Evening star., 1915-05-31

exception of the check In the region
of Notre Dame de Lorette to Ger
man attack: this movement was
easily repulsed by our troops.
The number OF prisoners taken yester-
day at the labyrinth" to the south
east Of Neuville st. Vast is $50. in
cluding four officers.
RUSSIAN STATEMENT.
PBrROGRAD. May 30. via London. May
81.
In the Shawl (Courland) region our
troops continue to press the Ger
mans who are defending the ap-
proach to the villages of Shawkiany
and Kalmy. In this region We cap
tured. the 2sth, near the village Of
sawdenil. nine guns and seven ma
chine guns and other trophies and
numerous prisoners.
On the middle and lower Dubysa the
enemy renewed the offensive. Our
troops, falling back beyond the river
yesterday. stopped repeated enemy
attempts to Cross 1t.
The battle in Galicia continues. Dur
ing the course of yesterday we caused
the enemy to evacuate the right bank
of the San as far as the mouth of the
Lubaczowka. at the villages of Kali
nikow and Mako, situated on both
banks Of the River Wisznia. Here
We captured in one day as many as
5000 prisoners. sixty of them off,
GERS. and. machine guns. search
lights and commissariat stores
In the region beyond the Dniester
stubborn fighting continues. The en-
emy, the 2Sth. developed his princi-
our line forms salient angle. To
resist this advance we made a coun-
ter attack. One OF our battalions
succeeded in taking the enemy in re-
verse and in driving back his forces.
which were IN great strength. We
captured 900 prisoners. seventeen of
them officers. and eight machine
guns.
the offensive, compelled the enemy
TO evacuate the right bank Of the
Sv1tza-
In the other sectors on the whole front
there has been no important action
In the Black sea yesterday our feet
bombarded and destroyed an electric
power works and an establishment
for tho production Of oil
BRITISH STATEMENT.
LONDON, May 81-Csmmunicatlon from
Sir John Freach. commander-in-
chief Of the British forces On the
continent
Since my last communication OF May
| 20 we have made further small
gain east Of Festubert. Otherwise
all has been quiet on our front.
Saturday one of our aeroplanes brought
down a German aeroplane in the
direction of Moorseele, six miles
northwest of Courtrai.
BELGIAN STATEMENT.
BELGIAN ARMY HEADQUARTERS,
| Havre, May 81'
During the night of May % and the
| following day tho enemy's artillery
| was very active. It was particularly
violent to the north and south OF
| Dxmude. Our artillery replied Wig
| orously and successfully. In the aft
| ernoon there was fighttng with hand
| grenades before Dixmude.
TURKISH STATEMENT.
CONsTANTINoPLE, May 80. via Berlin
| and London, May Sit
| On the front in the rear of Ari Burnu
tho enemy made unsuccessful efforts
to prevent us from reinforcing
trenches We had captured in tho cen
ter of his position.
| At Seddul Bahr the enemy seems en-
gagged In filling gaps made May 26.
Our Anatolian batteries on tho Mar
rows violently bombarded enemy po-
sitions at Seddul Bahr today (Sun.
day.. Nothing OF Importance occur.
red at other points.
AUSTRIAN STATEMENT.
VIENNA. May %. via London. May n,
On the lower Lubaczowka (0alicia) q
Russian attack which resulted ir
hand-to-hand lighting was repulsed
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