The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-07
RUSSIANS IN VIOLENT
GALICIAN ATTACKS
Fighting to Hold Part Of Prov
ince, They Check Teuton
Drive.
NO GAINS NEAR RIGA
Special Cable DsspatcA 10 TIE ST,

npcIot UOfe Dssput'N v M SUI
LONDON. Sept. 6.-Further evidence
Of the determination Of the Russians to
hold what little of Galician territory Is
still In their hands and. wherever forced
to retreat to render the gains OF the
Austro-G Germans as costly In men n
Austrian War once statement issued In
Vienna.
This statement tells Of a repetition OF
violent Russian attacks east OF the
sereth River. though 1t adds that I
enemy was repulsed everywhere" A
slackening OF the Russian offensive east
Of Brody and west OF Dubno also is re-
ported by the Austrian War once.
According to to-day's official German
report. there is mo change from the
Baltic to the eastward Of Grodno."
This indicates that the advance OF the
Teutonic allies Is markedly slow as
compared with their steady onward
dash Of the last month. Some military
critics infer from this that Ffeid-Mar-
shall Won Hindenburg has decided to give
his armies OF that front a brief u
much needed rest by reducing the
ttTnDuS VI tns WhFtns NcSorEti u
and further building up Of the communi-
cations also is believed to have to do
with the new lull.
No Progress Near Riga.
The Germans apparently have not been
able TO follow UP by further progress
toward Riga their capture, last Thurs
day, OF the important bridgehead OF
Friedrichstadt. In this particular re-
gion there can be no question OF the
determination TO dash ahead
the great Russian Baltic sea-
port and TO permit no consideration to
interfere with their onwar movement.
1t Is. therefore. to be presumed that the
are putting up a strong and
stubborn resistance. resolved TO hold the
port at all odds.
Dispatches from Copenhagen tell OF
a new entrance OF German warships in
the Gulf OF Riga, driving Russian ships
them. This Is taken by some
observers to mean that the
Germans are preparing for a Joint land
and sea attack upon Riga, Gen. o
called the "Battering RAM In
Of his capture OF Antwerp
and Novo Georgievsk. to direct the land
bombardment.
Field Marshal Won H~indenburg's right
wing is reported by Berlin to be APP
preaching the Niemen In its drive on
wilma. The advance OF Prince Leopold's
across the RIOS and through the
northeast OF Prushovy also liz
by the German War Onice. as
= the progress of Won Mackensen's
toward Pinsk.
In the Austrian official statement the
OF the last Russian fortified
south of the Jasiolda River is
This Is regarded as signif-
Dispatches from Petrograd state that
zen. Alexis Evert, who has been in com-
nand OF one OF the Russian forces, has
,een appointed to succeed Gen. Aiexieff
Is commander in chief on the western
OF the Russian theatre of war.
Au.trians Capssre village.
The following official statement was
ssued tonight by the Austrian War
Office at Vienna:
On the Bessarabian frontier and
east OF the mouth OF the Sereth the
Russians Yesterday repeated their vio-
lent attacks. The enemy was every
where renulsed.
East of Brody and west OF Dubno
the attacks were less violent COM
pared with the activity of the last few
In the region of Tarnopol we cap
tured from the Russians a fortified
i
Our troops advancing east OF Luck
have CT. ssed TO the north OF Olyka,
the mar shlike and inundated Putty
plain. under the most difficult
circumstances.
The Austrian troops hghting on the
upper asiol drove the enemy from
his last fortified positions south OF the
river and In several places reached
the northern bank. ,
The official German statement issued
Berlin to-day is as follows: !
From the Baltic to the eastward
~ Grodno the situation IL unchanged. 7
Marshal Won Hindenburss +,
wing is nearing the Niemen =
River. a
The armies OF Prince Leopold Of \
fighting with the enemy's a
ear guards, are advancing across the a
.tos, south OF Woiyowysk. and have
passed the swamp denies near Smol-
mia, northeast Of Prushovy.
The armies Of Field Marshal Won
are advancing. &
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