The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-12
Hurl Linsingen'sArmy Back
Across Dniester and Re-
pulse Mackensen
GERMANS SUFFERED
ENORMOUS LOSSES
The Fighting was Without Big Guns,
Triumph of Cars Infantry Being
with Bullet and Bayonet Alone -
Germans Active in Poland.


LONDON, June 1.-THE successful
Russian counter-thrust against the
Austro- German lines in Galicia natur-
ally has caused qualification and relief |
here, and now military experts expect
that there will be repetition of what |
occurred before Warsaw last winter
when the Germans suffered enormous
losses in their efforts to break the |
Russian front on the Bzura and Raw
ka rivers.
AS on that occasion, Russian rein
forcements arrived in time to forcel
back a portion of General Linsingen s |
army, which had crossed the Dniester
river near Zurawna, dbefore it coul
be strengthened and intrenched. The
German and the Austrian official re-
ports make no mention of the fighting
in this region, but from an account IS
sued in Petrograd the Austro- Germans
must have suffered very heavy lossesl
to have lost Il guns and 1000 prison
ers. In fact, military men express the
belief that very few of those who
crossed the river could have escaped
The Russians also assert that further
up the Dniester, directly south of Lem
berg, they have pressed their oppon-
ents back and taken another 1000 pris-
oners, while near Mosciska to the east
Of Przemysl they say the Germans suf-
fered very severely when they attack
ed the Russian position In Eastern
Galicia and in Bukowina the Russians
continue to fall back to the Dniester
under the Austrian pressure.
PETROGRAD, June 12.-The Rus
sian infantry with surprising ease has
inflicted a succession of great defeats
on the Germans in Eastern Galieia.
The main attack of the enemy was
conducted at Moszick with heavy guns
on the railways, but it was spent be-
| fore the Germans reached the barbed
| wire entanglements in front of the
main position They retreated In the
utmost disorder, leaving thousands of
| dead
simultaneously, the Russians start
| ed an enveloping movement against
/ General Won Linsingen s army which
had crossed the Dniester. The Russian
! infantry with magnificent dash attack
ed the Germans. who had number OF
| three-ipch guns, and drove them from
the woods. They annihilated a divis
ion and captured besides 1S6 officers,
$500 men, II field guns and 45 ma
chine guns. The fighting lasted two
days.
The Germans are now entirely south
ward of the Dniester. Evidently they
intended to develop in enormous forIe
here They were headed by the Prus
sian Guards and advanced rapidly to
ward Halicz, whom where they pur
posed to conduct the main attacks OF
Lemberg. All their movements, how
ever, were easily frustrated.
The Germans are now gathering
south of the Dniester, apparently wait
ing reinforcements. They have lost il
the last six weeks more lives in Gal
icia than in the previous six months
against Russia everywhere. The Rus
slams are in close contact with thu
enemy.
There are signs that the Germans ar
developing great activity north of tn
Pilitza in Poland toward the Nieme1
with heavy artillery and a chemiea
laboratory in the hope of drawing tn
main Russian strength there.
The latest Russian successes havt
been achieved solely with bullet an
bayonet. scarcely shell having bee
fred in the last fortnight Their STRAIT
egy is regarded as a triumphant vindi
cation of General Ivanoff.