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Show RUSSIANS DELIVER HARD RETURN BLOW TO THE AUSTRO GERMANS Great Masses of Troops Which Forced Passage of the Dneister River Are Flung Back With Heavy Losses in Both Men and Material Lemberg Thought to Be Safe for the Present Russians Attain Quick Results When Reinforcements Arrive. FAITH RENEWED IN RECUPERATIVE POWERS Italians Advancing Toward Triest Austrians Claim Victory in First Big Battle With Romans Italy Reports Fight in Gorizia, Enemy Losing From 8,000 to 10,500 Men French and Germans in West Keeping Up Siege Warfare. Berlin, June 1 1 , 3 : 30 p. m. A dispatch received here today to-day by wireless from Constantinople reports that the fighting at Avi Burnu on the Gallipoli peninsula during the night of June 5-6, cost the French and British forces more than 2,000 men killed, The losses of the Franco-British expedition all last week, the message adds, were enormous. Nish, Serbia, June 1 I, via London, 3:47 p. m. Serbian troops have occupied strategic points in Albania. They entered en-tered the Albanian town of Elbassan at the request of the people, peo-ple, according to Serbian government officials, who say the' Albanians fear the Austrians and the Turks. A dispatch from Rome to the Exchange Telegraph company com-pany says the Serbians have occupied Tirana, a town of Albania Al-bania I 2 miles southwest of Croia, and are now marching on the Albanian seaport of Durazzo. Alba nian insurgents, the dispatch says, have proclaimed a republic. Udine, Italy, June I 1 , via Geneva and Paris, 3 : 1 0 p. m. Italian forces today are advancing through Predeil pass on the junction of the Laibach railway at Tarvis, which lies about six miles on the Austrian side of the Italian border. Trains of Italian wounded soldiers are arriving at Udine. London, June 1 1 , 3 : 25 p. m. Serbian troops are reported to have occupied the Albanian town of Elbassan, 64 miles southeast of Scutari, and are said to be marching in the direc- tion of the Adriatic coast This information was contained1 in a private message received at Berlin today from Athens and telegraphed to London by the correspondent at Copenhagen of the Exchange Telegraph company. Paris. June 11 2:28 p. m. Thai French war office issued the.-foliov. -ing statement this afternoon on the! progress of hostilities ; "There is nothing of importance to i add to the announcement given out last night with the exception of fur-! ther success in 'the labyrinth" where W6 have continued to force the enemy en-emy back and some progress to the i east of the labyrinth where we occupied occu-pied several German side trenches not far from the highway from Arras to Lille. "In the region of Hebuterne we have extended our advance made to the north and to the south of the bat tie front on June 7. The occupation of several trenches at this point gave us 100 prisoners and several machine guns." Fighting in Dardanelles Paris. June 11, 2:30 p. m An offi- Lai announcement concerning the Dardanelles given out in Paris thla afternoon reads as follows "In the Dardanelles we have consolidated con-solidated the results obtained b us in the fighting of June 4. "At the riuht end of the ravine of Kereve Dere we were successful with minor engagements in making further progress Prisoners who fell Into our hands i onfirmed previous reports that the losses of the enemy have been considerable con-siderable " An official dispatch from Geneva states that the Teutonic forces were driven back at two points on the Dneister Bio Italian Battle. The first large battle of the Italian campaign is now under way, having been brought on by the attempt of the Italians to force the Isonzo river, riv-er, running north from the Hull" of Triest Dispatches from Cologne and Geneva mention heavy fgihtln pi-licularly pi-licularly near Gorizia on the east side of the river. 22 miles northwest of the city of Triest. The Cologne report re-port stiites that the Italians were re-pulsed re-pulsed at this point as well as near Gradisca and B&onCalcone Capture of Monfalcone by the Italians was announced officially from Rome yesterday. yes-terday. According to the Geneva advices ad-vices the brittle has not been decided. Austrian losses in the Gorizia fit-'lr were placed at from 8000 to 10,500. Protest to Turkey London. June 11. 7:12 a. m The Bulgarian government says a Bucharest Buch-arest dispatch to the Times, has sent a strongly-worded protest to Turkey because of the continued indifference of that country regarding traffic on the Dedeagatch railway and the detention de-tention of passengers and freight. Geneva vin.PT's June 11. i 36 p, a Laibach dispatch to the Tribune savs "The Itril'nns began their march ptra'ust QorUin ptl the morn'ng of June 8 When the first detachments were near the city, Austrian artillery opened Pre and heavy masses of infantry in-fantry which were tnrown forward, inn d the Italians to fall back Bei era! times. "Italian artillery posted east of the i lt opened a greut ga in the Austrian Aus-trian ranks, but up to the morning of Ht - the 9th neither side had gained a decisive de-cisive advantage The Austrians kst from 8000 to 10.000 men Gorizia is overflowing with wounded who are being cared for at private houses be-cou6e be-cou6e of a lack of hospital space." |
