Evening star., 1915-06-04

LONDON, June 4.-Having
captured Peremysl, the Austro-
German forces are maintaining
their offensive with unusual speed
along the Galician front. The
troops which broke through the
Russian line at Stry are pushing
northward rapidly.
The recapture of Peremysl is
looked upon in Berlin as a pre-
liminary in the campaign for
Lemberg.
The San line is regarded as no
longer tenable, the Dniester line
is already trembling and the Aus
tro-German army is pushing for
ward toward a point to the rear
OF Lemberg, and is now barely
thirty-hve miles southeast Of
Lemberg.
A statement from the Russian
war Office contains the admission
that in the region beyond the
Dniester river the Austro-Ger-
man army has advanced along the
TismenitzaStry front.
A Petrograd dispatch states
that the German force which cap
tured Libau, i'll Russia, on the
Baltic, some time ago, has been
isolated. Russian forces are said
to have cut off the Germans from
their base at Memel, East Prus-
sia, while other Russian troops
have approached tfom The north
and south, so that the only COM
munication with Libau is now by
sea.
Gen. Won Mackensen Safe.
To the north Of Peremysl Gen. Won
Mackensen is now safe. having dared
10 essay to drive wedge between
and the fortress and made good 1t
was risky move. and knowing its
peril British observers have been
watching IL with keen interest. For
week they have been expressing
hopes it would fail But II did not fall,
and now Gen. Mackensen has a breath
Ing spell and can elect either to stand
where he Is or to push forward from a
base of great strategic advantage.
According to Vienna, now that Per-
f.t n~siI Iie
for Gen. Mackenzen to continue hie
movement eastward. he would natural
ly meet a check at the Russian forth
fed positions partly composed of a
chain Of lakes extending north and
south, about eighteen miles west Of
1.emberg. II is thought, however. that
these positions will prove untenabl
because Gen. Lfnsingen, having crossed
rhe Dniester to the west Of Mikolalop,,
will likely cut the communication with
Lemberg.
Operations Against Lemberg.
The Austro- German plans OF operations
against Lemberg are the same as against
PeremysL They are expected 10 throw
columns on both sides of the city and
yond it, In the meantime this move
ment seems to threaten the Russians
fighting around Nadworna with a loss
Of contact with the main body.
IN utCtdF!lB tIdI tne 1tuSSldn IOrCAe
operating south Of Libau have cut that
city off from Memel. depriving the Ger
inans Of their base of supply, Reuter-
dispatch from Petrograd says at the
same time the Russians took Polangen
'on the Baltic IN Courland) and the
village Of Rutzan. south Of Libau An
other Russian force is approaching
Lbau from the north With this city
enveloped the Germans have an outlet
only to the sea
Guns Not Destroyed, Is Claim.
When the Russians were forced tc
abandon some of the outer Peremysl
forts they had no time to destroy the
guns. which. on falling into Austro-Ger-
man hands. were turned by their new
owners against the inner fortifica tions
says q dispatch to the Exchange TeIe.
graph Company from Copenhagen.
II 10 understood, the dispatch adds
that the Austrian railway officials, the
police and municipal officers and others
who fed from Peremysl when the fort.
ress capitulated to the Russians have
now gathered at Cracow. ready to re-
turn to the recaptured city.
/ Russians Admit Loss.
Russian troops on the fronts to thu
north and west Of the fortress Of Psrs-