BATTLE OF GRODEK

New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9076, 22 June 1915, Page 5

BATTLE OF GRODEK

ENEMY’S ATTEMPT TO ADVANCE FRUSTRATED

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. PETROGRAD, June 20. Official.—The enemy’g'vanguards attempted to break through the defiles between the Grodck Jakes, but were repulsed. Fighting continues. Considerable enemy forces crossed the IDniester below Liziow, but all attempts to advance beyond the steep banks on th<jj 1/th and 18th were repulsed. GERMANS CLAIM TO HAVE CAPTURED POSITIONS LONDON, June 20. A Berlin communique states: —General Mackensen’s armies have captured 'the Grodek positions. . German troops on Saturday, with an Austrian' army corps under J’ iclclMarsbal von Arz, attacked strongly-fortified lines extending 21J miles north of Janow to the south-west of Rawa-Ruska. . They stormed the trenches in the afternoon and drove the Russians behind the great road rhnnig between Zolkiew, north of Lemberg, and Rawa- . Under pressure of this defeat, the enemy on Saturday night evacuated an adjoining position between Grodek and the Dniester marshes, where they were heavily pressed by the Austro-Hungarians, The Russians evacuated the south hank of the Dniester between the marshes north of Stryj. RUSSIANS’ BRILLIANT CAVALRY WORK PETROGRAD, June 20. Official.—-The battle at Lubaczow, on June 15th, included a brilliant and bold attack by cavalry upon infantry, wherein the whole of the 91st German Regiment was annihilated. The cavalry dispersed the attack and produced a panic, which temporarily stopped the German advance. TO IMPRESS ROUMANIA AND BULGARIA LONDON, June 20. The “Observer’s” Petrograd correspondent states that the object of the Lemberg attack is to impress Roumama and Bulgaria. ■ ’ RUSSIANS PREPARING TO LEAVE LEMBERG (Received June 21, 10.40 p.m.) PETROGRAD, June 21. The exceptionally heavy rains, in Galicia are assisting the Russian defence )y increasing the bogs and rivers, which arc greatly swollen. _ ■ Many small streams are now formidable, owing to the wide marshes on either side. , •*. ■ .. ■ The guns are audible at Lemberg- Passes have been issued to tea tuousand Russians to leave, the town. ■ . ;■ Official: The enemy’s forces crossed the Dniester below Nizmow, and occupied two villages! Wo drove them back, inflicting great losses, and taking 2000 prisoners. J : ~ , “In one village of Zurich, the Hungarian Government sequestrated the, new grain harvest, and established a monopoly, regulating the entire corn trade. ... “The embabrgo will last until Angst, 1916. The public will, receive a monthly allowance.” , . ■ HIGH COMMISSIONER’S REPORT The High Commissioner reports: , LONDON, June 21, 8.40 a.m. In Galicia, on the Tanew front, outpost engagement are reported. Details of the fighting in the Luxaczow region show that the Russian cavalry on Tuesday attacked the German infantry with exceptional boldness, cutting them up, and dispersing the Ninety-First Regiment. The attack produced a panic in the enemy’s ranksj arresting their offensive. On the Kamenobadd-Komarno front, the enemy’s advance guards ‘on Thursday attempted to force a passageof the Grodek lakes, ..but were driven Below Niziiiiiow, the enemy crossed the Dniester in great force, but their effort to emerge from 'the big windingsof the river was successfully repulsed. Between the Pruth and the Dniester, after obstinate engagements, the Russian troops progressed on Thursday on the Onut-Bojan front.