The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-24
Fate Of Lemberg Apparently
Sealed as Austro-G German
Armies Smash Elabor-
ate Defenses.
HIGH TIDE OF CAMPAIGN
Teutonic Allies Believed to Be
on Verge Of Definitely Par
alyzing Grand Duke
Nicholas Forces.

London. June 22.-The fortified line
OF Grodek-presenting a front "a miles
long that was the hope of the Russian
been stormed, captured and
crushed by the impetuous rush of the
German armies under General
Won Mackensen. A general retreat Of
the RUSSIAN army is said to have be-
gun. The fate Of Lemberg. capital of
Galicla, appears to be sealed.
The Grodek line was where the
Russians, under Grand Duke Nicholas.
had prepared to make their final stand
ior possession of Lemberg and en-
leave to their utmost to check the
victorious Austro-G German advance in
TO Gal1c1a. Latest reports from Vienna
announce new and complete victor
les Petrograd admits Austro-German
successes In the Dneister district and
to the north of Lemberg.
Big Consequences Seen.
Just what this victory means to the
Teutonic allies cannot yet be esti-
matea. The Russian army may not be
definitely broken at this point, but
observers believe it marks the high tide
or n Galician campaign.
Having failed in their original plan
to crush France, then turning upon RUS
STA, the Teutons have reversed the or
der OF their strategy and dealt a par
alyzing blow to the cars forces.
Whether they will now be able to hold
the Russians by conducting a defensive
campaign with comparatively smaller
forces, while hurting the weight of
their powerful offensive against the
western lines remains to be seen. That,
apparently, is the purpose Of the ire
sacrifice of men and mum
tons in this most remarkable Of all
German offensive "a mDaipnS
Never since the battle of tho Marine,
which marked the turning point in he
German invasion of France. nave the
Germanic allies appeared so b%ucyantly
hopeful.
Kaiser Sees Victory.
Emperor William, 1t was officially
announced by the German war depart
ment today. was present at the battle
of Beskid for protection of he Grodek
line. These Russian positions are to
the west Of Lemberg, the Galician
capital.
The great question England and her
allies are asking is whether Grand
sian forces, can successfully emulate
Joffre's tactics of last fall n check
the o-Germans at the gates of
Lemberg. Optimists point out that the
grand duke checked them almost at the
gates of Warsaw, just as General
u Nv SloppCoE Fl llS pS1OIo
Paris and Field Marshal Sir John
French stopped them before Ypres,
Dunkirk and Calais.
Russia Faces "Emersency."
1t is argued further that even should
Lemberg fall the Russians can drop
back to equally formidable positions,
utilizing the rivers and swamps and
other advantages of the terrain, and 1t
is the British contention that they
wn11J6 fh11c hn1H ont for months I,no-
land and France in the meantime send
ing to their aid men and munitions If
necessary.
Whether Russia has sufficient am
munition to meet the present strain is
a question which cannot be answered
papers say frankly that the shortage is
acute. One of the Sunday papers
characterizes the situation in Galicia
as "RusSia's supreme emergency" and
public interest Is centered in that
theater, Notwithstanding the hard fight
in progress along the western front.
The sound of guns is audible at Lem
berg,( and possibly this week will see
he elimination of one of the most in
teresting phases Of the great war.
The Official Account.
OF the fighting In Galicia the Berlin
war office says:
South of the Pilica, troops under
General Won Woyrich nave taken sew
eral advanced enemy positions during
the last few days.
1.-THE armies under General Macken-
sen have taken the Grodek position.
Early yesterday morning German
troops and the corps of Field Marshal
Won Arr commenced an attack upon
strongly entrenched enemy lines. After
I.stubborn fighting, enemy trenches, one
behind the other, almost along the en-
tire front east, ending over a distance
Of So kilometers GA miles) north Of ia
now. I'll miles northwest of Lembergl,
Bisputa and Obedynski, and southeast
of Rawa Ruska. (32 miles northwest OF
| Lemberg), had been stormed.
I'm the evening the enemy was
| thrown back behind the high road to
| Solkiew, north OF Lemberg and Rawa
Ruska. Under pressure of this defeat
! the enemy also is weakened in his com
munications. Between Grodek and the
Dniester marshes the enemy is hard
pressed.
Between the Dniester marshes and
the mouth of the river Stry. the enc
NV has evacuated the southern bank
OF the Dniester."
MUNITIONS FOR RUSSIA
PILE UP AT vLADIvOSTOk
Toxic, June 21.-Advices reaching
Toxic from vladivostok are that mu-
| nitions of war intended for the use o.
Russia's armies at the front. are ar