ANOTHER RUSSIAN SUCCESS AT TREMBOVLA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16021, 13 September 1915, Page 7

ANOTHER RUSSIAN SUCCESS AT TREMBOVLA.

AIJSTfiIANS RETREAT LEAVING 5000 PRISONERS. ENEMY USES A SCREEN OF CIVILIANS. THREE FUTILE ATTEMPTS TO PIERCE RUSSIAN FRONT. By Telegraph Press AssociationCopyright■s'Xft;l' ■■'"•" (Received September 12. 730 p.m.) Petsogkab, September 11. • It is officially stated that near Trembovla, 17 miles south-east of ■ -'.-'; Tarnopol, the Austrians were forced to retreat precipitately. The " ' Russians captured 5000 prisoners on Thursday. The following communique has been issued:— ";"*> "The Russians had continued successes in the Trembovla and Tchortkoff sectors on Thursday. Our troops are advancing on the left - \ bank of the River Dwina, fighting as they go. The enemy, supported ,i by strong artillery, developed a series of attacks in the directions of Skidel and the Lower *Zelvianka. We repulsed the attacks. The Germans renewed the offensive, using severe fire from heavy and ffs|«£;•; light artillery. Our batteries again repelled the attacks. The ... .Germans greatly increased their volume of fire, and renewed the . ,''~ - : '' attempt to pierce our front. Our concentrated artillery repulsed them ~, : ''; _ for the third time. .; "We repulsed attacks near Rojang by close-range fire and bayonet charges. The enemy then drove a large number of inhabitants forward, under cover of whom they approached nearer to our P#'v' ;: positions. The enemy bombarded our troops at Kreznetz with asphyxiating shells. " The Austrians, after their losses at Trembovla and Tchortkoff, $&mi ' retreated precipitately. : "In general our armies are calmly confident in themselves. The .... r initiative in these isolated engagements is gradually passing into our . hands." \ B Sfe?: v Tchortkoff (Czortkow) is south of Trembovla, on the River Sereth, and 37 "\ ; , Jniles from Tarnopol. 'Z"\}~- The River Dwina, in the lower part of its course, separates Livonia from Courland, and enters the Gulf of Riga seven miles north-west of Riga. Skidel is a few miles southeast of Grodno, from which point the Germans pave been launching attacks for several days. Kretnetz is south of Dubno, in Russia, a town which the Austrians claimed ■ . & few days ago to have captured.