Evening star., 1915-05-29
ARE SLOWLY CLOSING IN
ON PEREMYSL FORTRESS
Vienna Reports Defeat Of Foe at One
Point Within Eight Miles
of Objective.
PETRoGRAD CLAIMS SUCCESSES
Teuton Flank Between the vistula
and Carpathians Retiring, It Is
Said-Enemy Advances Are
Discounted. 4

LONDON, May 2o.-IerrItlS
fighting is continuing along tho
River San, in Galicia, with tho
Austro-Gernan hosts making
progress except at Sieniawa,
fifty miles north of Peremysl.
where, according to the claims OF
Petrograd and the admissions
of Vienna, an Austro-Hungarian
force is being thrown back across
the river to the west bank. In
this action the Russians assert
that they captured several thou
sand prisoners and a number of
guns.
In an effort to check further
advances of the allied troops in
the River San section, Russian
reinforcements have been brought
forward from the north, it is de-
clared.
The wedge which the Austro-
Germans drove across the San
river north of Perenysl Monday
is steadily eating its way deeper
into the Russian front, according
to Vienna. The point reaches
to the villages of Chotynice and
Kruszowice, six miles east of the
San and fourteen miles northeast
of Peremysl.
Progress From South.
The besiegers, Vienna declares. also
are steadily progressing from the
south and obstinately defeated the
Russians on the heights south of Med
ika, the key of the Russian position
and barely eight miles east OF the
forts of Peremysl. Only . narrow
strip twelve miles wide is now open
between the two wings and this. II is
believed in Vienna. will be closed when
the heavy artillery is brought to the
tips of the two wings. thus virtually
completing the investment of Peremysl.
Victorious progress for the Teutons
also is reported from the right wing
in the vicinity of Stry. The Russians
are said to have been driven back into
their last defensive positions before
Stry.
Saw Successes Are Offset.
Russian army officers assert that the
victory of Emperor Nicholas troops at
IN
icia, has offset the successes of the
Austro-German forces at Radymno and
Gousskow.
At Radymno the Germans Occupied ter
ritorv on the right bank of the San
extending five miles east and an equal
distance south of this village. East of
Gousskow they advanced short dis-
tance in the direction of Lemberg-
According to military opinion in Pe-
trosrad however, the advance of sep
arate and isolated groups of German
forces cannot result In material pro-
gress toward Lemberg while the whole
left flank of the German army operating
between the Vistula and the Carpa-
thians is, according to the Russians.
being pressed back by the Russians
along the line from Sieniawa to the
mouth of the San.
German Rear Threatened.
In tnlS TcSlou tiIc ioi'
threaten the German rear from tho
north. Every move eastward of the
German weakens their communications
with the rear and Increases their dan
ger OF being cut on from their base.
Both north and south Of Perernysl tho
Austro-German assaults are being proee-
cuted with unusual vigur. but AZ yet mn
direct assault has been made upon the
fortress itself.
The aim of the Germans apparently "
to encircle Peremysl and attempt to work
into a position from which 1t will be pos
sible to proceed directly toward Lemberg
British Advance IN West.
The latest report regarding fghting
In the west, given out by French army
dwelt on tho British ad-
vance toward La Bassee and further
French progress in tho most difficult
sector OF tho Lens-Arras Line. Near
Ecur1e a little to the north Of Arras.
German fortress bars the
road to the eastward
The French have captured q part OF
this work which is known as the
II "A byrinth," and they are now endeav-
oring totally to reduce 1t. The Ger
mans are fighting stoutly to prevent
allied progress in this direction. and
they have made no less than seven
assaults on the new French
nositiou at Angres. Berlin reports that