New Britain herald., 1915-05-31
5000 AUSTRO-G| PRISONERS TAX
 RUSSIANS IN Ol
Right Bank Of River San
 for Considerable DEIa| Ttu;OliG Allied Ford
GERMANS PRESSED BACK
 IN BALTIC P|

Allies Advance Near Ar1Hs
 Prctre Forest and in
 Italians Invading Austr
 With Little opposition-
 Admit Retreat Near
 River.
 Russian resistance to tho German advance in Gaiicia ly is stiffening. Following f. victory of the Russians at Sid central Galicia, on the San. nounced at Petrograd that 4 bank of the river has been for a considerable distance of { tro-German forces which sued crossing it, three thousand i| being captured in one day.
 as has been disclosed, howe3 Russians have not succeeded ing the movement for the ind of Przemysl.
 Tn the Baltic provinces the I Germans are said to have beef3 back. losing guns and prisone| Russian war office acknowlede| treat near the Dubysa river. serts that German attempts d the river failed.
 Fail to Rccapturc pOsitio
 An official announcement frd stantinople states. that Frenn British attempted in vain to ture the positions in their cen to have been taken by the Tu,
 The main bodies of Italian ai trian troops have not yet c0 grips, the Italian invasion stil ing little opposition.
 In France gains for the al' reported near Arras, in Le Forest and fnFAisace.
 Six ships sunk in Three u
 London. May 31. 12 :o7 D. in man submarines have been uh busy while the German foreie was engaged in the prepara its answer to the WashinRfon inc Lusitania incident. The !: days. it is pointed out la Lond. vided them with heavy bae merchant ships. These inei0 steamer Ethiope. 3.700 tons. n Tullochmoor. $500 tons. wiiai6. sunk by submarines Friday approaches to the English ts On Saturday the British < Pingsuey. of the Holt Line. r tackled twice by German VI, boats within the space of five but she succeeded in escapi,I Plymouth. The steamer Glen 4,co0 tons, was sunk somewhe tween the British and French recently. In the North Sea a a submarine sent the Russian shil to the bottom a few days ago, a losses of the British steamers Sl moor and Padeby also nave be ported.
 Thus within the space or thrc six ships of considerable size been sent to the bottom by c and six lives have lost. Furthermore, the transa lsner Megantic had a marrow from an attack by a German su sible
 London observers are drawil tention to these cases. particuls connection with the presentati the German note.
 Take German Trenches.
 The lull along the western 'ront has been broken by the Fi who claim to have taken a gro German trenches in the F 'egiont and to have mace good 'ress north of Arras. With cooperation they appear to Jade slight progress north of I<el After repeated repulses the mans, for the time being, seem to .bandoned their attempts to pres. During the past weeK the mans have made only slight Ral he neighborhood of this salient.
 Turkish Trenches Captured Except for the news of the nents of warships which appo e searching for German subnl ases, little definite Information ome to hand from the Dardar 'ertain despatches by way of A laim that many lines or Tu renches on the Gallipoli Pcni eve been taken during the past The situation along the River , the vicinity of Przemysl ap or the moment to be unchanged.
 French Official Report, Paris, May S1, 2:41 F. M.-- rench war office this afternoon u ta report on the progress Of lities, which reads as follows: There were no new developu uring the night of May 3042l ie exception of the check in ,gion of Notre Dame DeI.orell German attack. This move as easily repulsed by our troo The number Of prisoners { ssterday at The Layrinth' to
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