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Show is- it' I j Two A- Surp-. " en " i i ! ' ;gep" ! 'c Rus;.:- ! Er,- - I .V i A-l" I i i i-Vi" ' ' T j 1 f. t i- L - ' -. .. I -it ' , 1 . .... " r p V -' ft'55'-"- -. - ' ',--- D mm am ABE SURROUNDED (Continued from preceding Page.) battalions. Its left v.-ing was covered 1-y Severn I Austro-GerniH n divisions around Undom i Russian I'oland'i. "On AuQUst 2r the Austrian armies began be-gan a deicrmintd advance t counteract the blow which was threatening eastern Prussia. The development of Russian troops over a fron i of several hundred versus (a verst is approximately two-thirds two-thirds of a milct had nut yet been completed. com-pleted. W'f 'iu id, t hercfori', face the Auslrians in u-'- north oniy with a very inferior force. The first a '-Kicks of the enemy were directed against Krasnik. hut tiie Center of the Aust r.nn ef forts very soon was removed to To:na sy.ow, n district into which their run force men ts began to pour. Culmination Point. "On September when the fall of Lernherg usis i iiim:i:eni. the ai a nee reached a cm niina r i p :int. Uu Us front the uiciiiy c.acnuetl ii '.'iii Opo:e, (on the cast bank ui tne :sLiUa ai'Out iuidway between Raduw ai;d l.idl,M, ULu;siau Po-iand) Po-iand) to Biehuve, approaching wiihin mm-sliot mm-sliot of the station at Travnik i a nd enveloping en-veloping Kra.sionov (thirtj-fosir miles south of I.ublin), Zamuscz. is i ubbesof, near Josefow (on the cast bank of the Vistula, a short distance south of Opole). Two bridges were thrown across the Vistula, over which troops from Uadorn crossed on their way to the batt le field, while awa itlng thu result of General Ruazky's operations. The Russian railway rail-way carried out II lis la sic very successfully. success-fully. Our troops in the CI i elm district, wiiich were insufficient a nd too widely spread out, and against which the piin-clpal piin-clpal attack of the Auslrians was directed, di-rected, did not receive reinforcements for the ad va nee of the A us t nans, even to Chelm itself, could eventually only increase in-crease the conseuoe.nces of their defeat in the event of the ultimate success of our wings. Counter Attack. "In spi le of their numerical Inadequacy, Inade-quacy, our troops In thu center did not confine themselves to defense. They delivered de-livered a counter attack, obtaining considerable con-siderable success near X.acheve, where for six days they did nothinsr but repel continued attacks of the enemy. Only on September 4 were they moved a little to the rear in accordance with orders received. re-ceived. This maneuver obtained a more enveloping disposition for our forces. "The success of General Ruzsky and General Brussiloff enabled us to make a general ufensive movement ajid the enemy's center was beat en at Sukho-dowl. Sukho-dowl. As a result of a rapid movement in the Genua n troops at Krasnik these were attacked by General Kuzsky from the south on September 6 and were forced to accept battle on three fronts. We repelled counter attacks of the Kras-j Kras-j nik troops and we carried by impetuous : assault the enemy's position on the front at Opole, Tourobine, and extending over a dista nee of sixty versts on September Sep-tember 9. They fled, abandoning their arms. "The Austrians continued vigorously to attack out left wing In order to win success suc-cess In the direction of Jemberg. However, How-ever, about September 13, we also resumed re-sumed the offensive on this side and now the battle of Galicia, which hajs lasted seventeen days, is drawing to an end. The pursuit of the enemy continues." |