Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-07-30
RUSSIANS TAKE
OFFENSIVE NEAR
SOKAL, GALICIA
Petrograd Claims to Have Thrown
the Teutons Back Across the
Dniester River by Coun-
ter Move.
GERMANS ADVANCE FROM ROAR
Reported Capture of One Village
Sixty Miles from Warsaw is
Only Definite News.
REST OF LONG LINE SEEMS QUIET

LONDON, July 2S.-Except from
sokal, Galicia, where the Russians
claim by a counter offensive to have
thrown back the Austro- o-Hungarians
across the Dneister river, little
definite news reached London this
morning from the eastern battle
front. To the east OF the Narew
river. the extent OF the German ad-
vance from Rozan is marked by the
capture of the village OF Goworowo,
which lies only six miles from the
river.
The exact status OF the operations
on the eastern frontier is proving a
puzzle to students OF the Warsaw
campaign, even Petrograd being un-
certain whether the vast operations
between the Bug and the vistula
rivers mark the crisis of the battle or
only pause, to allow one side or
the other to draw breath or re.
arrange It's forces.
Along the western front eompars,,,,,
quiet prevails. with Berlin clainine ana
Faris admitting the reoccupation of
trenches In the souchez sector.
Lull Along laonso.
Rome explains the luil along the Isonso
river front on the ground that the Italians
are engaged in orEanizing and securing
the positions which they won on the
Cafao plateau, but Vienna claims the lack
or activity means the Termination of
italian success after an Austrian-TIun.
sartan defense along the whole chosen
battleline
herman submarine warfare which ragged
around the Orkney Islands at the end
OF last week. presumably against trade
with the only open Russian port, Arch
angel, has bcen transferred to the north
east coast OF Suffolk whore several
neutral as we'll as British ships have
fallen victims 70 the undersea commerce
raiders. -ese-r
Houmania May Feed Teutons.
Tho situation in the near east remains
apparently unchanged. 30 far as any de-
parture from neutrality IL concerned, but
the entente allies already are showing
considerable irritation over Bulgaria's
successful negotiations with Turkey and
they soon may transfer their displeasure
10 Roumania. which is reported TO be
ready TO lift the embargo on the export
OF grain. thereby supplying the central
powers with a huge accusation OF food
supplies
French OtficiaI R.SVOrt.
PARIS, July 2.-The French war de-
partment today gave out the following
statement;
"In the Artois region there was the
customary bombardment last night and
in the souchez sector. there were several
engagements with hand grenades and
bombs. In the Argonne there has been
fighting with bombs and torpedoes In
the vicinity OF Ragatelle and at courte
| Chaussee.
Near ST. Hubert, as well as in the
forest OF Malancourt. we blew up by
means OF mines. several German posi-
| tions.
I'm the vosages at LAngekopf. in the
positions taken by us July %. we picked
up yesterday 200 German corpses and
took possession OF two machine guns 800
rifles and a great quantity Of munitions
and equipment The German forces left
on the ground at Barrenkopf more than
400 dead. The exact number OF German
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