Omaha daily bee., 1915-09-11
RUSSIANS STRIKE
ANOTHER SEVERE
BLOW AT ENEMY
Fifteen Thousand Prisoners Taken
in a Battle Fought with the
Austrian Forces at
Trembowla.
ARE UNABLE TO FOLLOW IT UP
Pursuit Stops at River sereth Be-
cause Of InferiOrity of Musco-
vites in Artillery.
SITUATION IN THE WEST MIXED

LONDON. Sept. 10.--The Russian
victory at Tarnopol, eastern Gallcia,
Eas been followed by another effec-
tive blow at the Austrians at Trem-
bowla. twenty miles further south.
In the combined actions more than
$4,000 prisoners have been taken,
according to Petrograd's reports. As
was the case at Tarnopol, the Rus
SLAMS were unable to follow up the
advantage gained at Trembowla,
owing to their inferiority IN artillery,
and the Austrians were not pushed
beyond the line OF the river Sereth.
Basing It's judgment on reports that the
Germans are fortifying themselves
strongly in tho vicinity OF wilma, together
with the trend of events on the southern
wing of the eastern front and the slow
progress OF the Teutonic centcr, tho Brit
ish feeling Il that cessation of the Aus
tro-Gerfnan offensive In the east may be
at hand. Such development would spell
victory for that faction of the German
general staff which has argued that the
ienEthenlng of communications was IN
vOlv,ng too much risk TO warrant a fur
ther advance.
situation In Arwonne Mixed.
French and German claims are 80 con
tradictory that Il 10 impossible at this
time to obtain a clear view OF the sitpa-
ton In the Argonnc. where the German
Gown prince is reported TO have made
lconHiderable progress. The French are
attempting to recover the lost ground,
which the Germans assert includes tho
fortified position of Marie Therese. Il Is
likely that this region viii witness some
of the hitterest fighting In the west dur
ing the next ten days.
Germans Take Trenches.
BERLIN, Sept. 10.-Cvia London.)-
French trenches near schratztmannele
and Hartmans-w wiierkopf in the vosges
have been captured by storm by German
troops, army headquarters officially an
nounced today
| Trench is Recaptured.
PARIS, Sept. l0.--Artilery fighting %
tinued yesterday and last--a4Kiit-
the lines In France. according to an
nouneement made today by the French
war office.
III tno NobBea tne GerfnanS made use OF
asphyxiating shells and flaming liquids,
as result OF which a French trench OF
the first line had TO be evacuated. A
French counter attack recovered the
greater portion OF the lost ground.
The statement given out by the war
office reads:
There was continued artillery fighting
last night in the vicinity of Arras, in
front OF Roye and on the front in Cham
payne.
TN the Argonne In the sector OF Lahar-
asee, there was fighting with hand
grenades and bombs. as well as rifle ex-
changes from trench to trench. together
with effective Intervention on several
different occasions by our batteries.
TN the Vosges the enemy yesterday at
tackled our positions between the Lange--
kopf, as far as the Barrenkopf, making
use OF asphyxiating shells. At Schwartz
mannele, trench OF the first line had to
be evacuated. following the throwing by
the enemy of flaming liquids. A counter
attack made It possible for us to recap
ture the greater portion of the lost
ground and to secure a position about
thirty feet from that portion of the
trench we could not reoccupy Along the
rest Of this front our positions were yir-
tually maintained.
Yesterday evening the Germans deliv-
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