Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-06-02
ori;n Claims Bavarian and |pr,,ssian Troops Break Through Slav Line.
r.A1JGHTER SI.AVS AND TAKE BOOTY
.,mon Reports Indicate Failure of Brand Duke Nicholas Strategy to uro Tputonic Armies to Destruc.
 tion, But English Skeptical.

tnndon, June 1-Three Of the out
 rings of forts protecting Przemysl
 fine north have been stormed and
 butured by the Bavarian troops and
 russian forces of the army of Gen
 ra] yon Lnsengen. who have broken
 Arongh the Russlan line at Stryje,
 ccording to the German official state
 ent received here tonight.
 About 1.40O prisoners. two armored
 uns IS heavy guns and five pieces
 light caliber tell into the hands Of
 ,e captors of the forts, while more
 ,an 92OO officers and men, 80 cannon
 nd 15 machine guns already have
 een taken at Stryjc, if the Berlin re-
 on is to be credited. Additional baims of 24,70O Russians, 15 cannons |nd 47 machine guns in the Baltic
 royinces are made in the Berlin re-
 brt
 London militray observers are in-
 lined to discount the German claims successes on the Galician front, in he light of contradictory official and
 noficial statements received from Petrograd.
 An official Russian review only yes erday stated that the Austro-German
 ggressive in Galicia appeared to have bllapsed, and the grip of the Teu- bnic allies on Przemysl had been defi- itely b,bken. while the offensive gen. kaiiy-in this region had been as umed by the Russians. In corrobora- ion of this official claim, press dis aches ton, ght are of the same ten F.
 Great Slaughter of Slavs. The German report indicates that 'he slaughter of Russians defending he northern approaches to the histor- c stronghold was terrific. It was lot only in the forts designated in the report as "10-A, 11-A and 12-A,' that treat numbers of Russians were slam, but on the flank where the defenders Attempted by attacks in massed for nation to divert the storming forces From their direct attack on the fort, large numbers of dead were counted bn the battlefield in front of the Ger han positions This flank attack was Erected against the AustrO-German forces east of Jaroslau.
 The Russian position at Stry]c, which was reported here to be strong |y held, was assailed by forces under General Graf Bothna, a Bavarian d. vision commander of vOn LinsengeMs brmy. Not only was the town ltselI' which was amply fortified, assailed by the Tentonic allies, but other forces bttacked the entrenched positions or Ehe Russians to the northwest of the town.
 It was along this front, particularly between Jaroslau and Sham Samboi L. and Stryic and Bolina. that the Rus sion positions were believed to be the most impervions to attack. since their retirement from the Carpath'an passes, the czar's forces have been feverishly preparing strong system Of works on the heights and along the fWer banks on the eastern side of the Stryic, an dthe San, and especial at tention was paid to the works erected Oh the latter river, for it was here that Grand Duke Nicholas had plan ned to lead the Teutons, and let them smash themselves to pieces agalnst lne great wall of steel.
 London Skeptical. That the whole Russian line should nave collapsed before the enemy's at lacks after such elaborate prepara- aons is generally regarded here az impossible. Clearly the situation de- scrlbed in the Berlin report indicates a.olhlng short of collapse of the Rus sans or their overwhelming by vastly superior forces.
 The latter contingency is not gener- any credited, as reports received here are to :Ee effect that while fresh uoales of Germans have arrived at th> uallclan front, they have been dis patched there merely for the purpos' ol releasing equal numbers of Aus vans who were needed on the ltal' rG frontier.