New Britain herald., 1915-07-01
tide IN GALICIA
and POLAND STILL
WITH The TEUTONS.
Russian Lines Being Swung Back
By Germanic Allies for
Move on Warsaw

DlNAINU VI AhMENlhN
OYERSHAD0WS BATTLES.
Allies Making Determined Attempts
to Gain Il important Ground in At
tack on DardanelIes- German at
tacks on Western Front Repulsed
By French Italians RepeI Aus
trian Assaults Along Isonzo.
Interest id the operations on the
battlefields Of Europe is overshad-
owed for the moment by the sink
ing of the British steamer Armenian
by the German submarine.
Official washington, concerned be-.
l! cause OF the loss Of several American
lives, is withholding action until full
Information regarding the occurrence
is received from it's representatives
abroad. The situation, however, was
regarded as clarified to a great de-
gree by dispatches telling of attempts
by the Armenian to evade the subma-
rine after It had ordered the British
steamer to stop. Such an attempt til
was held, would justify the sinking
of the vessel under the rules Of in
ternational law
Tide with Teutons.
From the field Of war, recent re-
ports have Indicated comparative in
activity except In northern Galicia
and southern Poland, where the tide
Is still with the Teutons; and in the
Gallipoli Peninsula, where the allied
forces are apparently making deter
mined attempts to gain important
ground in the attack on the Darda-
nelles
The Russian lines are still being
swung back in northern Galicia and
southern Poland, in an apparent eff
fort by the Teutoi1ic allies to clear
the way for q determined move on
Warsaw.
The r ussiahs admit a continuation
OF the ef1eIny offensive between The
Bug and the Nieprz AT the junction
Of the latter river with the vistula in
Poland lies Ivangorod, which Russian
observers believe is the immediate OBJ
jective OF the Austro- German forces
in this region. Ivangorod is little
ilIoi 2 Liie'A S1AAsyS miles southeast from
Warsaw. ...
Russians Hold Dnicster Line.
Just at present the chief Russian
holding power seems to be along the
line of the western Bug and the Gnila
Lipa in GaHeis Petrograd records
repulse Of an attempt by the Teutons
to cross the Dniester near Halicz, in
dicating that the line of the Dniester
south Of that place is still we'll held
by the Grand Duke Nicholas forces.
A German attack by water on Win
dau, on the Baltic just south Of the
Gulf of Riga, was repulsed by the
Russians, their official statement says.
Five cruisers and many torpedo boats
participated in the attack and an at
tempt is declared to have been made
to land troops One of the torpedo
boats was blown up before the fleet
retired.
On the western front the French
statement ~ the day indicates the ar
mics of that nation have been chiefly
occupied In fepulsing German at
tacks-
Italians claim Advantage:
Both armies along the Austro-Ital-
ian front are1 displaying more acti-
witty. The AItasians claim favorable
OUTCOME from, actions in the Trentino
district ana the repulse Of Austrian
attacks alopg the Isonzo.
81 Eyes On tsallipoH Peninsula.
@ Eyes are being turned toward the.
Gallipoli Peninsula. from which STIR
ring news has Hecently come, and there
are hints from the side of the entente
allies that sueGesses just reported are
to be folIowed by still more deter
mined attempts w carry dominating
Turkish positiohs
German submarine activity. brought
sharply to the front by the sinking
Of. the steamer Armenian with the loss
of eleven or more Americans, is fur
5theTr shown in,sthe sinking of the
British bark Thistlebank and the
Norwegian Steamer Marina, through
torpedo attacks.
4 The case of the Armenian is being
held in abeyande in Washington untu
the status Of the vessel and the cir
cumstances in which she was sunk
.are fully determined
FRENCH pmoal Report.
y Paris, Jul 2:3s p. m.-The
French War4 &his afternoon gave
our ab1 po1 The progress of hos
tilitfes, Whic ffads as follows: Last
night n2lss Quietly In the north, in
the yffMity of Arras, and as far as
Chad kagne. The German attack in
the Argonne reported yesterday was
particularly violent It is estimated
that the forces engaged amounted to
two divisions. ,arhis attack, however,
was Checked Furthermore, two
Y fl sh movements against our trenches
at the east or the Benarvilfe road We're
repulsed.
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