The Penn's Grove record., 1915-06-25
FRENCH CAPTURE METZERAL
JOFFRE CLOSE TO SOUCHEZ
GERMANS LOSE LABYRINTH
Kaiser's Troops Forced to Retire From Famous Fortifca-
ton--Barred Allied Advance on Lens.
VIENNA CLAIMS REPULSE OF ITALIANS ON EoNzo

Paris The famous Labyrinth
north of Arras, the worst thorn III ehe
side of the French in their ausanoo
On Lens. and the most ~elaDorately
fortified single position on the "noie
western battle line, has 1alien ln'o
the hands of the French 1olio"lns
fierce and prolonged hand-to-hand
fighting.
Extraordinarily violent ttacKs Dy
the French against the 70
the north of Arras continued Win
success. and in the Vosges the French
crossed the Fecht River, an advance
which was conceded in the German
official reports.
The campaign in the west is last
developing into n of the most oes
perately fought since war began "A
wireless dispatch from Berlin says:
Neutral reports assert that the
battle raging near Arras may declde
the fate of northern France. n
French are very strong, but the Ger
mans are continuously bringing up re-
Inducements The losses on Dotn
sides are fearful"
With the Austro-G German besiegers
within artillery range OF the city Oh
Lemberg and delivering the last blows
against the fortress, the Russians nm
ished the work of abandoning that
important railroad centre as a base
and removing munitions, guns n
supplies from the city.
The fall of tnis fortress already has
been rumored. The battle for the
possession of Lemberg has been at
tended by great slaughter.
Dispatches from Austro-German
sources report severe reverses met by
the Italians beyond the Isonzo River.
1t seems that the Austrians are
strongly intrenched in the mountains,
having blasted out from solid rock
positions for their artillery command
ing the important approaches to their
territory.
The British House of Commons
adopted a measure forbidding i'm
ports into Holland except those con-
signed to the Netherlands Overseas
Trust, a concern controlled by the
British Government. 1t was also de-
cided to limit other neutral nations to
an amount of imports of any descrip-
ton, including cotton, not exceeding
the quantity imported in peace time.
RUSSIANS IN GENERAL RETREAT.
Paris.-The Russians have been in
general retreat along their entire
front, after having been forced out
of their position on the W~ereszyea
River, a short distance to the west
of Lemberg.
After hard fighting marked by
further advances, the AustrO-G erman
forces are closing in on Lemberg, and
the sound of big guns are audible in
the Galician capital.
In seven weeks of continuous bat
ties, in which the Russians have re-
treated more than Is miles across
Galicia, the Austro-Germans are as
near, or nearer to the objective of
their hard drive as the Germans were
to Paris in the opening dash of the
war.
Emperor William, in person, has
taken supreme command of the Ga
lician campaign, establishing his
headquarters at Pless, in southeastern
Silesia. This is as heal the front as
the German military men deem it
practicable for the Kaiser to be.
The Berlin official reports says the
Austro-German armies are moving
against Lemberg, both to the north
and south of the city.
After capturing Crodek they took
Russian trenches, one after another
along a front of almost twenty-four
miles to the northwest of the city.
The Muscovites contested every foot
of the ground, and the losses on both
sides mounted rapidly.
Between the Dniester marshes and
III mouth OF the River Stry the Rus
slams have evacuated the southern
bank of the Dniester.
The Russians are reported to be
short of ammunition, and dispatches
from London say that the lack has
been acute.
The weather has been exceptional
for summer. There have been per
sistent rains over the greater part OF
Galicia since the first Of the month
The rivers are out of their banks
and owing to the wide extent of
marshy ground on either side of them
the hardships of the armies have beer
much increased and the suffering and
mortality among the wounded have
been extraordinary.