Evening star., 1915-06-18
FOES LOSS MORE THAN
10000, SAY RUSSIANS
Fighting Along Stry and Dniester
Marked by Terrible
Losses.
RETIREMENTS ARE ADMITTED
Petrograd Declares, However, That
Enemy Has Been Greatly Ex-
hausted in Battles, Following
Tremendous Attacks.

LONDON, June 1s.-The Aus
tro-German forces in Galicia still
are advancing on the schedule
made by Gen. Won Mackensen.
Vienna claims that part of the
heavily fortified Grodek region,
where the Russians have concen-
trated, has fallen into the hands
of the Teutonic forces. Petrograd
does not admit the loss of any
part of this district, but states
that Russian forces have gath
cred there for the defense of Lem
berg.
In long review of recent oper-
atoms on the eastern front the
Russian war Office admits fire.
quent retirements before superior
numbers, but declares the Rus
sian attacks left the Austrians
and Germans so exhausted that
their opponents often were able
to resume the offensive.
The Germanic allies have made
their advances at terrible cost,
according to Petrograd, their
losses in the regions of the Stry
and Dniester rivers between May
29 to June IS being estimated at
between 10000 to 10000 men.
Progress Dearly Bought.
PETROGRAD. via London. June 1S.-
An official review of some recent oo-
curreAces along the Austrian battle
front which among other things calls
attention to the fact that the progress
of the Austro-German forces in Ca
licia has been dearly bought, was given
| out in Petrograd today. 1t reads:
THE development of the battle along
Tismenitza -Svika front, along which
one of the six armies attacking our
| forces In Galicia is operating, will serve
| to give some idea of the magnitude of
| the actions in this region.
THE significance of the operations
in the vicinity of Stry is found in the
| fact that they were an endeavor to
turn our front opposed to the pha-
lanxes under Gen. Won Mackensen. The
eventual success of the enemy in the
direction of Stry and Lemberg would
sive of Gen. Mackensen. Failure, on
the other hand, would have meant that
Mackensen's operations were merely q
series of fruitless frontal attacks.
Tens of Thousands Lost.
Dniester river. however. was not the
scene of the principal fighting. even
with regard to the numbers of troops
engaged. May Is the enemy, closely
following our troops retiring from the
Carpathians, met our opposition in the
region to the east of Drohobycz. north
west of Stry and in the vicinity of
Belachow. On the 18th the enemy
brought all his forces into action, but
at the end of two days he was COM
PEELED to quit this offensive, having
lost tens of thousands of men.
His only success in eight days fight
ing was the turning of our right wing
near Slonsko with the threat of a pos
sible outflanking movement.
Germans Garry Stry.
During this week We remained pas
sive, confining our operations to exter-
minating the enemy as he approached
our trenches, The next four days were
devoted by the enemy to bringing to-
sether heavy artillery and supporting
detachments. May 20 saw the begin
ming of the decisive attack, and the
crisis came the fifth day of the fight
ing A powerful force, composed of
three German divisions. succeeded, at
the price of incredible sacrifices. in
carrying Stry. Perceivins the exhaus-
ton of the Austrians attacking US
they constituted the right wing of the
opposing army-We TOOK the offensive
and drove them back.
For three days. May 80. May 81 and
June l. we were undecided whether to
attempt to turn the Germans, who had
broken through our front near Stry or
to fall back on the Dniester river. The
general situation in Galicia finally
caused us to adopt the latter course.
The night of June the enemy demon
direction of Mkalajow, losing several
thousand men
Principal Attacks to East.
THE principal attack was delivered
nv the army under Gen. Won Bothmer at
a point more to the east. The attack
against Zidaczow was repulsed, but on
the night of June Gen. Won Bothmer
crossed the River Dniester, near Jurav-
no. and June occupied the left bank
of the river for distance of fifteen
miles.
June and 9 the bulk of the Ger
man forces were decisively defeated
and thrown back across the Dniester.
on June 13. the German
beginning general offen-
sive. delivered a new attack with the
remains Of his regiments. The prin-
cipal German force moved along the
.irht hank of the River Stry and ar.
tackled our bridgehead near Ztdaczow.
Enemy Beaten Again.
Toward the 18th Of June the time