New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-22
Bv GEN. F. Won BERNHARD.
(Copyright, 1915, By The New York Tribur

Copyright, 1915 By The New York Tribune)
The quick taking Przemy the of the allied
and Austrian armies Lmberg Zolev
of their armies the Bug and the
Dn side and against Lubn the other de all these
achievements undoubtedly important chapter in the present
world
The occupation Lemberg the capital of Gacia
strategca Importance although important railroad
centre thereby away enemy
important visible proof the brilliant victories which the
away the
glorious 1t Furthermore important through the
moral everywhere world
that it gave proof that the Russian army longer
the hostile attack alone undertake big aegcal
But the real military to be found in the
victory shock which the Russian
suffered.
: attempts defend itself with astonishing tenacy
the onward of the pursuing vctor and tries time and
the offensive least certain points There
visible symptoms however which show that the effective state Of the
disrupted During the month Of June alone the
nsngen Macknsen and Woyrsch
have captured 400 officers 4O65O men, so cannons and zoo mahne
The under Field Marshal Hndenburg captured 12
officers bomb throwers and 50 machine
while the troops fighting under Austrian command captured curing e
period 364 machine
rs transports 100 field railroad
RUSSIAN SCALE
It true that these figures simply together
possible that items have been counted twice But
the since the battles the Dunaz have
lost artillery and other army material
Gaa alone points the conclusion that the various troop p
organization the must have been smashed
a large scale.
Therein lies the Importance of the Gaca campaign up to date
considers furthermore losses which the
battles the Carpathans well as IN
their fight against Hndenburg 1t
despite the human material which al
strength of eastern opponent mas
being and that there must be lack not
of officers and instructors for the tram
Many of the prisoners who have been
training of weeks and hardly be
characterized soldiers.
the whole campaign has not been determined as
preparing defence opportunity
the right of the Vistula they are m
holding upper Dnester and along the lett panK OF
the Nangorod and still occupying
the fighting with tenaty for the possession
Courand slumbering In eternal sleep or
in German captivity. ~
Up June in German concentration camps ooo'
53 3O7 men, those who captured by Ue
Ausns estimated 100000 In addition TO hese hee
prisoners which captured by the
900 had been captured at m cSe
This materially increased since hen nave
figures my disposal 1t will hardly be too high TO esmte
the number guns captured 1915 at between four ana e
RUSSIAN 100000 MEN
than 100 machine guns been sent to Germany from e
equal number has, however been
their immediate use Aside from
trophies large quantities ammunition and innumerao war
fell into of the dead and wounded Is
probably larger the prisoners that the total losses
fights against Germans and Ausrns inclusive
numerous sick died of diseases may be estimated
millions surely to be replaced easily by 1a
hedged soldiers.
Russian situation is made more dmcut o
revolutionary movement becoming o
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