Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-05
RUSSIAN STATEMENT.
July 4. via London. Jul

PETROGRAD. July 4. via London. July d
Friday, at the entrance OF Danzis pay
submarine with two torpedoes Die"
up a German warship of the Deutsch-
land class which was steam1ns az
the head of a German squadron.
One of our destroyers rammed a Ger
man submarine which was attempt
ing to approach our warships. Inc
submarine failed to reappear on ths
surface. Our DESTROYER SUFFERED
slight damage in the collision
In the Shawl region west OF the Me-
men there has been recurrence Oh
fighting. In the Edvabno region q
fierce mining conflict is preeresslne'
Near the village of kutche we cap
t,1red a gallery of mines, IN Wnlcn
were 900 pounds Of dynamite. we
also successfully exploded mines pre-
pared by us. -
On the Bzura. near the village OF
Sukha, we repulsed an attempted al
vance by the enemy against our
trenches. In the direction OF RADON
we took the offensive TUESDAY ana
Wednesday nights and captured sew
eral trenches and several austrian
battalions.
Between the Nlstula ana the DUE nc.
have been desperate engagements
The enemy's offensive on the Wys-
MICA river was successfully stopped
The enemy concentrated his principal
effort to the east of Krasnik. in the
direction of Lykhay' w i.he,s we re re
final result of the fighting Is not YET
The enemy also attempted an advance
toward Zamosc and Krasastav, where
the fighting was desperate. especiai
Nv where the Volitza flows into the
Vieprz, on the line Of villages In,
Guiding Tarjimeklir. Krasno and
Stryeff The enemy sustained heavS
Tariimeklir. which the enemy cap
into our hands at dawn Saturday.
After holding up the Austro-German
advance on the emilia Lipa we Tell
back to the Zlota Lipa.
There has been no change on the
Dniester.
AUSTRIAN STATEMENT.
VIENNA, July 4. via Amsterdam and
London. July 5:
In the Russian theater the enemy, VINO
Yesterday offered strong resistance
in east Galicia, between Nara)o" ano
the Zlota Lipa river and farther north
was attacked by Teutonic aimee
troons. and after long hours of fight
ing was defeated along the entire
front We captured 5000 prisoners
and took several IHdCHlHc ~
the district of Przemysl and Gliniany
the enemy is retreating toward the
east. On the Bug river the SITUATION
is unchanged.
In Russian Poland there has been
heavy fighting In several sectors .aal,, o. ,
strongly. but all the Russian at
tempts failed. one of our corps re-
pulsinR five attacks. Fighting con
finues for the Brook Wysnica- Or
both sides of Studzianki We pene'
trated the main position OF the en-
emy on a front of several k1lometers
capturing q thousand prisoners anc
three guns, while the enemy suffered
heavy losses The heights north o.
Krasnik were taken AFTER severe
In the italian theater the enemy re-
newed attempts to gain footing or
a border of the plateau OF Doberdo
developing severe hand-to hand ngnt
Ing Our counter attacks finally
threw the enemy from the heights
Attempts of the enemy to capture oul
position near Woltschach, west O
Tolmino and south Of krn. collapsed
Alpine troops attacking ono OF oul
vantage points were repulsed aftel
the severest Of fighting. The enemy
losses everywhere were heavy.
Tn the southeastern theater there have
been only isolated frontier Skin
mishes.