New Britain herald., 1915-06-17
DECISIVE BATTLE
 IS RAGING ALONG FRONT IN POLAND 
Austro-German Forces Pushing Back Russians in Baltic
 Provinces and GaliCia

ITALIANS ADVANCING ON TRENT AND TRIESTE Turks Claim to Have Inflicted Heavy U Losses on French and British in
 Fighting on Gallipoli Peninsula
 Allies Maintain suItan's Forces
 We're Repulsed in an Attempt to
 Recapture Lost Trenches.
 The campaign against the Russians, scn which the Germans are now con- eentrating their offensive efforts, is developing another phase in a vio- lent attack in Russian Poland. At the. v same time the Germans are pushing < back the Russians in the Baltic pro. vinces and with the help of the Aus tfians in Galicia. 1t was announced semi officially in Berlin today that the Austro-German forces along 6S2 miles front in Poland, Galicia and Bnkowina had begun a general at tack, in a battle expected to be de- cisive.
 Germans Occupy Villages. Y An official communication from Petrograd contains the adm mission tha. the Germans have occupied addition < al villages near Shavli, in the Ball. tic region, but states that the Russ SAns regained lost ground near Prz- asniysz. It is in the vicinity of Prz-s asr1iysz, which lies to the north of ! Warsaw. that the Germans apparently are making their most determined effort on the Polish front, although ! the fortress of Os1owetz is again being Attacked.
 Decisive Battle in Progress. .s Berlin, June IT. by wireless to Say vile, N Y.-According to the Over seas agency, a decisive battle, from which important results are expected. Is now in progress all along the Rus sian front. s.s. x <. German forces along the. RaWka f river (central Russian Polarld, west Of Warsaw) have now taken the of fensive,'' says the announcement from the news agency. The German bat feline, in Poland, Galicia and Buck owira, is 1 100 kilometres l6s2 milcs) long.
 AGerman and Austrian forces are Hacking the enemy in a decisive bat pat. I tle. and big results are expected
 The Galician campaign has reached { critical stage, in view of the con pnued successes of the Austrians ana 5 Germans. The Petrograd communities S ton says little of the battle along the san, but stated that the Russian have won some advantages in the fighting further south, in the Dneister region.
 Italians Gain Advantage.
 Official advices from the Italian krny headquarters represent the Italians as gaining advantages all ' dong the front, particularly in the z>Adige Valley, which leads to Trent. Ion the Isonzo front, where centers ! the battle for possession of Trieste, n Italian successes also ar claimed. The Turkish forces on Gallipoli B Peninsula have taken the offensive. T kn official statement from Constanti- nople says heavy losses were inflicted on the French and British. but an am nouncement from London is ao the eff kf4ct that the Turks were repulsed in ansattemp- to recapture lost trenches British Warship Aground.
 According to Constantinople re- bort a Turkish aviator has seen g British warship of the type of the Akamamnon aground near the en- tlrance of the Dardanelles, her deck Utmost submerged. Official denial wal made at London yesterday of report! tfaat the agamemnon had been sunk
 0n the Franco Beligia front wher. Rhe British and French have under kaken new IT, movements said to have re sulted in the capture of German posi- Efnns at several points no furthe Ehanges are reported with the excep lion of French gains in the Vosges rhe official announcement from Pari eays heights dominating portions o she valley of the Fecht are now unde French control.
 German Submarine Lost.
 The German admiralty announce, che loss of the submarine U-14. who's erew was captured by the British. An ehuncement of the sinking of Ger uar submarine with the capture 0
 men, was made last week in tn
 5fdtish house of commons.
 Russians Abandon Positions.
 BSrlin, June IT, via London D. n
 The Russians have abandoned thei
 psitions to the north of Sieniawa o
 e San river in Galicia and have re
 eated towards Tarnogrod, in Rus
 n Poland, according to the officis
 Element given out today by the Ger
 nm army hea dquarters' staff.
 Italians Claim Successes.
 Rome, June 6, via Paris. June il
 &a'n saNs ~, Italian successes at var