Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-07-08
RUSSIAN ARMY IS
NOT D0WNHEARTED
GENERAL ASSERTS
tvanoft Gives Correspondents
to Understand He Reckons
Achievements BY Losses
of the Enemy.
TROOPS STILL RETREATING
Moral Effect of Territorial Loss
Not Considered-Forces In
tact--Future Offensive
Move minated

Londo.. July 3.--Despite numerous
defeats and heavy losses, and notwith-
standing the loss of hard won territory
the Russian army is not downhearted,
according to reports from correSpon-
dents with the Grand Duke Nicholas
troops. Russian officers and strategists
lay emphasis on the fact that the Rus
san army is still intact. that the moral
ERECT OF territorial losses is of no con-
sequence in considering the larger as
pect of the campaign. and that they
nave made their enemies pay dearly
tor every foot of ground reconquered.
Stlll the retreat continues. Stand and
tight, then run! Stand and fight, then
run! That is the Russian policy in
TINS campaign. At each stand they en-
deavor to inflict the heaviest possible
losses Oh their pursuers before the
pursuing army arrives in sufficient
numbers to completely crush the de-
tenders by sneer weight. The losses on
both sides are untold.
Russians Not Downhearted.
Stanley Washburn, correspondent Of
the London Times. wires from the
eastern front:
Arriving here one discovers instant
" that these armies, though they re-
tired from territory and towns con-
queFed last autumn. are neither beaten
nor even downhearted. One experiences
growing hopefulness as one approaches
the front, which becomes "a conviction
mat there is nc cause for dependency.
"When one meets and talks with
General %1vanoff, the Russian COM
mander, a quiet, serene soldier. with a
well balanced mind, his grasp of the
situation and confidence in the future
tend to dissipate pessimism.
The point OF view of the situation
IN flnHC avg &c, that L~
by selecting a place of attack on the
Russian front, which has a length of
l 900 miles. We're enabled by the expen-
dlture of men and ammunition which
is impossible for Russia to equal, by
losses which are estimated at $50, 900
among the Germans, and probably a
pke number of Austrians. and by con-
slant desperate attacks. to force the
Russians back over a devastated coun-
try, n finally to %evacuate Lemberg.
which was done in a quiet and orderly
manne
Still Fiaht stubbornIy.
After a struggle of six weeks they
sun the same stubborn army
which is willing and eager to keen
fighting. The only tangible achieve
ment which appears to have been
gained by Germany is the moral effect
of handing back Lemberg to the Aus
TRANS. This creates among the seri-
ous-m1nded little enthusiasm. as it is
clear when the Germans go the Rus
slams will promptly retake it.
To understand Russia's campaign
In Galicia, one must realize the Rus
sian point Of view, which is that they
can retreat and advance indefinitely.
caring little for moral effects and loss
of towns so long as they are weakening
the enemy. There is an increasing
tendency here to manoeuvre to prevent
the war from getting to a trench dead
lock on the western and Warsaw
fronts"
Russian Losses Heavy.
The latest estimates from Berlin
place the NIB of Russian soldiers
made prisoner in June at 40 officers
and 140.650 men, while the booty cap
tured amounted to 80 cannon and 26s
machine guns This was in the Galiciar
field alone In other sections of the
eastern front the Germans claim tt
have captured 100 officers and 25,69s
men, seven cannon, SO machine guns
an aeroplane, six mine throwers ant
other material of war. No estimate OF
the number IF Russians killed ant
wounded is given.
Teutons Sweeping On.
In the fighting in the east there is nc
indication eve in the Russian officia,
statements that there is any halt il
the sweep Of the Teutonic armies
llOIlIlWa l dilu CdStNdIu lIOIH Lell'
berg. Further south. however. the
troops Of the Grand Duke Nichola:
have made what looks like a deter
mined stand along the line of the Gnils
Lipa river.
Austro-German accounts tell OF vic.
tories ever in that section OF thu
ourving eastern front, but the Russian!
deny the reverses there We're serious
declaring desperate attacks We're re.
pulsed with great losses to the Teu.
tonic forces.
German observers believe the Rus.
slams are prepared to abandon Galicis
and attribute the desperate fighting
north Of Halicz to a desire to give tim,
for the preparation Of strong defensiv,
positions beyond the border. Reports
from neutral sources declare that tn,
Russians a recently received new
supplies of high explosives which hav
enabled them in their stand and il
their retreat to swell enormously tn,
casualty list Of their enemies.
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