New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-06-03
noiishsd befors ths surrender u the
Russians Lose Guns.

the enemy succeeded IN TAKING SEVER
al of our gums which had bombardd
the enenlys columns until the latter
were close to the muzzles and the
last shell was spent According to
supplementary information we took
200 more prisoners and eight quick.
firers.
There has been no change between
Przemysl and the great marsh OF
the Dniester.
Admit Another Setback.
Between Lysmenitza and Stry the
enemy, who had concentrated their
heavy artillery and reinforcements,
achieved some successes in the course
of the night by stubborn attacks with
large forces The lighting continued
Tuesday morning.
ION the right bank of the Bystrca,
we took part Of the enemy's position
and made $50 prisoners.
Austrian Ships Sunk.
Geneva, Switzerland, June 8. VIA
Paris, 2:10 p. m.--NeWs deSpatches
received here declare that Two ltallan
torpedo boats early yesterday morning
entered the Gulf of Trlest, sank two
merchant vessels, and damaged an
Austrian auX1l1ary.cI uls0l.
Berlin Official Report.
Berlin, June 8, Via. London, 4:10
i. m.-The army headquarters gave
out today the following statement:
Western theater of war: "A battle
developed in the village of Hooge,
three kilometres east OF Ypres, which
lad been strongly fortified by the
British. The. battle TOOK course
favorable for us.
yesterday we found ourselves
Obliged to destroy the tower Of the
church of st. Martin, in Ypres, on
which enemy artillery observation
pests had been discovered.
French Lose Heavily.
"In the district north of Arras
fighting is again very lively. On the
Souchez Melville front and to the
south the French repeatedly began
extensive attacks during the afternoon
end night, leading in csTsain places to
bitter hand to hand fighting. The
French suffered heavy losses every.
where without obtaining any advan-
tage. Fighting for possession of the
sugar refinery at souchez continues.
The battles in the forest Of Lee
EIetTS AdtS HUI yGt GOIIIC " a WI
clusion.
Drop Bombs in Eosgcs.
I'm the Vosges our aviators dropped
bombs on the provisioning center and
railway junction at Remiremont and
on theenemy camp at Hohens Minor
local fights developed during the night
in the region Of the Valley Of the
F'echt, at Metzerel.
No Change In EAST.
Eastern theater of war: The
situation is unchanged
Southeastern theater Of war: The
fortified town of Przemysl was taken
bv us early this morning, after the
Il rtifications on the northern front
which still held out had been stormed
during the night. The amount of
booty taken has not yet been ascer-
tanned.
.sThe army under General Won
is penetrating the district
Of Zydaczow, northeast OF Stry, and
fighting Tor the Dniester section east
CT Mikolajow The booty taken in
the battle of Stry has been increased
to sixty officers and 12.175 men,"
French Official Report.
Paris, June 8, 2:4o p. m.-The
French war Office this Afternoon gave
cut the following report on the pro-
gress OF hostilities:
I'm the region to the north of Arras
artillery fshting was continued duHng
last night There was also some very
violent infantry fighting 70 the cast OF
Notre Dame De Lorette. but the
positions here on neither ore side nor
the other have undergone any change.
There was also infantry fighting in the
region of The Labyrinth where we
made some progress
Total of 500 Prisoners.
eve have made a total of 500
prisoners since the 31st Of May in
..The Labyrinth OF these nine are
officers and about nifty under-officers.
Here we also captured two machine
guns.
ION the rest Of the front there has
been nothing to report
Austrians Retreating.
Verona, Italy, June s. 1850 a. M,
via Paris, 3:45 p. nn.-The Austrian
troops are withdrawing from their
positions along the Femme valley
(part OF the valley Of the River
Avisio, to the northeast Of Trent.)
They have virtually destroyed the
health resort OF San MARITIME De Cas-
trozza. This village contained eight
large hotels, six belonging to Ger
mans and two to Italians.
No Time to Destroy Guns.
London, June 8, $3.50 p .na-When
the Russians were forced to abandon
some Of the outer Przenysi forts they
had no time to destroy the guns which,
on falling into Austro-Gern1an hands,
were turned by their new owners
against the inner fortifcations, says