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guns, and one aeroplane. In the southeastern theatre of war: In front of Przemysl Bavarian troops yesterday stormed Forts 10-A, 11-A, and 12, west of Dunkowiczki, capturing the remainder of a garrison of 1,400 men, with eighteen heavy and five light cannon. The Russians attempted to escape their fate by an attack in masses against our positions east of Jaroslau, but failed, an enormous number of dead covering the battlefield before our front. The conquerors of Zwinin (a ridge in the Carpathians)--the Prussian Guard under command of the Bavarian General, Count Bothmer--stormed a strongly fortified place on the Stry, and broke through Russian positions near and northwest of Stry. Up to the present time we have captured in this region fifty-three officers, 9,183 men, eight cannon, and fifteen machine guns. According to an unofficial report from Piotrkow, Russian Poland, the Russians have evacuated Radom, in Poland, to the south of Warsaw. [Illustration: Map of Przemysl and its defenses.] MORE DEFENSES TAKEN. _VIENNA, June 2, (via Amsterdam and London.)--The official statement issued by the Austrian War Office tonight reads as follows:_ The Russians have renewed their strong attacks against the allied troops on the eastern bank of the San. Desperate attacks everywhere have been repulsed with heavy Russian losses. On the northern front of Przemysl two additional fortifications have been taken by storm, and we have maintained the conquered ground. South of the Dniester our attacks are making successful progress. Hostile positions between Stry and Drohobycz were stormed yesterday. Strong Russian forces, which yesterday attacked our position near Solowina, in South Galicia, suffered severe losses. They retreated and, at some points, took to flight. Besides the booty mentioned in the German communication as having been captured during the month of May from the Russians we took 189 ammunition wagons and a quantity of other war material, such as 8,500 rounds of artillery ammunition, 5,500,000 cartridges, and 32,000 rifles. * * * * * _BERLIN, June 2, (via London.)--The following report on the operations in the eastern theatre of war was issued today by the German General Staff:_ Successful engagements occurred against minor Russian divisions at Neuhausen, fifty kilometers (about thirty miles) northeast of Libau, and at Shidiki, sixty-nine kilometers (about forty miles
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