New Britain herald., 1915-06-21
ALLIES FAST CLOSING IN ON
 GALICIAN CAPITAL
lustro-German Forces Capture 'RaHa Ruska, Thirty-TWo Miles
 Northwest of Lenberg

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 POINTS IN THE WEST Eapture Nearly a Mile of German First
 Line Positions in Lorraine and In- FIict Heavy Losses on Kaiscr's Forces Turks Repulse Franco British Troops in Fighting in Galli- poll Peninsula.
 Austro- German forces are closing in m Lemberg capital of GaIicia. Tao fernran war office today announced ee capture of RaWka Ruska, 33
 l1es northwest of the city Emperor William, who has gone to the eastern Sont to direct the campaign which IS generals believe is near success, hl conclusion, was present at one Of | battles for possession of the Gro Bk line west of Lem berg
 Further successes in northwestern trance to the north of Arras as we'll
 ln Lorraine and in the Vosges Eefe reported today by the French [hr office Tn Lorraine the capture
 the German first line positions for distance of nearly a mile is claim The fighting here was of unusual folence and it is said the German |enches were filled with dead
 Turks Rout Allies.
 ' The Turkish forces on Gallipoli
 ainsula took the offensive yesterday hd an official announcement from 'onsta ntinopIe says, inflicted heavy 5sses on the Franco British left wing
 consequence of the fire of Turkish Zkillery, the allies were compelled to hahge their position. The Turks d1- Rcted an effective bonn bardmens gainst the new positions and silenced he arti1lery Of their opponents.
 Germans Take Rawa Ruska.
 Berlin, 21, via London 40 p. m.
 further success in the Austro- Ger ian drive at the Galician capital 1 en1berg was announced today by tho |arN0ffice. The statement says that he town of Rawa Ruska 32 miles erthwest of Lemberg has been cap aTed from the Russians. N Kaiser at Beslid Battle. zsBerlin, June 21, via London, 1:49 2 'x q M Emperor William it was of eially announced by the German |af k4epartment today was present at ae battle of Beskid for possession of ae Grodek line These Russian po- lions are west of Lemberg.
 Vienna Claims successes. Vienna, June 20, via London. June
 4:40 a. m.The official statement
 uea at the war office today and led June 20, describes the opera cas around Lenberg as follows
 M continuance of the vigorous {ehsive of the allied armies in the attle. near Magierow and Grodek we Ave gained fresh and complete vic- Sry lover the enemy. After encirc- nS the San and the recapture of rzenysl the success of the allied reutnic) troops in the battle on the afh between Lubaczowka and the pper Dniester caused a further re- |kat of the Russians. who had again eeofne ready to strike, owing to the ErIYal of numerous endorsements. he enemy then retreated with heavy ,sses in an eastern and northeast reetion. l.sIn the following days the Russians &reme army command got together kcg xmore the remnants of it's de- lated army for the protection of the. alician capital, with orders finally arrest our advance at the we'll Eepared Wereszyc ca position. After Nere fighting our brave troops again brned and shook the entire Russian Resistance on Wcreszyca. During the night portions of Gen. hl Von Boehm- Ermolli's army krfned hostile positions on both les of the Lemberg road. At the ll1e time the remaining corps of lis army everywhere entered the kemy's main position.
 .Since s o'clock this morning the usaans along the entire front have ber, retreating i7 the direction of nnaberg and north and south of that M, pursued by the allied army. One aousand prisoners and quantity of |ar material have been captured. the upper Dniester the enemy Beginning to eyacuate his positions. a8 the front of General Pflanzer's |nly the enemy renewed the attack &xeyeral points but was repulsed
 <hconsiderable losses.
 Italians Defeated.
 &Italian war theater: After the asv repulse of minor Italian attacks par Playa, Ronchi and Monfai.one,
 was quiet yesterday on the Isonizo ont. Here and on the Carinthian 0Hfier enemy artillery Gnsuccess- ally bonabarfIed our fortifications. |*Iu attacks east of the Fassa Val F. the enemy suffered considerable