RUSSIAN CONFIDENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 15817, 31 May 1915, Page 6

RUSSIAN CONFIDENCE.

p TIDE SLOWLY TURNING. Str't ' * . ... l ! MACKENSEN’S BLOW AT PRZEMYSL. Is. I ip f ITALY MAKING PROGRESS k:\ - ~ ' < ' INTO THE TRENTINO. K, — THE FRENCH FEINT AT KUiVi KALE. n i - '■ . . ■ ; GERMANY FLOUTS AMERICA. f. HOLLAND SCENTS DANGER. IT; * 1 Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.

I MACKENSEN'S BLOW TO ENCIRCLE PRZEMYSL. "i. ITS FAILURE PREDICTED. SOUTHERN WING CUT UP. PETROGRAD, May 30. ■ , (Received May 31, at 9.15 a.m.) ' ~' Official r The enemy Lave made prodigious efforts in the last few days to encircle Przemytsl. The enemy on the. Sun River began to ' change their front on May 20, eonslruct- - ing 15 bridges. General Mackensen on May 24 hurled his armies between the rivers Lim.utalehn.vka and San. Simultaneously the enemy's left flank, with hundreds of thousands of infantry and 1.000 guns, attempted to turn us oil the left bank of the San on a 15-mile front in the direction of Radymno and Drogotcher. , r- The Austro-Uennan armies. which should have aided Mackensen to turn Przemysl from the south, were, however, decimated nea.r Guf.sakow, while Rimanof j (the hero of Port Arthur) crushed the gar- i rison -it Labisseco, behind Mackensen. Mackensen is repeating on a much larger scale his manrcuvre- at Lodz in November. His present move is still incomplete. Though some of his infantry regiments lost three-quarters of their effectives, it is premature for us to speak yet of the result, Respite favorable signs* to Russia. f.V ( f HIS FAILURE PREDICTED. GRAND DUKES STRATEGY. LONDON. .May 30. . 'Received May 51,. at 9.15 a.m.) The 'Observer's' Retrograd correspon- .,. dent says that the Grand Duke Nicholas has again proved the superiority of his strategy. The German battering'ram became immobilised for a week, and was heavily hammered. Then it attempted a tactical move, but its development was slow, owing to the distance from the railways. Tfc is impossible to repair the battering ram's failure. RUMANIA. ANOTHER GERMAN ENVOY. GENEVA, May 50. (Received May 31, at 9.15 a.m.) Prince Dewedel. Germany's special envoy, has arrived at Bucharest to make a last effort to prevent Rumania joining the Allies. THE FESTUBERT FIGHT. ANOTHER DETAILED ACCOUNT. YOUNG RIUTISII OFFICERS PROVE NEW DRAFTS' VALUE. London .'Times' and Sydney 'Sim' Services. LONDON, May 30. 'The TimesV correspondent, with British Headquarters gives the following story of J?estubert: The battle commenced on the night of ■May 15 with the advance of the German ■liner, between Neiive Chapelle and Givenehy. 'Ehe residts of a fortnight's fighting ■were to drive back the German front for more than a mile. It now resembles a string of beads, each bead a. fortress eniilading our further advance. It is thus necessary to destroy them piecemeal before a connected forward movement is . lossible. At the outset of our advance the enemy attempting a barn.ge of lire behind us, making it perilous to send up men and munitions. Rain, however, nullified their cannonade, numerous shells sinking into the earth and failing to burst. Hand bombs played a large part in our attack. When clearing the enemy trenches seven Welsh Fusiliers seized 500 yards, taking 102 prisoners—an unparalleled exploit. A company of Scots Guards who were cut off fought to the last, man, and were found afterwards lying dead, surrounded by swathes of the ei'semv. The Festubert advance was due to the :nagnificent initial work of the emdneeis. forking under a heavy fire. The most importaiit'lessou of the. present phase, of the fighting is the value of the young,officers.- Ali the battalions engaged at Fertubert, except the Tei-ntorials, h;>d been fighting since October, their engagements including the lirst battle of Ypres, ■where they sulfeied desperate- losses. In view of the new officer drafts, the Festubert advance seemed a risky experiment, ■<. but-it worked perfectly. The, youngsters . are popular, keen, and highly competent. ;-' The army is ."nil of strenuous optimism, unshaken eor.fvlence, and a determination to finish tho job I ' AN AH* DUEL. ~/\- 'FRENCH AVIATOR WINS. £•:, • % PARIS, May 30. !£>•;-'' (FSearfred May 31, at 8.45 a.m.) Hf£ •., A French aviator in an air duel fired a jljS'Srxevolvei- and killed Lieutenant Von Ihilow, llll&belieyed to be a relative of the ex-Chancel-HgglßV&The! German observer was also killed.