New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-24

Quilted Lvow and continued thelr re-
tr-~. on q NV 'front.'.
"On the Duicster the. battle mas
congnuca eoutG OF inc village on NJ
mieriine. where the enemy IS ho'".lk
his ground on the lcl' bank OF '"'
river. ~,-.. 49,,
drove the enemy back from me WI,
lace Of Ur.ch toward The village o.
Iuka. In q successful bayone' HEN'
we captured 1,ooo prisoners.
Dniestcr Positions Taken.
The Berlin Official communication
ssys; 49,. -. storm YES
terday afternoon by Austrian troops.
me positions between the Dniester AZ
Nikolaiow and lCmberg we're a'S0
taken. Further north. The line east o!
Iemhcrg- Zoltan-C eturyuka, northeast
- ZoIi{ew. was reached during the
pDrsuit at Rawa Ruska and 20 the
east thereof The situation remains
unchanged In the San and NistUia dis
tricts and 20 the left Of the Upper
Vistula The Russians are beginning
20 retreat
Previous dispatches from the Rus
sian capital related details OF "hat
purported % be the systematic win
drawal Of the Russians from the town.
and Il these details prove correct u ~
believed .r military circles mere lha'
whom the count Is taken Of the Austro-
German booty 70 will not be large 10Y
ss was the case az Przcmys" the kus-
SLAMS are said 20 have worked hard 10
move everything Of military value.
Berlin and Vienna Rejoice.
Berlin and Vienna are reported TO
10 eI1eF with ,oy over the victory OF
tFeir forces. ArchduSc Frederick or
Austria. commander IN chief OF the
Austrian forces, and General August
Won NackcuscD, Of the German army
both have been made field marshais
Of the Prass.au army IN recognition
Of their services.
4 telegram from Vienna says I'm
roror William and Emperor Fiahcls
Joseph purpose TO meet soon IN tHe re
captured GDaclan capital iof Ml'.hs
corcrrorEcs 90 mark the end OF RUSSIA
Cor-irarce Of GaUcia." A dispatch
from Pctrograd says that Emperor
Nicholas lcf. for the front to-day.
Icmberg was occupied by the Kus-
sisrs on September 2, 1914, about one
month after the outbreak Of hostil!tes,
a. the course Il the early Russian
drive into Austria 10 has therefore
been in Russian contrO. for more than
ten months. a..
Ausrro- Germans took PrZemysI from
the forces c.. Emperor Nicholas, II has
been the objective of a series OF herce
and concentrated attacks by the leu
tonic allies. Their success VIII nave
far-rcach.ag political effect. as me
driving out OF the Russians from va
lcig is counted upon in Berlin TO help
,rslr+qir the status quo in the Balkans.
The capture Of Lcmberg was one OF
the earliest important successes OF the
Russians. Following 10 they pushed
onward rapidly through Gallcla. me
IIgh water mark Of the invasion found
almost all the province IN their hands.
They approached within striking dls-
lance OF CracJw, al the western end OF
the province. close TO the German
frontier: st0rmed the heights and
masses Of the Carpathian mountains,
which separate Galicla from hungary
and. % the east, swept down through
the crowrland Of Bukowina TO the Ru-
maniau frontier.
All this has been changed by the
STEADY succession Of Austro- German
victories Of the last few weeks. The
the great drive from Cracow eastward.
Great numbers Of German troops, as
well as vast amount Of field artll-
lery. were sent IN 20 assist the Aus
trians. The use Of artillery by the
Teutonic allies has been described by
correspoDdents as on a scale never be-
fore undertaken. It's effectiveness was
relatively increased by the shortage OF
shells among the RussisnC, which rs
believed 10 have contributed largely to
the weakening Of their resistance.
Province Reclaimed.
The Austro- German armies pushed
westward through Galicia, recaptured
Przemysl June 3, and then, without
pause, struck al Lemberg from the
south and west At no point were the
Russians able 70 withstand the terrific
bombardmeut directed against their
positions, and even the line Of defences
near Grodek, sixteen miles west OF
Lemberg, which is Of great natural
strength, proved TO be untenable.
With LemberR now in her hands,
Austria has reclaimed virtually the
whole province Of Galicia. The fight
ing in this campaign has been Of un-
usual intensity, with heavy losses. Inc
figures Of killed, wounded and capt
ured as given in Austrian, German and
Russian official statements, run into
the hundreds Of thousands.
Russia had made plans for perma-
rent occupation Of Galicia, bringing in
officials 10 set up civil administration
in the territory as fast as Il was
taken Lemberg was rechristened
l.vov, the old Russian Polish name.
The city has a population OF about
100000, and was an important Austrian
military station. Although founded in
the thirteenth century, it Is Of modern
appearance and IS known for its I'm
posing buildings. The city is pro-
tected by outlying forts, although its
defences are much inferior TO those
Of Przemysl.