The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-06-24
Fate of Lemberg Apparently
Sealed as Austro- German
Armies Smash EIabor-
ate DefenSeS.
HIGH TIDE OF CAMPAIGN
Teutonic Allies Believed to Be
on Verge of Definitely Par
alyzing Grand Duke
Nicholas Forces.

London, June 22.-The fortified line
Of Grodek-presenting a front "a miles
long that was the hope of the Russian
army-has been stormed, captured and
crushed by h impetuous rush of the
Austro- German armies under General
Won Mackensen. A general retreat OF
the Russian army Is said to have be-
gun. The fate of Lemberg, capital of
Galicia, appears to be sealed.
The Grodek. line was where the
Russians, under Grand Duke Nicholas,
had prepared to make their final stand
Tor possession Of Lemberg and en-
deavor to their utmost to check the
victorious Austro- German advance in
to Galicia. Latest reports from Vienna
announce new and complete victor
les" Petrograd admits Austro- German
successes in the Dneister district and
to the north of Lemberg.
Big Consequences Seen.
Just what this victory means to the
Teutonic allies cannot yet be esti-
mated. The Russian army may not be
definitely broken at this point, but
observers believe 1t marks the high tide
OF the Galician campaign.
Having failed in their original plan
to crush France, hen turning upon Rus
sta- the Teutons nave reversed the or
der of their strategy and dealt a par
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Whether they will now be able to hold
the Russians by conducting a defensive
campaign with comparatively smaller
forces, while hurting the weight of
their powerful offensive against the
western lines remains to be seen. That,
apparently, Is the purpose of the tre-
mendous sacrifice Of men and NUM-
tons in this most remarkable Of all
German offensive campaigns.
Never since the hattie nf tkA Marine.
which marked the turning point In the
German invasion OF France, have the
Germanic allies appeared so buoyantly
hopeful.
Kaiser Sees Victory.
Emperor William, 1t was officially
announced by the German war depart
ment today, was present at the battle
of Beskid for protection of the Grodek
line. These Russian positions are to
the west of Lemberg, the Galician
capital.
The great question England and her
allies are asking is whether Grand
Duke Nicholas, commanding the Rus
sian forces, can successfully emulate
,Joffre's tactics of last fall and check
the Austro- Germans at the gates OF
Lemberg. Optimists point III that the
grand duke checked them almost at the
gates Of Warsaw, just as General
Joffre stopped the Germans before
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French stopped them before Ypres,
Dunkirk and Calais.
Russia Faces Emergency"
1t is argued further that ever should
Lemberg fall the Russians can drop
back to equally formidable positions,
utilizing the rivers and swamps and
other advantages of the terrain, and II
is the British contention that they
would thus hold out for months, Eng
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ing to their aid men and munitions II
necessary.
Whether Russia has sufficient am
munition to meet the present strain Is
a question which cannot be answered
in England, although the London
papers say frankly that the shortage is
acute. One of the Sunday papers
as "Russia's supreme emergency" and
public interest is centered In that
theater, Notwithstanding the hard fight
in progress along the western front.
The sound of guns is audible at Lem
berg,( and possibly this week will see
he elimination of one of the most in
teresting phases of the great war.
Tho Official Account.
OF the fighting in Galicia the Berlin
wal office says:
south of the Pilica. troops under
General Won Woyrich have taken sev-
eral advanced enemy positions during
the last few days.
1.-THE armies under General Macken-
sen have taken the Grodek position.
Early yesterday morning German
troops and the corps OF Field Marshal
Won ARR commenced an attack upon
strongly e~ntrenched enemy lines. After
stubborn fighting, enemy trenches. n
behind the other, almost along the en-
tire front east, ending over a distance
of 35 kilometers GA miles) north of ia
now. III miles northwest of Lemberg),
Bisputa and Obedynski, and southeast
of Rawa Ruska. (32 miles northwest Of
Lemberg), had been stormed.
"In the evening the enemy was
thrown back behind the high o a to
Solkiew, north of Lemberg and Rawa
Ruska. Under pressure Of this defeat
the enemy also Is weakened in his COM
m~unications. Between Grodek and the
Dniester marshes the enemy is hard
pressed.
Between the Dniester marshes and
the mouth of the river Stry, the
nv has evacuated the southern bank