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Show UW BERLIN REPORTS DEFEAT OF RUSSIANS Berlin, via Paris, June 20. The following fol-lowing official report was made public pub-lic tonight: "Russian attacks against our lines in the vicinity of Szawle and August-owo August-owo were beaten off. "Our advance in small divisions resulted re-sulted In the capture of advanced positions of tho enemy near Budt-brzysieki Budt-brzysieki and Zaiesie, east of tho Przasnysz-'Myszyniec road. "Southeastern theater South of the Pilica troops under General von Voyrlch havo been taken several advanced ad-vanced enemy positions during the last few days. The armies under General Gen-eral von Mackenzen have taken the Grodek position Early yesterday morning German troops and tho corps of Field Marshal von Arz commenced an attack upon strongly intrenched enemy lines. After stubborn fighting enemy trenches, one behind the other, almost along the entire front, extending extend-ing over a distance of thirty-five kilometers kilo-meters (twenty-four miles i north of Janow (eleven ntlles northwest of Lemberg). Bisputa and Obedynski and southeast ol Rawa Ruska (thirty-two (thirty-two miles north west of Ijemberg), had been stormed. "In the evening the enemy was thrown back behind the high road to Zolkiew, north of Lemberg and Raw Ruska. Under pressure of this defeat the enemy also is weakened in his communications Between Grodek Gro-dek and the Dniester marshes the enemy is hard pressed. "Between the Dniester mashes and the mouth of tho river Stry, the enemy ene-my has evacuated the southern bank of the Dniester. |