South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-06-02
RUSSIANS TAKE
|. $3.50 PRISONERS
ALONG OPOR RIVER
Thousands More Are Held Near
Front Because of Lack of
Transportation Facilities to
Take Them to the Rear.

PETROGRAD. June 2.-More than
16. $50 prisoners have been captured
by the Russians along the OpOr river,
near Stryj, and in the valley of the
Swica, north of DOlina. eastern Ga
licia), it was officially announced by
the Russian war office today. OF
these 23S were officers. These fig
ures do not represent all the Ger
man, Austrian and Hun garian prison
ers taken in that arena Of operations,
for the 1860 men mentioned were
the prisoners counted between Fri
day and Sunday on their way to the
rear for transportation into the in
terror of Russia. Thousands of others
are still held near the front because
of lack of rail facilities TO take them
To the rear.
The Germans have begun another
offensive movement all along the line
in Poland and are using vast quanti-
ties of poisonous gases against the
Russians such as they discharged
against the British troops in Belgium.
Here's Official statement
The following official cOmmunique
has been given out by the war office,
part being issued last night and the
balance today:
In the Shawl region there is no
change West of Kurdowiany fight
ing continues on the Traviany-G Gail
iski front. on Monday we captured
at the point of the bayonet the latter
village which had been strongly fort
flied and which was stubbOrnly de-
Tended by Germans.
Ion the left bank of the Nistula
during the night of May S0-31 the
enemy developed a very active ar
tillery fire over the whole front north
of the Pilica.
About 4 o'clock i'm the morning
under the cover of a t1iCfS curtain of
smoke and with the extensive use of
poisonous gases, the enemy at
tackled in force our positions on the
Bzura river near Witkowice, BrOhow,
Sochaczew and Koslow. The attacks
were chara cterized by extraordinary
intensity Other attacks were deliv-
cred against our positions on the lower
Rawka river in the vicinity of Mizerka
and VIOLA and Szydlowska.
Poison Penctratcs 20 Miles.
so vast was the quantity of the
poisonous fumes released against our
lines that the effect was perceptible
20 miles behind the Russian front.
But in spite of this fact all the Ger
man attacks were repulsed.
In Galicia, after several days Of
preparations. the enemy on Sunday
opened a violent fire and delivered a
series OF attacks against our front
southwest of ROdnO. the chief as
saults being directed against that
section OF our line defined by forts
No. and No. II. During Sunday
night and Monday the enemy sue
ceeded in approaching within 200
PAGES of our lines at some points and
even gained foothold in fort 40. Z
Iaround which ragged an obstinate bat
tie that lasted until > O'Clock Mon
day afternoon. Finally the AustrO-
German attacks were repused and
the enemy drew off leaving enormous
numbers Of killed and wounded be-
hind. All the hostile forces that
gained a foothold in fort No. II were
Killed or wounded except 400 men
and 23 officers who were captured.
In eastern Galicia on the front
near the Dniester - enemy. espe-
cially the Germans. have brought up
reserves and thrown them into the
battle around Stryj. The result of
the fighting here is not yet known. -