Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-07-09
Austro- German Troops Fall Back Before Terrific Slav
 Onslaught.
PRUSSIANS FORGE
 FRENCH TO RETREAT
French Report Capture of 800 Yards of German Trenches in Night At. tack North of Arras, While Berlin
 Claims Positions Retaken.

London, July S.-Re -inforced by fresh hordes and supported by tie important strate sic railway at tier ear, the russians in southern He- land have developed a violent of- fensive, which has for the time at least biunted the Austro- GermaE drive Cn Warsaw and thrown he Teutons strictly upon the defensive.
 Before vigorous attacks by large Russian forces, the Teutons have fallen back from both sidss of the road to Lublin to the heights ncrrh l of Krasnik The losses on both sides have been unpre'edente it is tat ed, the bloodiest fighting of tn" war
 going on in the angle north of the little Polish town of Krasnik.
 Within "a few miles of their ob ec- tive the Teutonic allies not only have been brought 10 sharp halt, but the offensive has passed on to tne Slav.. Military critics are, unwilling at prese nt, however, to say whether this fighting forecasts a definite eLd to the massive sweep which carried the Austro-German armies from the
 Carrathians across Galcia and w Il
 into Russian Poland There are so many ossibilities that might lead to a merely temporary halt in the Ten ten drive that these experts arc I awaiting further results in the figlt- ing before forming opinions. It is
 recalled that in the fighting around
 przemysl the Austro-Germans slf-; fered an apparent decisive check only
 few days before the fall of thc for trcss, when. awaiting fresh supplies
 of ammunition, they fell back fir .a
 time across the river San
 West of Vi,tula Siavs Retreat:
 The Teuton offensive west of the Vistula continues unchecked Accord. ing to reports from Berlin, the Rng- sians are being pushed back and tEe western bank of the river is beng cleared. The Teuton retreat on ,he
 plains beyond Krusnik. according to
 Berlin writers. is a merely tempo
 rary shift which puts the Russians to the necessity of storming prac- tically impregnable positions on the
 heights and gives the German avtil-
 lery full play against the Slav os-
 fensive.
 Despite a considerable Russfan ex- , penditure of shells in the fighting , now proceeding it is not befiav d
 that this can be kept up. It Is also
 pointed out that owing othc steady : increasing Austro-Germian line of
 communications it is more diff.cnlt than formerly to transport shell. in the great quantities by which Mac kenzen swept a path through Gali- cia.
 Temporary halts to replenish are te be expected. it is stated in Berlin, Heavy fighting also continu $ against von Linsingen's army, whicE
 now holds the west bank of .he Zlota Lipa. The Russians have direct
 ed a number of assaults agains. his lines, all of which, according so the statement received from Viena to . night, have been repused. Fserc' f fighting continues along the Bug snt
 tar to the south on the ,Dneister,, bi ! the Germans reported that they arr { keeping their front intact.
 The Russians report that ir tn I llfighting south of Lublin 2OOO priso n y Isrs have been taken in the fightin; y thus far. Some disorder has msrke' b the Teuton movements in withdra V
 ing to the heights. it is said.