South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-20
RUSS TROOPS FORCED
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Poliany and Kurschany fighting is in
progress.
Between the PISA and the Skwa
rivers. the Russians have evacuated
positions which had been repeatedly
broken through by us and have fallen
back upon the Narew river. German
reserves Of the landwehr who have
been fighting in country very favor
able to the emmy behaved CALAMITY.
The army of Gen. Gallwitz has adj
vanced to the south and is now hold
ing all the Narew river line.
Between Ostrolenka and NOvo
GeOrgievsk, where the Russians were
unprotected by their positions and
Notifications, they have already re-
have been increased TO 101 officers
and 2S,7O6 of the rank and file.
in Poland, between the Nistula
and Pilica the Russians have retired
in an easterly direction.
Southeastern Theater.
Southeastern theater-The enemy
who on Saturday was defeated in the
region northeast of Sienna by the
army Of Gen. Won Woyrsch attempted
to check our pursuit when previously
prepared positions were reached be-
yOnd Ilnanka. The enemy'S advanced
positions at Cieplice were taken by
storm by our brave Silesian landwehr
The same troops penetrated the main
position on the night of the same day.
The enemys line near Bassanow and
Barawaw is beginning to falter and a
decision may soon be expected there
AT the point where we broke
through the PiaschOwitze- BurnOstau
front the Russians made vain attempts
to save themselves from defeat. A
division of the guard which was sent
into the lighting was defeated by our
troops.
More to the east, as far as the
region of Trubwice. the allied troops
forced a passage of the Wohca river
Troops Advance.
Near Sokal and north of that
I place AustrO- Hungarian troops ad-
+ vanced over the Bug. Under the
pressure of this success only at one
place where we penetrated, west OF
! KrasnO. has the enemy attempted TO
! offer serious resistance.
/ The Russians have suffered a Sc
rious defeat. The troops under Field
/ Marshal Won Arr made ,250 prison
| ers between July 16 and July IS.
/ Twenty-three machine guns We're
/ taken. According 10 written orders
/ found upon prisoners the Russians
were directed 10 maintain their posi-
tions TO the last man and without any
| consideration for loss of life at all
RUSS ADMIT REFUSES.
PETROGRAD. July 20 - Russian
armies are now sustaining on all
/ fronts the most terrific assaults that
/ the AustrO-German armies have yet
/ launched. The Teutonic allies have
7 bent the Russian lines at several
I places, but nowhere have they sue
ceeded in piercing the Russian front,
! the war office asserted today.
The mastery strategic Of the Grand
Duke Nicholas Is again evident At
uO point Is he risking a general battle
against the TeutOns with their super
Tor equipment, but by orderly with
drawals at the threatened points is
keeping his lines intact
The latest reports from the grand
duke admit that the enemy has made
successful advances. particularly in
the Baltic provinces, on the Nieprz
river in the Lublin district and in
the Baltic provinces. on the Nieprz
river IN the Lublin district and on
the Bug river. near the Poland Galicia
frontier The fun report follows:
In the Shavli- Riga district. the
enemy reached the Tuckum- Doblen
front on Sunday the enemy ad-
Vanced 10 the south in the direction
OF Hofzumberg and Benet- North of
Olminai, cossacks made a successful
raid on the enemy's rear guard and
captured baggage train. In the
dlstrlct OF Poplany we are repulsing
ne emmy attacks. German attacks
on ShaNh We're repulsed Saturday.
Recapturc Trenches.
On the trans Niemen front we
nave driven the enemy out Of the
trench he captured last Wednesday.
me enemy advanced 10 the right