AUSTRO-GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORTS.
STATE RUSSIANS ARE RETREATTNO ON ENTIRE FRONT. BERLIN, June 20. A German comm unique* states' :— General Mackensen's armies have captured the . Grodek positions. German troops on Saturday,-; with an Austrian Army Corps under Fields Marshal von Arz, attacked strongly. \ fortified Unas exetndirig feom 35 kilometres north of Janow to south-west of Rawaruska. We stormed the. Wenches •n the afternoon and drove the Russians behind the great road running between Zolkiew, north of Lemberg, and Rawaruska . ■ : .'■.-.. Under pressure of this^ defeat the onemy on Saturday night evacuated an adjoining portion between Grodek and Dniester marshes, where ihey were heavily pressed by the Austro-Hungarians between the marshes and north of Stryj. AMSTERDAM, June 21. An Austrian communique says : "We have gained a fresh complete victory. The Russians %tve collected the remnants o£ their defeated Armies m the defence of Lemberg and Errrioli. "Following on General :. Mackensen's victory, we stormed the Russian posit.ions on both sides of the Lemberg road, and entered the enemy's main positions everywhere. "The Russians are now retreating on Ihe entire front. "Toward^ Lem berg we captured 1000 prisoners and much material."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13717, 22 June 1915, Page 3
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