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Show 1s1iaga I A NEW VICTORY I Thousands of Russian Soldier, 22 Cannon and 64 Machine Guns Captured. LOSSES ARE INCREASING H Strongly Fortified Front Be-t Be-t ween the Vistula and Main Ridge of Carpathians Taken. H Vienna, May A. via London, 8:15 P- m Thirty thousand Russian sol- jH diers, 22 cannon and 64 machine gun IH were captured in the battle of West Galicia, according to an official state- ment given out In Vienna this after- ll The statement follows H "German and Austria-Hungarian H troops, in true comradeship of arm. Rained a new victory. During th 1 i retreat of the Russians after our vie- fll I torious battle at Limanova, western 1 Galicia, we captured the strongly for- H tlfied front of the enemy, between B the istula and the main ridge of the Carpathians HH Russians in Hasty Retreat. jHI "In a continued attack, the allied !HH troops under the eyes of Commander- ''M in-Chief Archduke Frederick, with flsV new forces yesterday, and advancing IbbbS irresistibly in an easterly direction, H5 forced tbe Russians to make a hasty retreat. "The importance of the total sue- LHl cess cannot yet be estimated. The HH number of prisonflrs taken so far Is 30.000 It is increasing hourly. A great quantity of war material has In been captured in numerous Russian positions including 22 cannon and 64 ILfl machine guns. BH "On th remainder of the front the Hm situation is generally unchanged.' mm |