Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-05
$4,000 RUSSIAN
CAPTIVES TAKEN
IN WEST GALICIA
Twenty Two Cannon and Sixty -Four
Machine Guns Boot of Austrians,
According to Vienna
Report,
ARCHDUKE IS IN COMMAND
Success Gained Under Eyes of Su'
preme Chief of Armies of
Dual Crown.
sLAvs MAKE HAsTY RETREAT

VIENNA. May 4.--(Via Londono /
Thirty thousand Russian soldiers,
twenty-five cannon and sixty-four
machine guns we're captured in the
battle of west Galicia, according to
an official statement given out in
Vienna this afternoon.
The statement follows;
German and Austro- Hungarian troops
In true comradeship Of arms. gained
new victory. During retreat OF the Rus
slams after our victorious battle at LII
manova, Western Galcia, we captured
the strongly fortified front of the en-
envy, between the Nistula and the main
ridge Of the Carpathians
| I'm continued attack the allied
troops under the eyes OF Commander-in-
! chief Archduke Frederick gained new
successes yesterday and advancing IRE
sistibly In an eastern direction forced
the Russians to make hasty retreat.
THE importance OF the total success
cannot yet be estimated The number
Of prisoners taken so far is 10000 1t is
increasing hourly. A great quantity of
war material has been captured in nu-
twenty-five cannon and sixty-four ma
chine guns.
'on the remainder OF the front the
situation Is generally unchanged
! German offiiaI Report,
BERLIN. May 4-(Via London l-.The
Russians lost 1850 prisoners to the Ger
lmans and the Austrians in the recent
heay fighting in Galicia according TO an
official statement given out in Berlin
today.
This is the engagement In which the
Germans and the Austrians claim n no
table victory In addition to the men
captured the Teutonic allies took sixteen
pieces OF artillery, forty-seven machine
guns and large quantity of war ma
terial.
The Germans yesterday took five posi-
tions in Flanders, where the fighting
has been hot for many months past.
The same announcement sets forth that
In the German invasion OF the Baltic
provinces OF Russia tho Germans have
captured more than 1000 retreatins
Russians.
Other engagements In Russian Poland
are described as having resulted favor
ably 10 the Germans
The text of the communication giver
ont by the war office follows;
'In Flanders yesterday we pursued ouI
attacks from the northwest with EreaI
SUCCESS. This morning we captured
zevecote. zonnebeke Westhok, the for
est OF Polygonous and Nonnebosschen
These positions have been hotly con
tested for many months past The re
treating enemy was under the flank o
the fire of our batteries to the north
. east of Ypres.
In the ArROnne.
g I'm the Argonne district an attemp
made by French troops north of Four ID
Paris to recapture the trench. whcl
. we occupied May /, resulted in failure.
0 ARTILLERY exchanges in the country be
tween the Meuse, and the Moselle ais
I were continued yesterday.
Eastern arena: The number OF Rus
slams captured during the present pur
. suit OF the retreating enemy In the di
{ rection of Mitau has been increased I
u more than 1000 A renewed Russian al
tack to the southwest OF Kalwarys
= north Of suwalki in Russian Poland. ha
. been repulsed. We took 10 prisoners
Russian attacks to the southeast q
j. Augustowo resulted In a failure, wit
q heavy losses to the enemy. In additio
TO four officers killed the Russians I
this engagement lost two machine gun
and 420 men we're captured by us.
Near Jedwabno. 10 the northeast q
!. Lomza. "a night attack was repulsed.
Southeastern arena: The offensiy
q movement between the wooded slopes {
> the Carpathians and the upper Vistul
? is progressing we'll. The booty OF III
first day was 2l,5OO prisoners. sixtee
= pieces Of artillery, forty-seven maohin
= guns and quantity OF war materials {
e all kinds the exact amount OF whic
has not yet been ascertained."