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Show RUSSIANS GAIN IMPORTANT POINT Capture of Village Northwest of Uzsok Pass Seriously Endangers En-dangers Railroad Line. BLOCK AUSTRIAN MOVES Furious Efforts to Retake Lou-bnia Lou-bnia Fail After Hand-to-hand Encounter With Czar's Troops. Patrviefmri V r.t-i I "0 1 1 - ?A a . Ill i u 4 riMigij cju-i. .ijii u mtoi a, in;, via j London. 2:35 p. m. The Russian occupation oc-cupation of Loubnia. a small village to the northwest of Uzsok Fass. was a decided achievement in the Carpathian Carpa-thian campaign for the reason that it seriously endangers the important railroad rail-road line between the town of Czsok and Bereina, a line which will jost-pone jost-pone Austrian operations in this re- gion and ;it the samp time successfully success-fully retarded the Austrian advance in the direction of the Czsok Pass This railroad, running just to the rear of the Austrian center and paralleling the line of the most Important num-mits num-mits of the Beskid mountains has en-! en-! abled the AuBtrians to transfer troop9 lalmost Instantly to any point on this! part of the Carpathian front, a section which received the main force of the j Russian lun;c toward Hungary. During the last . K . ;s ttie Ru- slan advance developed in the direc- 1 tion of rjxsok pass, the Austrians exerted ex-erted their entire strength to protect this railroad line The furious Austrian efforts to retake re-take Loubnia culminated the night of A p ri I 26 and the niorninc of April 2i, when they reached the Russian positions posi-tions but they were forced after a hand-to hand encounter to retire The Austrians report that in tin; region as will as in Lupkow ami Stry the Austrian troops were not assisted assist-ed by the flermans. who are said to , be concentrating at Cracow and In westf rn Calicla. |