The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-06-19
Only SuCcess by the Germans
Was to Turn Right
Wing.
REPORT FROM PETROGRAD
The Situation in Calicia Is
Cause of Big Retreat-Fight-
ing of Past Few days Is Sum-
married..

PETROGRAD, June 1S.-An Off
cial review of the recent operations
on the Russo-Austrian front, given out
today, says;
"The development of the battle
along the Tismenitza Svika front,
along which one of the six armies at
tacking our forces in Galicia is oper-
ating. will serve to give some idea or
the magnitude of the actions in this
region. The significance of the opera
tions in the vicinity of Stry is found
in the fact that they were an en-
deayor to turn our front opposed 10
the phalanxes under Gen. Won Mack
ensen. The eventual successes of the
enemy in the direction of the Stry and
I,emberg would have been OF great
help to the offensive in Gen. Macken-
sen. Failure, on the other hand,
would have meant that Mackensen's
operations wer merely a series or
fruitless frontal attacks.
"The aforementioned sector or the
Dniester river, however, was not the
scene of the principal fighting, even
with regard to the number OF troops
engaged. On May Is the enemy,
closely following our troops retiring
from the Carpathians, met our opno-
sition in the region east Of Droho-
bvcz. northwest of Stry and in the vi
cinity of Belachow. On the 18th the
enemy brought all his forces into
action, but at the end of two days he
was compelled to quit this offensive,
having lost tens of thousands OF
men.
"His only success in eight days
fighting was the turning of our right
wing near Stonsko, with the threat
of possible outflanking movement
During this week we were passive,
confining our operations to extermi'
mating the enemy as he appeared
near our trenches. The next four
DAYS were devoted by the enemy to
bringing together the heavy artillery
and supporting detachments. May 25
saw the beginning of the decisive at
tack and the crisis came on the fifth
day of the fighting. A powerful force,
composed of three German divisions
succeeded at the price Of incredible
sacrifices in carrying Stry. Perceiv'
attacking us-they constituted the
right wing of the opposing army-we
took the offensive and drove them
/ back
"For three days, May 30, May 81
and June /, we were undecided
whether to ATTEMPT to turn the Ger
mans, who had broken through
our front near Stry, or to fall back on
the Dniester The general situation
in Galicia finally caused us to adopt
the latter course.
"On the night of June 2 the enemy
demonstrated against our bridge.
heads in the direction Of Mikalajow
losing several thousand men.
"The principal attack was delivered
by the army under General Won Both
mer at point more to the east. The
attack against Zidaczow was repulsed
but on June General Won Bothmer
crossed the Dniester near Juravno and
on June 8, occupied the left bank for
a distance of Is miles.
June 8 and June 8 the bulk of
the German forces were decisively
defeated and thrown back across the
Dniester. Nevertheless, on June 13
the German commander, beginning a
general offensive, delivered q new at.
tack with the remains Of his regil
ments. The principal German force
moved along the right bank Of the
Stry and attacked our brldgehead
near ZidaczOw ,,-I si i
Toward the 18th of June the time
came for another reserve Of the enc.
my. At Bereznia and Krufeygha
alone we killed with the bayonet and
buried one thousand Germans who
had abused the white flag
Between May 20 and June Is we
| captured in this sector 10000 prts
oners. including 500 officers; over fOC
machine guns and two dozen cannon
"The total losses of the enemy br
front Of thirty-eight miles we're be
tween 10000 and 10000 men.
Dense additional columns de
scended the slopes of the Carpathiar
mountains daily and reinforced tht
/ enemy. Many supplementary detach
ments, originally destined for eastern