The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-07-08
RUSSIANS GAIN
NEW VICTORIES,
TAKE1,049 MEN
They Capture Two Lines of
Heights in Galicia
Offensive.
THREE ATTACKS MADE
Enemy's Efforts to Regain
Ground Fail, Except at
Few Points.
THREE ATTACKS MADE

LONDON, July THE renewed Rus
sian offensive, this time a series Of
strong attacks at separated points on
the Galician front. has met with consid-
cradle success on practically all of the
battlehelds. Despite stubborn counter
attacks, made with fresh reserves which
the Germans have put into action, val
liable positions and l.O4s prisoners have
been captured.
Gen. Brusllofr's troops demonstrated
to-day that the offensive Of July 1 was
no mere flash in the pan. and that the
new Russian army has every whit the
staying power of the old. Though their
losses were heavy. the Russians per.
sisted alike in attack and in fighting
back counter attacks, giving Germans
and Austrians a terrific pounding.
Their greatest success was gained ir
that region OF Galicia east of Lem.
berg. The strong German trenches or
the heights northwest OF Presovce ant
the second range. east of Godov, were
stormed and held after the fiercest fight
Ing. The two villages OF Lavrikovce anC
Travotloki were also held. At one time
the Russians penetrated the village OF
Godov itself and seemed in a fair wa,
to capture 1t.
Fighting with Bayonet.
Then came the German counter at
tackR In which the lighting was with
the bayonet. Six strongly fortified DO
sitions captured by the Russians changed
hands time after time as tho brown OF
the gray lines swept over them. Al
some places the Germans forced bach
the Russians, but at the end of the fight
the two lines of hills and Lavrikovct
and Travotloh remained firmly Russian
In this fight seventeen officers and 67s
men were taken.
A second attack was delivered in III,
region Of Stanislau. and directly TOWARD
Halizcz. the key to Lemberg. In thi,
nghting, on the first rolling ground tha
leads up to the Carpathian range, III,
russian troops forced Germans anC
Austrians from their trenches on a from
OF several miles from Jamnica to Pa
sechna, northeast of Stanislau. Suu fur
tner south, and almost in the main rang,
or the Carpathlans. the Russians tool
tne village OF Sviniuchi, north of Mad
worna. In these engagements the Rus
SLAMS took $50 prisoners
The third Russian attack was n.a
Zlochoff, almost directly east Of Galtcia
Here the Russians attacked the Teuto,
fortlncations at Katkovmanaiuv, afte
| artillery preparation. In the first rusl
OF the attack the Muscovite troop
stormed three lines of Teuton trenches
The German counter attacks were ex
ceptionally strong here, however, an,
nnally they succeeded in winning bacl
the lost ground.
Germans Claim Victory.
The net result OF the Russian ofrensiy
or group OF offensives-Is, howeve,
far different from that claimed by Ber
I'm In another statement OF the kind tina
was issued after the July / attack, Th
whole anair was IAN exceedingly san
gulnary defeat OF the Russians" tn
Germans say not admitting the losa n
a single position.
| According to this statement the Rms
slams used armored cars. which wer
shot to pieces" and when they retreate
were oombarded by German airplane
and their cavalry shelled by long rang
guns.
| This statement also endeavors TO CON
vince the Russians and the Gerna n
that the other Allies, especially Franc,
are forcing the soldiers OF free Russia I
night, reaching this conclusion by tn
fact that the Russian army orders wer
written In French, which has long bee
the language used for much official an
army business In Russia This state
ment also is part of the propaganda I
weaken Russia's loyalty and to reassur
the Germans themselves.
Earlier semi-official reports were give
out In Petrograd announcing the earle
successes OF the Russians. These men
TONED a heavy bombardment on IN
Pinsk front, in which the city OF Pins
was said to be In flames The only mer
ton or Pinsk In the official statemer
issued later Is that Russian mine sweer
ers cleared the River Pima, which flow
by Pinsk.