Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-06-29
Russians Also Forced
Back from Gnila
Lipa River.
BATTLE NORTH OF ARRAS
RENEWED BY FRENCH
Paris Claims Gains in First
Stages OF the New
Drive.

BY tho Associated Press.

BERLIN, June % (via London, 3:1s
p. m.).-The official statement given
out today by the German army head
quarters staff announces that to the
north of Lemberq the Austro-Ger-
man forces are now on Russian ter-
ritory.
Furthermore. General Won Linsingen
has driven the Russians across the
Gnila Lipa river, an affluent of the
Dniester TO the north of Halicz
The text of the communication fol-
lows:
'In the western theatre The
French yesterday prepared for a
night infantry attack between Lens
and the Bethune-Arras road, by a
strong preparatory fire, but they
were frustrated by our artillery.
In the hills of the Meuse the
| enemy yesterday delivered five at
tacks upon the positions we captured
June rs at point to the southwest
| Of Les Eparges, but these attacks
| broke down with heavy losses. Dur
| ing the night the French advances
at a point further east also broke
| down without having achieved sue
cess.
ITO the east of Luneville three at
| taelSs on the part of several enemy
| battalions against our positions in
the forest of Rembois and to the west
| Of Lientrey and Condrexon, did not
penetrate further than our outer en-
tanglements, The enemy was driven
back into his former position by our
| fire.
AN artillery observation post Of
the enemy located on the Soissona
| Cathedral was done away with yes
terday by our artillery fire.
I'm the eastern theatre of the war
nothing of Importance developed yes
| terday tH
"In the southeastern theatre
THE army under General Won I4in-
singer defeated the enemy during
pursuit along the entire front be-
tween Halioz and Firjelow and drove
/ them across the Gnila Iipa river In
this section the fighting continues.
Further to the north, in the Przemy-
lany district the town of Kamionka,
| twenty-five miles northeast of Lem
berg, has been reached by our troops.
To the north OF Kamionka the enemy
did not await our attack. but re-
| treated across the river Bug at q
point below Kamionka.
I'm a section to the north and
northeast of Mostly WiellSie. about
| thirty miles north of Lemberg. and
! also to the northeast and west OF
fered resistance. Everywhere he was
defeated. Here we are now on Rus
sian territory CTomaszow is in Po-
/ land).
Under the pressure of our ad-
vance In this district the enemy II
beginning to evacuate his positions
In the Tanew sections and on the
! lower San"
! BY the United Press.
PETROGRAD, Tune 99..-On loo
mile front the Gren1 Duke NichC5hr
! is slowly withdrawing his armies n
Galicia eastward upon Il strongly
fortified line. prepared before the
evacuation of Lenberg. The r2'ise-
ment continues from the Russian bor-
der in the north TO the esion OF STAN
islau in the south.
The next great battle, il is Tie
general belief here, will be fought
along front thirty miles east and
northeast of Lemberg.
1t was officially admitted today thai
the Russians have fallen back to
within few miles of Busk, on tiie
Bug river but war office dispatches
indicated that the grand fuke is pre-
pairing to make stand on .he west
bank of the Bug.
Southeast of Lemberg the AustrU.
Germans are vainly attempting to
force a general engagement along the
Gnla Lipa river. Because of the
character of the country the advanq-
ing enemy forces would nave tre-
mendous advantage in battle along
this line, and General Iyanoff for tllis
reason has steadily withdrawn east-
ward since the capture of Halicz
No s,tVai ip.l1t az, m liltA
and effecting closer junction with
both the Bukowina armies and the
northern forces around L.emberg
War office dispatches today aSain
reported only minor slSlrmishing in
southeast Galicia. In Poland seN eral
enemy attacks have been repulsed d.4s
By the United Press. s
PARIS, June 29.-The battle north
of Arras has been resumed, after sew
era days of inaction. Preceded bysa
heavy artillery attack, French in
fantry regiments have rushed tile
! German positions at several points
from Souchez to the northern OUT
skirts of Arras.
An official statement this afternoon
reported that the French have gained
ground in the first stages of the new
battle. making progress along the
sunken road from Angres to Ablain.
The French left is attacking violent
ly near Givenchy.
The crash of great shells around
Souehez signalled the renewal of the
struggle. The cannonade continued
throughout the night with frightfpl
effectiveness. Daybreak showed pof-
tlons of the enemy's works wrecked
and leveled by the terrific fire, and
opening the way for the French IN
fantry The combat Is being wageu
at present on q one-mile front, bat
the belief here is that the ffghting
between Angres and A1bian fore
casts the resumption of the French
offensive on great scale in the re-
glon north of Arras
The war Office admitted this att
ernoon that the Germans gained q
temporary footing on the ridge east
of Metzeral in the fighting for Col-
mar During the night French
counter r-attacks drove the enemy
| from nearly all the newly acquired