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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1915
Page
6
Soviet- and Allied-dominated fronts report Austro-German forces pressing toward Lemberg after notable Russian setbacks at Grodek and Janow. Italy's army achieves a decisive victory on the Isonzo near Plava with Italian forces breaking Austrian lines and pushing them from positions despite heavy fortifications.
A great fire Saturday afternoon completely destroyed the retort houses of the Berlin municipal gas works. The report comes from the Amsterdam correspondent of the Central News Agency.
An official Italian army statement reports two days of fighting on the Isonzo near Plava. It says Italian forces captured the final Austrian-held heights on June 17 after heavy casualties, with the Italians passing the river by main force and taking positions one by one.
Detailed dispatch reports two days of heavy fighting on the Isonzo left bank near Playa village. Italian troops bridged the river after destroying the enemy crossing, repelling counterattacks and driving back forces at bayonet point. Prisoners and matériel captured mark tactical successes amid high losses.
Rome June 20 The Italian nominations list prominent figures as officers Guglielmo Marconi to the aeroplane corps Gabriele D Annunzio the poet to the Novara Lancers and Prince Lanza di Scala under secretary of state for foreign affairs to the Florence Lancers.
German army staff says on the Eastern front the Grodek position was taken after stubborn fighting and a 24 mile front north of Lemberg was stormed. Enemy trenches along a 350 km front were captured before being forced back toward Zolkiew as Austro-Hungarian troops press along the Dniester.
Petrograd reports a Russian official war statement from June 20 detailing no change in Shavki, repulsed German attacks west of Niemen, and cavalry charges near Lubaczow that dispersed the 91st German regiment. It notes attempts to cut through lakes at Grodek repulsed and German crossings near Dniester repulsed near Koropec and Snowidow.
Between the Pruth and the Dniester rivers stubborn actions occurred. On June 17 our troops progressed on the Onut Bolan front.
Paris dispatch reports the war office said in the Arras sector two thirds of a mile advance toward Souchez after capturing Fond de Baval. In the Meuse heights two enemy lines were taken with 70 prisoners. In Lorraine near Bellion a central point fell and about 100 prisoners were captured. Offensive in the Fecht valley also advanced with more prisoners taken.
The Turkish War Office released a statement reporting a battle near Olti in Trans-Caucasia, 55 miles west of Kars. It said 200 Russians were killed and prisoners and war material were captured. Turkish artillery damaged a hostile destroyer near Avi Purnu.
William W. Graff known as Happy Bill will stay in Boston this week to meet the public and recount his recovery from rheumatism after 32 years in a wheelchair. He attributes his improvement to Var-nesis and urges rheumatic sufferers to investigate the remedy.
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