olors, and about 70,000 prisoners. Lwow (Lemberg) is
in our hands."

Russia received this report with great joy. The news of the occupation
of the town was conveyed by Grand Duke Nicholas to the czar. The Fourth
Class of the Order of St. George was bestowed on General Russky for "his
services in the preceding battles." The Third Class was given him for
the capture of Lemberg. The Fourth Class of the same Order was bestowed
on General Brussilov. Throughout the empire, Thanksgiving Services were
held to celebrate "the reunion with Galicia." General Count Bobrinsky
was appointed Governor General of the province.

CHAPTER LXV

DANKL'S OFFENSIVE AND RETREAT

Let us now turn our attention to the scene of operations further north.
There, it will be recalled, was taking place the principal Austrian
offensive by the First Army commanded by General Dankl. In the middle of
August, he was being held up by the armies of Generals Ewerts and
Plehve, who barred his way toward Lublin and Kholm. A strong offensive
was not attempted then by the Russians against him, as they were
gathering strength and waiting until Dankl's army should be cut off from
reenforcements. It was desired that their advance take place at the same
time as the completion of the advance on Lemberg of Russky and
Brussilov. Finally, on September 4, 1914, the brief official
announcement was made by Russia:

"Our armies on September 4 assumed the offensive along a front between
the Vistula and the Bug."

Coming as it did, when the Russian people were rejoicing over the taking
of Lemberg, this news was greeted with great enthusiasm.

It will be recalled that when Russky's army advanced, a portion of the
Austrian Reserve Army, commanded by Archduke Joseph Ferdinand, was
hurriedly withdrawn from the position it held in Poland on the left of
the Vistula, across the rear of Dankl's army, to assist General von
Auffenberg.

This was referred to as an "advance," in a "communique" published by the
Austrian General Staff on September 3, 1914. It is probable that at that
very early date some German troops also were being brought up for the
same purpose. Some of the Austrian reenforcements had been joined with
Von Auffenberg's army and had shared in its reverses. Some had remained
to screen Dankl on the right.

After Von Auffenberg's army began to encounter difficulties and its
progress was stopped, the gap between its left and Dankl's right and
rear grew too la