The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-05-19
DENY GERMAN CLAIM
RUSSIANS SAY GALICIAN VIC
TORY IS STRETCHED
NO HODE OF CAPTIVEs

Petrograd Flatly Denies Freshly Cir,
culated Claim From Berlin Of
Large Body Of Prisoners in West
ern Galicia-Starts Attack in Bulk
owina and Claims Success.
Petrograd reports: The Russians
have fallen back on strong strategic
positions along the San which runs
north and south through Central Ca
licia. They now regard the German
drive through West Galicia as having
been checked permanently.
Arrival of fresh troops has reliev-
ed pressure on the Russian center.
| Attacks on the German wings have
been prosecuted with unusual fierce
ness.
Activity in the last few days along
the center of the Polish front is said
to have been due to Russian iniative
with the object Of keeping the Ger
mans there occupied.
The retreat OF the Russian center
from Lupkow is explained here as
due not to German pressure, but to-
the exposed situation of the Russians
at that point IN view of the rolling
back of the Russian right flank.
There are indications Of new
Austro-G German offensive against the
Russian left, in the direction OF Stry
and Uzsok.
In the north the Russians have
held the Germans on line between
Mitau and Kelmo and have driven
them out Of Ragela. The grain ele-
vators at Libau are said to have been
emptied before the German occupa-
ton Of that town.
Petrograd reports: ttThe Russian
general staff, in statement issued
May y, says that last week the Ger
man military authorities made err
roneous statements about operations
on the Russian front. -
"Thus, they said that the Germans
took u guns during the battle at
Libau, whereas the Russian artillery
detachment operating there had but
four guns. At Rossienie the Ger
mans not only did not cause the Rus
SLAMS heavy losses, but had no success
at all The Russians were not in full
retreat, as the German communique
says, but the German forces were
obliged to withdraw along the front
of the Russian offensive for a dis
tance from 6 to 80 miles.
1.-THE Germans affirm that they
have driven back the Russian attacks
at Kalwarya, Augustowo and Bras
ysz and inflicted great loss on the
Russians, but the Russians made no
attacks there.
'In Galiacia, after the abortive
German attempt to surround the 4Sth
division of the Russian army, the
German action during the last nine
days has had the character OF frontal
attacks against the Russian fortified
positions, which have been success
fully repulsed by the Russians. It is
true that the Russian losses are very
heavy, but it is true also that the
losses of the German-Austrian army
are erroneous. Wishing to boom
their success, the Germans multiplied
by many times the number of Russian
prisoners taken by them"
london reports: The Germans are
reported to be within 20 miles OF
Przemysl. The Russians apparently
are developing counter strokes on the
west Galician front and in Bukowina,
and they claim initial successes.
London-The Teutonic offensive
continues in West Galicia, where the
Russians have been driven 40 miles
back from their old position and to
within twenty-five miles of Przemysl.
The fighting, however, has become
less intense. The Germanic allies
estimate their captures at some 1907
900 men, siXty-nine guns and 255
machine guns.
The Russians claim that they are
in position to prevent further ad-
vance by the Germans and Austrians;
but as it is they have lost much
ground.
In estern Galicia the Russians as
sert that as result Of their new Of
fensive the Austrians have commenc-
ed disorderly retreat. Fighting
continues. in Courland and in the
sneighborhood of the Niemen river.
Berlin reports: Eeastern: The
army under Gen. Won Mackenzen in
the course of its pursuit of the Rus
slams reached Tuesday the neighbor-
hood of Subiecko, on the loves Wis
loka, and Kolbuebowa, northwest Of
Debica. Under the pressure Of this
advance the Russians also retreated
from their positions north Of the Wis
tula. In this section the troops un-
der Gel. Col. Won Woyrech, closely
| following the enemy, penetrated as
far as the region northwest Of klelce.
I'm the Carpathians Austro-Hun-
| garian and German troops under Gen.
Won Linsiagen conquer 4, the hills
east of the upper Stry and took 81
$50 men prisoners as we'll as captur-
| ing six machine guns.
cat the present moment, while the
armies under Cen. Won Mackenzen
are approaching the PrZemysl fort
ress and the lower San, it is possible
| to form an approximate idea Of the
booty taken. In the battles of Tar
now and Gorlice and in the battles
| during the prsuit of these armies we
| have so far taken l03,500 Russian
| prisoners, 69 cannon and 255 ma
chine guns. In these figures the
booty taken by the allied troops fight
ling in the Carpathians and north OF
| the Vistula is not included. This
amounts to a further forty thousand
prisoners"
"In the eastern theatre Of war: