Omaha daily bee., 1915-06-22
KAISER ASSUMES
COMMAND OF HIS
ARMY IN GALICIA

Continued from rage oneJ
have no Intention Of defending Lemberg
20 the last or have prepared their main
defensive lines on positions not yet
reached by the Germsnic forces. With
less than score OF miles separating the
Austro-German lines from Bemberg these
points must soon be elucidated
Il il pointed out further bv British OBJ
servers that the latest Russian communi-
cation hardly indicates such an over
whelming success as their opponents
claim, although II II admitted that the
batterlng OF the Teutonic phalanN has
won further ground.
French Making Gains.
French and German accounts OF opera
lions in the western theater show the
usual Emergencies, but the detailed re-
ports from Paris satisfy the British that
their allies are making such an advance
as will shortly permit more active opera
tons in the sphere occupied by the
British army. The French advance north
OF Arras, n IL thought here. must have
pushed the Germans into narrowed
front which will render some of their
masses of troops comparatively inef-
fecsive. The gains in Alsaco show that
the French are drawing close to the area
of permanent German Notifications
The arrival at the bedside Of Sultan
Mehemed OF Prof. James Adolph Israel.
the German specialist, indicates that
earlier reports that the sultan was suf-
fering from a mild attack Of catarTh did
not show his real condition. The fact
that the sultan was unable to make his
customary Friday visit to the mosque last
week showed that his illness was not
slight. as such an omission Is considered
justified only by extreme necessity.
French war office Report.
PARIS. June H.-The French War
office this afternoon issued a statement
on the progress or nostfiIties reading:
TN section to the north of ArraJ we
yesterday made further progress IN the
direction OF sourchez by the occupation
o. several trenches and by drawing near
20 the northwest side of the village.
There was an artillery engagement
which lasted ali night long near Dom
rhiere, which is to the west Of PeTnone.
An attack on the part OF the enemy.
which had been preceded by the expio-
sion from three mines, was stopped short
by the fire of our artillery and our In
fantry.
"on the heights of the Mouse in the
sector of the Calonne trenches we main
tanned all our gains In spite OF a counter
attack OF great violence delivered at
o'clock in the morning.
I'm Lorraine near Reillon we have fol-
lowed up our advantages The entire
first line OF the enemy has been Occu-
pied by US along a front OF l,5co yards.
At the end OF the day a strong enemy
column endeayored to deliver a counter
attack. but was dispersed. the enemy
having abandoned this ground. All the
German trenches occupied by US are
found to be full of bodies. We took
about twenty prisoners.
I'm the vicinity OF Mount Bonhomme, ir
the vosges, We have taken by assault
the eastern spur OF Mount Calvary, made
progress on the neighboring hills and
gone as far as the approaches to the
village of Bonhomme
I'VE continued to make progress In tn
valley of the Fecht and we have gon
beyond the Cemetery of Metzeral, T.
tho southwest the hand-to-hand fighting
IL continuing. Here we also have game,
ground and taken $50 prisoners. amonl
whom are four commissary officers an,
eleven under officers"