The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-08
SLAVIC ONSLAUGHT
! NET By DEADLY
/ MACHINE GUN LINE
Berlin Declares Eastern Gale
clan Attacks Stopped gby
q Whirlwind Of Fire
PETRO CRAD CLAIMS
| PROGRESS ON LEMBERC
German Official Report Tells
Of Tremendously Effective
Use Of Artillery in Breaking
Up Attacks

HAT battles description the Muscovite
lrmies hung themselves early yester-
Hay into 1 battle whose outcome may
en1usnce the future OF free Russia.
Alternately Ave armies whose total
strength Ii estimated At easily a mil
hon men attacked the Teutons Al five
widely separated points on soS-miie
front In the direction Of Lemherg
from the east, southeast and south
ooutheast. far down south In the Car
pAthians and far up north around
Ptnsk
Up TO this evening the results were
efill obscure A semi ofiiciai state
naent from Petroxrad, issued last mid
might. reported decided progress for
the Russians eaet OF Lemherg and
Esrouth southeast OF the Gal!cian capital.
1.-TWO villages. a series OF important
B heaehss and fortified forest were
saA 10 have been captured. The state
Efnent spoke ct new drive west OF
/ Pink and said the city itself was In
4 ~ ~ - ..
Germans Claim victory.
AZ variance with thea. claims II
M German war once bulletin ts-
sNreA fhis afternoon reporting an "ex-
1eainx eAnguinary defeat" Of the
Nuaatana IN Eastern Uaiicia, the re-
CarhathiAns and saying nothing OF q
RAAttle ~ Pinsk The Petrcerad refer
sFce 10 such hattie ID believed hers
Is contain an error IN cable trAnsnais-
Gon. Pinsk and Its Immediate eastern
approaches ~ well ~ the line north
ana south are In German hands AL
around the city lie the famous Pirsk
e-rwnmaFe xssd rrssrstes- =
battle In this region II 10 raeinE con.
stderabiy 10 the east o. northeast or
P.nSk. military critics believe.
Tondon II eagerly awaiting ampli-
fscAttnn from the Russian war cs!1tse OF
the preliminary semi ofnciai mtdnient
statement
That statement said With regard to
he fl9ftinx IN Gaiicia that At some
Nofntp the ffth siberian corps ana the
seventeenth ana Forty-ninfh corps
have panetsated the Teuton hrst iine
and .. some nosrts n second
slavs Fight Like Laon~.
No slowing account hv Rufsian front
rorresrordents or az the PetroKrAd
M once could emphasize In more
e&rfktnr manner the alr1ost suuerhu.
ns.an heroism ~ the aua~ovites than
6oea the officiai bulletin from Berlin.
~ seIzuaafan div.sions" II SAYS. rushed
aeainet our front with deeply ranked
frtsh forces eng CONSTANTLY hrouEns
Yorward The enemv repeated MS AZ
faeks until Afternoon Later on the
Jeremy attacked REGARDLESS OF All
RnssaADs v's~ Tanks
For the flrAt time the Russians used
Fss.yHuts-. tn their att1ctG-A efiin-an-
esrtr tl1ey were Of no avail. heins
l.xhNt "a pieces,' A. the Russians.
their Arm onslaught checked bv the
kAasted ..machsne mn front" which
54fndanbur1 personally established pc
f0rSs M left the Russian front - be-
conne chief Of STAN, were compelled 20
\ StreAta bsrk Variable aerial army
I ,.sss~neA them. Bombs rained upou
sehem from overhead while behind
1 fhesn the Ynnrderous Teuton nre
Viewed havoc IN the retreatinE ranka
Il f4Unirv had been concentrated ~
IL EsiIofY Immediately behind tho at
e~rfin9 front Tr@ Germans took II
ss,n6er their long range flre and scat
&orod Il 10 bits
rs the valiant Ccssrrhr Al THIS
Nae6nt nothing. E--i~ssoms plckeG
ToFp6 from whose midst there was nos
n ,es,a tleeertsor WREN ri Russia was ~
Al, rrr md t1scusna N tirp north t,as-
4eneA 20 ret their share m the Tres
ssrAss dlsfr4Ortton. thsse troops re-
4 sS,.nSA n rive mp The battle even
sSGAsnnt fhaon oddA oulckly thew raj
ESSSS1 ma -einfoPced N new divisinns
49, turned a&ain N the Zoe rnshinA
fcrward into ths cyc3cne rs sheA, nsr-
TN asserts tha nov eeeAule ~ ms y
mo fate - the MfeN xha onscsa,
SYSrnrraA story n ettIs to No told.
ssc1a pturen orders IN Ahs French
n SS "a ss,~ss aid on4 naseare IN the Nor.
EaS3S 5SHast ..raxeal by whom fha Has.
~ ershy has been driven 70 IN q.
Kn1e 5vhfen wrought r. NO DncceSs ~