New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-19
RUSSIANS SHELL
HALICz KEY LINE
Railway Communications
Under Fire-Battle on
for Dominating Ridge

London. Oct. ls.-The battle In the
Halicz sector OF Galicia Is growing IN
intensity. Battering at the enemy
lines with their most powerful forces
the Russians have wedged themselves
into a position which now threatens
seriously the Teuton line Of communi-
cations from Halics to Lemberg.
Three miles north OF the Haliez
bridgehead, in the angle formed by the
junction of the Narayuvka and Gnila
Lipa rivers, the fghtinR has reached
It's greatest fury. The opposing troops
arc still battling for complete posses
sion of the dominating height in this
sector. Part of it the Russians already
hold. and from this point Letchltsky's
guns are pouring down a destructive
fire on the railway running northwest
frem Hslicz to Jidstchef.
Would Isolate Halter
Success in this struggle voald permit
the Russians to cut this railway just
outside Of Halicz. Such a stroke
would isolate Halicz and perhaps com
mel Won Bothmer to abandon me lihe
along the Gnila Lipa. The Teutops
would be thrown back upon Lembers
itself.
The Germans and Austrians are fight
ing desperately and making il extreme
ly costly for the Russians to gain any
advantage. Bavsrian troops, after SUI
fering a setback to-day, rallied quickly
and mastered g strong Russian pom
Of support on the Narayuvka. TINS
they could not hold, but they inflicted
heavy losses on the Cars troops before
tbey we're hurled back TO their former
positions.
North Of Ketropstnika the Russians
scored another success, capturing ad-
vaneed posts of the enemy. Although
the fighting continued in the Car.
pathians. a heavy fall Of snow served
70 lessen the attacks. The Volhyniar
hattie has almost worn itself out, sc
furious and sustained have been the
attacks Of the last two weeks. In this
time the Russians have hardly sue
ceeded In making a dent in the Teutor
defences.
Fight Fierce, Petrogrsd Says
The Russian statement says:
Southeast Of the little town OF Ozor-
any the enemy bombarded our trenches
with asphyxiating shells and twice at
tackled our detachments. He was re
PEELED by our FIRE.
North of KoTytniza fierce and obsti
nate fighting continues. AL the enemy
counter attacks were repealed. Colone
Adiiey. who had just returned to the
front after having been seriously
wounded, was again wounded IN botn
legs SIS he led his gallant regiment tc
the attack.
South Of Korosmezo and near Dorns
Watra (Carpathians) all the enemy at
tacks we're repealed. In the Carpathl-
ans snow is falling and there is fog Al
some places"
Beriin's official report says:
Army group Of Prince Leopold Of
Bavaria: After the failure. with heavy
losses Of strong infantry attacks
against our front west Of Lutsk Tn
Volhvnia) the enemy limited his eff
forts there to spirited artillery FIRE. In
fantry. which attacked an Austro-Hun
garian position near zwyzyn, northwest
OF Zalocze, was driven back to its
trenches, with heavy losses, by our FIRE.
"On the western bank of the Nara
vuvka. southwest Of Herbutov, Baya-
risn troops, after effective artillery
preparntion. stormed a Russian point
Of support and brought back two of
GERS. $50 men and twelve machine
guns
Vienna issues the following state
ment:
EAST OF Kirlibsba (Carpathisns)
our troops repulsed several Russian
attacks. On the Bystritsa, at Sulot-
vina (Galicia). there were outpost en-
gagements. On the upper Sereth an
enemy attempt was nipped In the bud