_The following official report of the operations was issued today by
the War Office:_
The defeated Russian armies in Galicia attempted on Tuesday along the
whole front between the River San, north of Sieniawa and the Dniester
marshes to bring the Teutonic allies to a standstill. In the evening
the Russians everywhere had been driven from their positions near
Cieplice, north of Sieniawa, in the Lubsyow-Zuwadowka sector,
southwest of Niemerow and west of Sadowa-Wiszenia. The enemy is being
pursued.
General Mackensen's army has captured upward of 40,000 men and
sixty-nine machine guns since June 12.
Between the Dniester marshes and Zurawna the Russians have gained some
ground, but the general situation there has not changed.
_Of the operations in the north the bulletin says:_
Russian attacks against the German positions southeast of Mariampol,
east of Augustowa, and north of Bolimow all were repulsed. Our attacks
along the Lipowo-Kalwarya front gained further ground, several
positions being recaptured. We made 2,040 Russian prisoners and
captured three machine guns.
On the north of the Upper Vistula our troops repulsed an attack on the
positions we took from the Russians on Monday.
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_VIENNA, June 16, (via London.)--The following official communication
was issued today:_
In Galicia the Russians, despite their obstinate resistance, could not
withstand the general attack by the allied armies. Hotly pursued by
our victorious troops the remainder of the defeated Russian corps are
retreating across the Newkow, Lubaczow and Javorow.
South of the Lemberg Railroad the army of General Boehm-Ermolli
Tuesday night stormed the Russian positions on the entire front,
driving the enemy across the Sadowa, Wyszna, and Rudki.
South of the Dniester the fighting is proceeding before the bridge
head. The troops of General Pflanzer yesterday captured Nijnioff.
From June 1 to June 15 our total war booty has been 108 officers and
122,300 men, 53 cannon, 187 machine guns, and 58 munition wagons.