Evening star., 1915-05-20
GERMAN|C ALLIES
SMASH RUSS LINE
ALONG RIVER SAN
One of Greatest Battles in
Eastern Campaign Impends
in This Region.
RING ABOUT PEREMYSL
is GROWING SMALLER
Cars Men Claim to Have Expelled
German Forces From
Shawl.
ADVANCING IN BUKOWINA
Teutons Hurled Back in Advance
Toward Central Galicia. Says Dis
ADVANCING IN BUKOWINA
Teutons Hurled Back in Advance
Toward Central Galicia. Says Dis
patch-Continuous Fighting
at Czernowitz.

LONDON. MAY eo.-The Rus
sian fortified line along the River
San. running across central Cali
cia. on which great reliance was
placed to check the Austro-Ger-
man advance. has been definitely
broken.
Statements OF the Teutonic al
lies that they had crossed the
river are confirmed in an official
announcement from Petrograd.
One of the greatest battles OF the
campaign apparently is impend-
ing along the San.
Peremysl. which Russia won
from Austria after struggle of
several months, is now under at
tack by Austrian guns.
In the north the Russians claim:
successes in operations against
the German force which invaded
the Baltic provinces. 1t is said
the Germans have been expelled
from Shawl.
A telegram from Innsbruck
states that strong new Russian
army, coming from Bessarabia, is
finging back the Austro-Hun-
garian forces in Bukowina. and is
marching toward central Galicia,
with the object of joining the
principal Russian army in Galicia.
May Counteract Effect.
II is believed here that the Russian
advance near Shawl, in Courland
where the line of the forces of Emperor
Nicholas have been Strengthened out
will do much to counteract the effect
of the Austro-German advance in the
vicinity of Przemysl. across the River
San
Military writers claim that only one
out of fourteen Russian armies has
been in deadly danger and that Grand
Duke Nicholas. commander-in-c chief of
the Russian forces in the field, is play
ing MS usual Strategic game OF draw
Ing the enemy away from his base
Petrograd maintains that thirty-four
Austrian and German army corps
about 1.36o,o00 men-have been used
during the fighting of the past fort
night against the center of the Rus
sian line along a front measuring 100
miles.
Austrians Prepare for Stand.
The correspondent of the Berlin Lokal
Anzeiger at Austrian field headquarters
has sent in dispatch reading:
The Austrians have assembled re-
Inducements behind the river San and
have made preparations for a stand.
We must therefore anticipate a big
battle in the future. The Teu-
tonic allies already have gained sew
eral strong footholds on the RUSSIA
side of the River San, and the ring
around Prezmysl steadily is grow
ing smaller"
CZernowitz wires that fighting there is
continuous and that shrapnel is being
used largely against the German and
Austrian positions.
Russia Replies to Germans.
A Russian official statement issued at
Petroerad, received by the Reuter-
Telegram Company, says:
Until now the Germans dare NOT
admit they were dislodged from Shawl
on the 18th. and they talk of re-
pulsing all sorts of Russian attacks
against that town. Nevertheless, our
front in this region passes to a con-
siderable distanc" west OF Shawl Ger
man Official communications augment
more than four-fnld the actual number
nTtSUrpT1 Of
the Dubysa river.
All German efforts against our posi-
tion east of prohobyez in Galicia. have
failed tp until the present time there
was only a single regiment of Russia n
cavalry garrisoned in the town Of Dro-
hobyez. These troops fell quickly be
hind the infantry. with insignificant
losses. The Austrians. nevertheless
had the audacity to claim officially
that they took 5000 prisoners at Dro-