The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10

Petragrad, September s.-Wia London s:15 D. m.)-The brilliant victory won by the Russian army near Tarnopol is re- garded here in the nature of q bef1tting celebration of the assumption of chief ccmmandership of the Russian armies by Emperor Nicholas As military event great importance is attached to the vic- tory by military circles which point out that the Germans had collected force of Prussian guards and Austrian brgades, strengthened by both light and heavy ar ! tillery. on a 2O-mile front for the un- doubted purpose of breaking through into the rich grain provinces of southwestern Russia.
 With inferior forces the Russians de- feated the plan, infiicting severe losses and "shattering." it is claimed, an entire army corps.
 The fact that the Russians could not follow-lip the victory was due to the su- peryority of the Teutonic artillery, it is declared
 There is no lack of war stores, accord ing to war office officials and the supply of shrapnel is sufficient. but the army was unable to take the offensive against the heavy guns of the Germans. The check administered at Tarnopol is expected to have an important bearing on operations against Russian positions along
 tho Gorin. Ikva and Stubel rivers to the
 northeast. which are depending upon sup
 port from a German advance at Tar nopol. The Austro- German forces are op.
 era ting aggressivey against the positions,
 battles developing around Dubno, Rovno and Kremenetz.
 The situation in the north has shown little change for 10 days. From the state- ments of captured German officers it ap- pears that the Germans do not hope to make marked progress unless Riga Is cap- | tured. as well as the principal functions on the Vilna-Grodno railroad. Rains are making field operations difficult. Russians Strike Back London, September e.-u2:2o D. m)-For ! the first time in many weeks the Rus ! sians, according to their own statements,
 II have inflicted severe defeat on their I opponents The battle of Tuesday near
 | Tarnopol, 70 miles east of Lemberg, and
 \ near the Galician frontier, while not con elusive. is regarded in England as indi- ! eating that the Russians are reaching the I state where they purpose striking back NJ after their long retreat
 II Tho Teutonic forces engaged in this bat '] tle Included not only Austrian but Ger
 T man forces. The Russians maintain that 4 5000 prisoners, exclusive of the dead or l wounded, measure the extent of their ' victory and that it would have been more < pronounced but for their inferiority of |1 artillery.
 The German Center Is forging forward \ slowly by virtue of sustained pressure 4 but in the north Field Marshal Von Him denburg is still unable to force passage of the Dvina.
 4 Grand Duke Nicholas Is today on the
 way to his new headquarters in the Cau- casus. Pending further development the 4 Russian and English press is unable to \ fathom just what this transfer signifies I Is is suggested in some quarters that the shift may be a forerunner to an import ant Russian diversion on the Turkish \ frontier. in connection with the Franco \ British attempt to force the Dardanelles M By ;means of air raids, gunfire from the \ sea and artillery bombardments at many places on the western front. the French
 and British continue to hammer German (ContinueA on Page Seven.,