Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-06-30
PetrOgrad, However, De
clareS AustrO-German
Losses Are Heavy.
FRENCH HAMMER AWAY
AT GERMAN LINE IN ARRAS
Paris Claims Some Progress
and Reports All German At
tacks Repulsed.

A new retreat by the Russians from
the Vistula river and the district OF
Zamose. southeast of Lublln, in Rus
sian Poland, is announced in the Off
cial report from Berlin today
No loss in the driving power of the
Teutonc armies. before which the
Russians are retreating eastward, is
indicated by the latest official reports
from the front. All along the line
from Eastern Galieia northward well
into Russian Poland the Grand Duke
Nicholass forces are being pushed
back although fighting stubbornly as
they retreat and infiicting heavy
losses on the pursuing Teutons.
The French are hammerng aw.iN
at the German positions in the Arras
region and making some progress,
they report. meanwhile frustrating
German attempts to gain anew
ground in the Vosges, east of Metz
eral, the possession of which has all
ternated recently.
The Germans report repulses of at
tempts by the French to regain terri-
tory lost in the Meuse hills.
Predictions from French sources are
that an important success for the
allied arms in the Dardanelles Is on
the eve of achievement, the claim
being made that the Turkish trooDs
on the Gallipoli peninsula are show
ing signs of exhaustion and that they
VIII be unable to hold their position
at krithia much longer.
After recent attacks by the allies.
resulting in an appreciable advance.
1t Is declared, 5000 Turkish dead were
found in the trenches ON the front
taken by the French.
by the Associated Press.
BERLIN. June 30 (via London. 81
y. m.)-The Russians have begun
retreat from the Vistula river and the
district of Iamosc, southeast of Llib-
lin, In Russian Poland according to
the ofiiial statement issued today by
the German army headquarters staff.
The text of the statement follo@s
In the western theater There were
no enemy operations Of great impoyt-
anee yesterday in the neighborhood OF
Arras
An advance made by the enemy III
the labyrinth north of Ecurie was
repulsed
In the Meuse hills west of Les
Eparges, the enemy has been at
tempting since the evening of June rs
TO recapture the positions which we
had taken. Their efforts were in vain.
Yesterday they undertook four fierce
attacks, all of which We're repulsed
with heavy losses.
In the eastern theater: There is
nothing to report.
In the southeastern theater: Our
attacks on the Gnila Lipa are pro-
gressing
East and northeast of Lemberg
the situation is unchanged.
Between the Bug and the Vistula
rivers the German anu Austro- Hum
garlan troops have reached the dis
tricts of Belz KomanoW and Zamosc.
and the northern border of the forest
plantations in the Tanew sections.
Also on line formed by the banks OF
the Vistula and by the district OF
Zawich. to the east of Zorow, the
enemy mas commenced a retreat
An enemy aeroplane was forced to
descend behind our lines. The occu-
pants of the machine were made pris-
oners"
BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, June 30. 2:37 p. m.-The
French war department today gave
out the following official statement:
In the region to the north Of Arras
last night saw violent cannonade,
together with some infantry engage
ments. To the north of the Chateu
Curleul We made slight progress; to
the south, at the Cabaret Rouge, q
German attack was repulsed.
In the Vosges German troops eng
deavored, at about 2 o'clock, to de-
liver fresh attack against our posi-