RUSSIANS READY TO MAKE A STAND

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2502, 1 July 1915, Page 5

RUSSIANS READY TO MAKE A STAND

THUS FAR AND NO FURTHER MORALE UNSHAKEN BY THE GREAT RETREAT By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright ->. Petrograd, Juno 29. Officers of the Russian-General Staff state that a satisfactory regrouping of the forces has been carried out in Galicia, and they are now ready to oppose effectively any further incursion k Galicia or- Southern Russia. ("Tirnej" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) ; London, June 29. A correspondent says that, in Petrograd, eye-witnesses of the recent fighting in Galicia, relate innumerable episodes showing that ' the morale of tho troops is not a whit affected by the continuous retreat. Wherever tho artillery sufficed, the Russians easily withstood the attacks, and drove back the enemy. There is a tendenoy in some quarters to attribute the Russian withdrawal in Galicia to the enemy's overwhelming superiority. Some newspapers estimate that the Austro-Germans on this front numbered four million. ' Such statements are obviously unfounded; the figures are grossly exaggerated. Even if correct, they .ire far below the total at the disposal of the Russians, RUSSIAN REARGUARD HEAVILY ENGAGED ENEMY REPULSED WITH ENORMOUS LOSSES. " a (Rec. Juno 30, 11.30 p.m.) Petrograd, June 30. Official.—"There is a lull on the Niemen, oil the Narew, and on the left bank of the Vistula, but a great advance of enemy forces between the sources of the Veprme in the Lublin district and the western Bug, continues. Our rearguard positions on Sunday and Monday repulsed several German attacks. "The hostile army on the Dniester, reinforced by fresh German troops, sought by the most desperate attacks on the. Bukaczovetz-Martynovo front to throw into confusion our retirement towards Guilalipa, but failed after suffering enormous losses." ' t' GERMAN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. (Rec. June 30, 10.35 p.m.) London, June 30. A German official communique states: —"General von Linsingen has repulsed the Russians entirely from Halicz to Firslejow, and across Guilalipa. Fighting continues. ■ "The enemy further north has retreated behind the Bug River, below Kamionka. "The enemy north and north-west of Mostywielkie, fifty kilometres north of Lemberg, and'north-east and west of Tomasow, offered resistance, but were everywhere repulsed. Here our troops are now in Russian territory. "The Russians are beginning to evacuate their positions at Taneff, on the Lower San." RUSSIAN SHORT-TERM BONDS IN LONDON MARKET. (Rec. June 30, 11.20 p.m.) . ■ _ Petrograd, June 30. An Imperial Russian Dccree authorises the placing of fifty million sterling short term bonds on tho London market.

ON" THE ROAD-FROM AB.LAIN TO ANGRES. By Tolugmph—Press Ascociatiou—Copyright Paris, June 29. A communique states"Our infantry has progressed on the sunken-road from Ablain to Angres." GERMAN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. (Rec. Juno 30, 10.35 p.m.) s London, June 30. . An official communique from Berlin states:—"The French on the Mouse Heights five times attacked the positions south-west of Los Sparges, which wo captured on June 2(3. The attacks failed, with heavy enemy losses." OPERATIONS ON THE AUSTRQ-ITA LIAN FRONT AUSTRIANS IN DISORDERLY RETREAT IN CARNIA 7 By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright, (Rec. June 30, 11.20 p.m.) Cenoa, June 30. A La Bach correspondent states that the Italians have captured a largo number of trenches on the Carnia front, where the Austrians are in disorderly retreat. ■ .