RAINS AID RUSSIAN DEFENCE IN GALICIA.
SOUND OF GUNS HEARD IN LEMBERG. , ENEMY DRIVEN BACK ALONG THE DNIESTER. t . t , (Rewired June 21,. 1040 p.m.) ' ' • .', .' 'i *.' ••; •; Petrograd, June 21. Exceptionally heavy rains' in Galicia are assisting the Russian defence by increasing the bog area. The rivers are greatly swollen. Many small streams are now formidable.obstacles owing to the existence of wide marshes on either side. .- '•■ " The sound of guns is audible at Lemberg. Passes have been issued to 10,000 Russians, permitting them to leave the town. An official communique states that \\ the enemy's ■ forces, which crossed the Dniester below* Nizinow, occupied ' two villages. The Russians drove them* back, inflicting great losses, and taking 2000 prisoners.. One village was recaptured. V-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15950, 22 June 1915, Page 7
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