New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-06-23
.TEUT0NS FALL BACK
ACROSS DN|ESTER
Russians Score Victory Below
Nijnif Take 5000 Prisoners

Petrograd, June %, via London,
June %, 7:15.-Only passing mention.
of the operations in the vicinity of
Lemberg is made in an official state
ment issued tonight at the Russian
war office The assertion is made
that desperate attacks were repulsed
and 500, prisoners taken near Rawa
Ruska, 80 miles northwegt Of the Ga
lician capital. 9s>ze.@.
The claim also is made by 1.-THE Rus
slams that they have scored an i'm
portant victory below Nijniff, on the
Dniester, after stubborn battle which
has lasted since the 9TH. More than
fthirty-five hundred prisoners were cap
gtured and Cossacks are said to be in
pursuit of the fleeing Austrians. An
other Russian success with the cap
ture of one thousand more prisoners,
is reported near the Bukowina bor-
der.
Transport Seized and Burned.
The communication follows:
"A large enemy transport loaded
partly with cartridges was seized and
burned by our cavalry Saturday in
the enemy's rear on the road between,
Telschi and Lukniszki, in the Shawl
region Our troops put the power
full convoy Of the transport to the
sword and annihilated several COM
n1ands of enemy chasseurs and mount
ed patrols.
! I'm desperate battle on the River
Rinyova Monday our infantry made
progress.
West of the Neimen on the Narew
front and to the left of the Vstula
there has been lul1
Bayoncts Austrian Battalion.
.In the Taneff region our infantry
|crossed the river Sunday night near
Ossoukha and bayoneted a battalion
of the S2nd Austrian Regiment
Monday night we repulsed des-
perate attacks by the enemy north of
the line of Gieszanow-R awa Ruska
and took 500 prisoners.
I'm the direction of Lvoff there has
been some firing AZ
-, ~, Victory on Dniester.
"On the Dniester we achieved an
important success below Nijniff. The
Austrians sent across the Dniester
strong contingents with which we
, had been fighting desperately since
the 18th on the front of Ostry-Koro-
petz-K ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Uniche. At dawn this struggle end
ed in our complete success. Our in.
fantry stormed several fortified farms
near Snowidow where the enemy re-
sisted desperately. Here we took
more than thirty-five hundred pris-
oners and many machine guns. The
enemy, in full fight, fell back across
the Dniester. Our Cossacks, pressing
the enemy's heels, crossed four en-
envy bridges and continued the pur-
suit ION the right bank. Near Koro-
PETE and Kosmierjine the enemy also
is retreating.
Take 1000 Prisoners.
Near Jojava and zale Szczyky, the
enemy holding his ground behind
barbed wire near the Dniester.
Monday night, after a desperate
battle, we stormed the villages of
Balamoutovslxy, Wawentz and Grom-
eschatz, taking sone thousand prison
ers, including the cemmaander Of the
And Honved sbrigade and numerous
machine guns"
Russians Recapture Positions.
Geneva, June %, via Paris, June |
%, $50 a. m.-The Tribune prints |
the following despatch from Inns
bruck, which purports to have been |
received from Czernowitz, Buckowiria: |
'The Russians have recaptured posi- |
tons on the left bank of the Dnics- |
ter lost on the goth. An Austrian |
force trying to cross the Dniester at |
its confluence with the Swica was de- |
feated with the loss of fifteen hun |
dred men and was obliged to retreat /
in the direction of Kalisch
At the cost of enormous losses Gen. |
Pflanzer made a sligf~ advance be-
tween Stripa and the Dniester. The /
Russians are holding their own al 4
Korpiece, inf1icting severe losses on |
their adversaries.
Austrian Attempt Repulsed.
For the third time an Austrian |
attempt to invade Bessarabia has |
been repulsed with heavy losses