The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-08

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o. Jane 4. 1915. the Russian OF.
sassvs against the Austro.H ungar.
= .run: eas; Of Lutsk. at TRruopol.
az Immediately north OF the
rrxxm. began. on was on 4 front
1 acre ihan 100 miles on the south.
n end u the Russian battle line }
rAs!r attacks were carried out.
Azxh The Russians had no decisive
Eprcrsty in numbers. In the neigh
srAnd * Tarncpci they were COM
kssy rspalsed by the army Of Cen
sl c9snt von Bothmer. who had
azsa ever the command of the Ger.
asa southern army In succession 10
sawaI voa IAnsingen. but they
~ thru In the two other
- md wen . complete victory.
ksth points they penetrated deep
nhe Austro- Hungarian positions.
nsu vsre all the more critical be-
- he Anstrians had shown such
M pswess of resistance that nj
- Nh The whole eastern front was
, n kspsrdy.
Ains We were anticipating an at.
~ % our front south Of Rigal.
y cnstaiely started divisions on
= E1ihxart march. Field Marshal
hs1fs Lecpold OF BavariA's army
essp sscgth Of Ludeudorffsi also
Ns1ndsd to the requirements Of the
ecu11r. Our general headquarters
~ ssasy demands on both groups
y as0 withdrew divisions from the
81 The battle OF the Sonme had
- Yc begun. Austria gradually
fu or the Italian offensive and
- zocps TO the Eastern front.
ne Italian army now started n
a'assr offensive In the Tyroi. The
= q Ire war had changed COM
NsF Not much later the opening
as sonms battle and Rumania's
AFaron az war was TO make our
Won still more unfavorablc.
n&laNs HAD
m RESERVES
1aaass 70 the failure Of the Aus.
- asfense. the Russian offensive
L1'sk made rapid progress. and
1s'1ing the railway to K0vel. coon
'aszed the stochod about 40
- iFcru the starting point. The
- herman reinforcements became
4'sFst In the retreat. A new Ger.
. mort vas gradually created on
d socnoi on both sides OF the rail-
- me Russians had not followed
NJ sulartly in a westerly dirsc.
- a'lno great victory was beck.
g them. They had too few 70
a. ~ hand to make fun use OF
"a opportunity.
4 saturtzky and Kisielin. south
u vest Of stochod. the beaten Aus
- army was able to collect it's
aAhu II was obvious that the
" q The Austrian army which
'&apsd at Lutsk would have to
~ -. back quickly to avoid being
80 %. Here Brusiloff was not
Ergit S ''' 0''N
- arrival Of further reserves
! 7 sihened the front on both sides
~ hoveLLutsk railway. They
- W with the Fourth army fur.
-. y. na'n and somewhere near Goro-
\. iorrned strong counter often
- Doup behind the Austrian wing
uhs TO the southwest. Our
!. - situation did not allow of
80. sa'las for the arrival OF all our
ksher " a'''icN an 10
MOTHER
1Ak.THRU
counter attacks Of the Ger.
uoops during the latter half Of
- ana Early part Of July obtained
~aI successes. The Russian
j ",'se on the Dniester had broken
e. austrian divisions under
~. 81 Won Pflanzer Baltin In the
~ ,aniatn direction north and
49, Of czernowltz) and south
fs,s.4 fiyer soon gained a lot Of
u czernowitz fell. By the
4 = sane the Russians had reach.
d.. ~ rom Tiumacz south Of the
zy I 70 koiomea and Kimpo-
~. u. an advance Of more than so
u ~. ano we're pushing on toward
~ a'pathian passes.
h.ss,.nr austrian front south Of the
lxsss. originally a very short one
iss,I.,n me river and the RumanIan
hsss mad now become very much
4 s,,,aa. nd this long new line was.
Ds;.. nov correspondlngly thin
nessss 70 the extraordinarily bad
sqId .n, communications. reserves
Aa,.s w 49,, Be brought up with the
a. aiiieuity. German troons
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