The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-15
RUSSIANS REPULSED
ON 4S MILE FRONT
Berlin Announces Big Gain
Made by. Army Under Gen.
Won Mackensen.
10000 PRISONERS TAKEN
Advance Is Made Between Sic
niawa and Cyerniawa on
the Dniester.
Sp,cio, Cable Despa,ch 10 Tn, srs

/ Special Cable Despatch to TuE suS.
| LONDON. June 1.-THE German Of
fensive in the east. which was checked
at Zurawno on the Dniester. has been re-
sumed on a wider front and further to
the north. An official statement re-
ceived from Berlin to-day says that the
army under Gen. Won Mackensen has
taken the Russian positions on a line
extending forty-thrce miles on the front
between Sieniawa and Cyerniawa, the
latter to the northwest Of Mosciska. and
that In the operations resulting in the
capture OF these positions yesterday
5000 prisoners fell into the hands OF
the Germans.
Further to the southeast the Austrian
section of the line extends from Halicz
TO a point twenty miles from the Ru-
nanian frontier. The chief action on
this part of the line at present, aside
from sporadic raids into Bessara bia. ap-
pears 10 be the Austrian efforts to cap
ture brdgehead at Halicz. efforts
which are still unsuccessful.
In the north the German official state
ment claims slight advances northwest
Of Shawl, in Kovno province. and on the
road between Mariampol. in Suwalki
pear from the reports from either Berlin
or Petrograd that any great attention
s being given TO this northern sec
tor OF the line.
Newspaper dispatches from Pe,rograd
say that the objective OF the new Aus
tro-German move in the fuctuatins
struggle on the Dniester and even the
direction Of this attack. are not yet APP
parent. The present crossing Is sixty
miles further down the Dnester than the
PetroGrad observers as II the Germans
were giving wider sweep 10 their ef-
fort to turn the Russian left Whatever
the purpose. Russian military men are
disposed to regard this latest Austro-
German move as an important develop
ment.
Some OF the more optimistic critics
in Petrograd express the opinion that in
consequence Of the recent defeat suf-
fered by the Teut mic allies their at
tempt AT Lcmberg has been abandoned
and the army aiming at the Gdlc!an
capital has been broken In two and sepa-
rated from the army in the Bukowna.
These writer's also incline to the View
that Gen. Won Mackensen's army is nov
inS toward Poland and that II will re-
sumo the effort T. reach Warsaw.
An official statement issued in retro-
grad to-day gives general review OF
the situation particularly with regard to
the German resources in fighting men.
The statement takes an optimistic view
OF the situation. II says:
AT the beginning OF the war the Ger
mans had on the two fronts ninety-two
divisions OF infantry. each composed Of
four regiments. Increasing these forces
by later formations brought the total OF
troops up to l4l divisions 1882 900
men). This probably exhausted thu pos
sibilitles of increasing the numbers of
German infantry. Among the so-called
new divisions the regroupinG OF certain
old units has been recognized
The distribution OF these divisions
along the two fronts has fuctuated dur ,
ing the whole period of the war Ac-
cording to the plans OF the German
General STAFF, during the first days OF
the war siX-sevenths OF the original .
forces invaded the western front. The .
defeat inflicted on the Germans at the
Marine, together with the menace Of our
invasion OF East Prussia and the Aus
tran efeat in Galicia, forced the Ger
man stafr 10 transport troops to the
eastern front.
The intensity of the struggle. which .
is becoming greater in the west as well
as IN the east. has attained an extreme
degree and the situation necesstates the
OF fresh troops on the part
Of Germany and Austria Hungary.
the source OF their forces
remain the same, The forces
which our common enemy find before
them are the unshakable resistance OF
the allied armies, supported by the
growth of the means and materials at
their disposal and strong and profound
faith in the justice OF their cause.
The facts cited above augur well for
our future success. which will be at
tanned by the undivided efforts OF the
Allies and their common sacrifices and
mutual esteem founded upon complete
and absolutely disinterested union