Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-07-01
AUSTRO.GERMANS
CONTINUE BATTLE
Hard Fighting Is Still In Prog
ress Along the Dniester
Front.
RUSS CLEAR NORTH BANK
Petrograd Officially Reports Several
Successes for the Cars Forces,
But Admits a German Success
in Valley of orzyc River.
BY FRANCIS LAvELLE MURRAY.

BY FRANCIS LAVELLE MURRAY.
International News Service Correspondent.
Petrograd, June fisherman troops
have been cleared from the north
bank of the Dniester river In the
Kozany district of Galicia, the Rus
sian war office announces, and In the
Martynow region the cars troops
have captured remnants of the Teu-
tonic forces who were trapped on the
north bank when General Linsingen's
forces were hurled back.
Despite the victory of the Russians
in the early stages of the fighting on
the Dniester, however, the Austro-Ger.
man forces are continuing their at
tempts to cross the river from the
south bank and hard fighting Is in
progress along the front
Several Russ Successes.
The latest official report from
Grand Duke Nicholas records sue
cesses for the Russian forces at sew
eral points along the battle front ex-
tending from the Baltic provinces to
Bukowina, but admits German sue
cess in the valley of the Orzyc river,
northern Poland, where the Russians
evacuated Notifications which the
kaiser's artillery had completely de-
stroyed.
The grand dukes report shows that
the Teuton allies are on the offensive
along the Poland-Galicia front, but at
no point have they been successful in
their efforts to smash through the
Russian lines. The report of the
grand duke follows:
Thursday night and Friday there
was an artillery duel in the Shawl re-
gion. There were outpost encounters
on the front of Liatskowo and Pop
lielany, as well as on the right bank
Of the. Niemen,
"West OF the middle Nlemen night
advance by the Germans between the
Kovno-Wirballen railway and Amalwa
bog was repulsed by the Russian artil
lery fire.
"0n the Narew front the fighting
was confined to sharp artillery firing
and local outpost encounters. The
firing was most violent during the
night of the 21st in the district Of the
Omulew and Orzyc valley. Aftel
artillery preparations the Germans
took the offensive along the rivers
but were soon stopped.
In this section we took in tn,
Omulew section so prisoners, but IL
the 0rzyc valley we we're forced t
give way. One of our works was com
pletely destroyed by the Germans an
Initiating fire and we were forced Il
evacuate it.
ION the Vistula, from south of tn,
Pilica, the Germans yesterday thrlc,
attempted to make headway will
weak effectives west of Coeleff, bu
were repulsed with great losses.
."0n the Tanew front, in the direC
tion of Kolkiew and Lemberg ther
was no important change. The Aus
tro-Germans attempted to attack u
along the railway leading from Len
berg to Kamenka and Brzezany.
"0n the Dniester river during tn
night of the 23d we drove back b,
yond the river the remainder of tn
Germans who crossed the previou
day in the Kozany district.
Fighting Continues.
an the region of Martynoff-Stry
on the evening of the 2Sd we capture
the remnants of the Germans who ha
crossed the Dniester, altogether ]
officers and about 200 men.
L Notwithstanding the disastrous r
suits of these crossings the German
9 and Austrians attempted the veI
same night to throw their force
5 across the Dniester by bridges co
e structed south of Bukeszowice, the
D having previously only crossed net
+ the village Of Rouzedyvany. The figh
:. | Inc nontinuaa" "