Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-06-20
Grodek, Considered Impreg-
nable, Withstands Teutons
Three Days.
RUSSIANS REFORM
FOR ANOTHER STAND
uStro-German Armies Driving Down
UpOn Remnant OF Cars Forces
from All DirectiONS-T tremendous
Loss Of Life When Gr0dck Taken.

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to Lemburg, has fallen.
Komarno, 40 miles southwest OF the
Galician capital, also has been cap
tured by the Germanic allies. accord
ing to the official statement received
here from Vienna tonight.
The Russians, driven across Cali
ella until now they are practically
backed against their own frontier,
are reforming their shattered ranks
for last stand on the heights west
of Lemburg.
Pressing through Grodek. the Teu-
ton army already has begun to storm
these heights. From the Eneister,
another army is sweeping north upon
Lemburg. From the north and north
west. still other armies are descend
ing upon the city where the Russians
arc battling to retain their last foot
hold in Galcia.
Germans Surprise Brit0ns.
Military critics here, accepting. the
opinions of Petrograd officials, were
confident that the great natural
strength of the Russian positions
around Grodek, would bring a sharp
halt to the Teuton advance. 1t was
believed that frontal attacks against
Grodek would be suicidal and that the
German attacks would Of necessity be
concentrated further north. But Gro
dek held out only three days.
In the dark of Thursday morning,
the first breach was effected, the RUS
sian advance lines in western SUD-
urb being occupied. The great Ger
man guns were brought up. Sheils
soon we're falling upon the Russians,
fortifications. From long range, out
of reach of the Russian guns, the leu
tons concentrated fire of tremendous
violence upon the Slav positions.
trenches we're wiped out, field works
annihilated.
Loss Of Life Tremendous.
On FRIDAY. the first infantry attack
was launched. Entire divisions were
thrown into the advance Advancing
in close order, they swept the RUSSIAN
positions like surf on beach. mo
loss of life is reported to have peen
tremendous. thousands falling on
both sides.
The battered defenses we're occu-
Mod one after another. Today, the
last Russian position was taken. Inc
S1av retreat extends, according 10 uH-
official advices, as far as LempuIg
itself.
The cars commanders are hnlhs
I'm their defeated forces for a maj
defense on an 18-mile line on tho
heights west of Lemburg.
Along the entire front west OF Lem.
hurg the Russians are being swept
hack by the advancing Teuton legions.
To the south, General Linsingen. push
ing forward from Stryjc. is driving
the Muscovites before him. 1t
Slavs at Bay.
A 1ispatch from Berlin says tnat
the Russians will make their last De-
tense of Lemburg on front ten miles
west of the town. They are reported
to have established heavily fortlned
positions here.
To the north, Austro-Germans nave
cleared the south bank of the Tenew
river. north of Tarnograd, in RUSSIAN
Poland. of the Slavs. South OF the
upper Dneister, General Pflanser mas
repulsed Russian counter attacks.
Russians attacks in the Baltic prov
inces have been repulsed. ACCORDING 10
an official statement issued at Beriln,
and the Germans have made progress
southwest of Karwari, across the East
Prussian frontier.