacks.
LemberE GOaE of Campaign.
AUSTRIAN ARMY HEADQUARTERs
IN GALIC1A. July 11.-Via London. July
l2)-The relative subsistence OF activity on
the part of the Teutonic allies during
the last week may be explained by the
fact that the goal set for the Lemberg
! campaign has already been attained This
| was the recapture Of the city and the
securing of strong defensive positions
along the line Of the zlota Lipa and Bug
rivers and the ridge 10 the northward of
| Krasnik.
The Russians attempted a counter Of
! tensive from Lublin against the Austro-
German positions north OF Krasnik,
bringing up heavy reinforcements for
this purpose. Owing 10 this movement, the
Austrian troops. which had rushed be-
yond the positions originally selected.
withdrew to the ridge. where they have
/ been successfully resisting all Russian
attacks, They feel secure in their present
1 positions and It Is believed here they can
be easily held against whatever forces
/ Russia can throw against them.
! Indications now point to a period df
! quiet along the Russo-Galician front,
while the Teutonic allies are preparing
for operations in other quarters.
French official Report.
PARIS. July 12.-The French war de-
fpartment today Issued the following
statement
! There was great activity during the
night upon various portions Of the front
( In the sector of Arras the enemy. after
having launched a large number OF
asphyxiating projectiles attempted toward
midnight to the south OF Souchez an at
tack which failed. A second attack about
2 a. m. permitted him TO occupy the cem-
etery and some sections of the trenches
Immediately adjacent.
! "a very desperate battle with hand
grenades took place In the closely sit
I uated trenches to the southeast of Neu-
vllle-st. Vaast without appreciable gain
on either side.
Upon the plateau to the north OF
Oise (region of Quennevierres and De
I Nouvron) the bombardment on both sides
was particularly violent.
/ I'm the Argonne there was fighting
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