THE RUSSIANS.

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 2732, 31 May 1915, Page 3

THE RUSSIANS.

KEEPING THE ENEMY BUSY Petrograd, May 30.

Official. —We dislodged the Germans from Kurtoxiany, Shavli district. The enemy are retreating in disorder and the Russians are actively pursuing.

There is no important change at Van. Some villages in Tukhaia distnict changed hands several times. The enemy prepared attacks by bombarding the Russian positions with asphyxiating bombs. Numerous prisoners from Mackensen's army are unanimous that the enemy's losses were enormous. We repulsed three enemy attacks'eastward of Gussakow and the

enemy fell back to first positions wit

heavy losses. The battle' between the Dniester marshes and Dolena was characterised by great violence. Large enemy forces, regardless of- losses, marched obstinately to assault the Russian positions. Theso attacks were repulsed. We seized the offensive on the left bank of the Svitza and on the whole front to the Lomnitza. Our offensive near Perekhinsky is successfully devolpiug. We here took 3200 prisoners, 72 officers, and the flag of the Honved Regiment, and several machine guns.

Military authorities are attaching greater importance to the invasion o

the Baltic provinces, where the Germans are steadily reinforcing their troops which are grouped in three bodies at Libau, Rossien, and east of Shavli. It is stated that General Falkenhauseli, who is commander, has brought troops from France. The Germans lost ground considerably during the past fortnight. Their original idea "was to fight on a short front and drive in a wedge with, massed forces, but the Russian strategy compelled them to extend, and they thus lost their initial advantage.

Official. —The Russians at Van captured 20 guns, other, arms, and great stores of provisions, also the Government., treasury. The Turks were pursued southward and westward and sustained heavy losses.

The success at Saineawa interrupt■d a number of Austro-Germans in Vest Galicia going to Trentino.

Official. —We captured the stronghold of Bubie near Shavli, capturing upAvards of 1000. We have assumed the offensive north-west and eastAvard of Seniawa, inflicting heavy_ losses. We captured the fortifications of Pgany front from the Third Caucas-

ian Corps, taking prisoner 6000 Aus-tro-Geriiians and capturing six heavy and six field guns of the Caucasians. Later we carried Seniaiva by assault, taking prisoner 1000 and taking five guns. Nevertheless, the enemy, oaving to considerable superiority in artillery, gained ground on both'banks of the San soutliAvard aud eastward of Radymnor. The enemy, after several days' furious fighting, captured fresh trenches eastAvard of Guisakoiv, but is being gradually dislodged between the marshes at the Dneister and Dolina.

Amsterdam, May 28.

A German communique admits that ivcak divisions in the region of Sieniawa (north of Jaroslav) were forced back on the left' bank of the, San, losing six cannon.