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Show oo GREAT VICTORIES FOR THERUSSIANS Petrograd, Sept 0. The following graphic details of the momentous struggle for Lemberg have been sent to the Rech by its correspondent, who was present at the engagement: "The epic of the taking of Lemberg began on Ailfcust 29. when our forces drove the enemy from Zloczow and moved on to Golaya fiorkn. There we 6pent the night and In tho morning morn-ing a brief order was glvon 'io Lvoff.' "And now began the four days' bat-tic, bat-tic, which always lasted from dawn till darkness. Only with the fail of night did the cannonading cease and the weary fighters lie down to rest. Een in the darkness if a siu-1 gle shot was heard they dashed for their weapons and the battle boiled again with renewed fury. Ram of Lead and Iron. "Tho enemy's counter attacks were dHnfered with great energy. A dense rain of lead and iron was poured pour-ed In upon our ranks. Our advance was greatly impeded by the hilly nature na-ture of the siround and a great number num-ber or extln t volcano craters, which formed splendid natural fortifications and were all held In force. Out of these tho enemy had to be driven in succession, and in comparison with them his artificial works were but trifling obstacles. "We suffered much from thirst, for the country was stony and devoid of water. The uights were bitterly cold, but. on the other hand.-the days were oppn Bslvely hot. Battle Desperate. "Both sides fought with great ob stinacy and the nearer we approach ed to Lvoff the fiercer the struggle became. But by the time we had passed Zloczow it had already become obvious that the artillery of the Russians Rus-sians was superior to that of the enemy. "At length the Austrians were driven driv-en beneath the protection of the Lvoff forts with our troops tired out but still in excellent spirits. "For two days the fight raged furiously furi-ously around the forts and a death-dealing death-dealing hail was showered down on both armies, causing terrible losses. "At last we noticed the resistance of the forts which were answering our fire was growing weaker and weaker " 'Storm at the double' was. ordered or-dered and the first line of tho works was carried It was then seen that many of the guns had been destroyed and that not sufficient remained of the whole to continue their defense "From their second line the Austrians Aus-trians also replied with weak fire from their heavy guns, but the hail of rifle and shrapnel bullets was appalling. ap-palling. Again each side suffered heavy losses. "At last the enemy broke and fled in panic from his works and our troops, following quickly on his heels, entered the town at noon. "The change of the name of the town from Lemberg to Lvoff was proclaimed pro-claimed an hour later. "Shortly afterward the news was received that General Brosiloffs ar-J my, having completely defeated the Austrians al Rohatyn, Monasterzys-ka Monasterzys-ka and Maria mpol, had stormed the fortress of Galllch. Cotton Shortage. ' Information has reached Petrograd that Germany is suffering severely from a shortage in cotton Her present supply is far short of enough to satisfy her requirements and is even insufficient to meet her mihtarv exigencies. To supply the deficiency deficien-cy she is attempting to purchase Am erican and Egyptian cotton through the mediation of a neutral state. "It appears that the Germans arc still in occupation of, Kallsch, which they have renamed Grossgarten, perhaps per-haps in irony, as they seem to continue con-tinue the work of transforming the town into a heap of ashes. They have burned several additional streets and have blown up a number Of houses. They also, for strategic reasons, have burned the neighboring villages of Opolun and Koshlin. "Civilians are still being shot on slight pretext. Kallsch Is being fortified, for-tified, the peasants of the neighbor hood being compelled to work at the trenches." oo |