June 5, 1915. 
LAND A X D WATER 
salient must not be forgotten. If in ray general 
line A E I allow a salient BCD, and if my 
enemy, hammering along the arrows 1 and 2, cuts 
off my salient, he may not only enjoy the im- 
portant results of capturing everything that lies 
within the shaded portion, but it is also very 
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B 
likely that in his push he would get right through 
as along the arrow (3). 
If, therefore, the Austro- Germans could suc- 
ceed in cutting the neck at D they would stand a 
very good chance of piercing the Russian line as 
well as capturing whatever was within. the salient 
itself. That is why the enemy is making the very 
vigorous effort he is to cut that neck at D. How 
far he has progressed in this task and what risk 
he runs of failure rnay be seen in the following 
tv^o diagrams. Here, first, is the detail of his 
position round Przemysl itself. 
The Russian line having been forced back 
m front of Jaroslav (J) across the San, a 
further violent effort was made by the enemy, 
based upon the railway, and he forced the 
San again in front of Radymno (R) and a 
little above that point as well. Just above 
Radymno comes in the River .Wisnia, and be- 
tween it and the San the string of four 
villages, Stubiento (St), Stubno (S), Naklo (N) 
(upon which we must particularly fix our atten- 
tion), and lastly Pozdziacz (P). They are united 
by a road which comes in from Radymno and runs 
on to Przemysl. Just behind the two last of them 
lie the marshes of the Wisnia, which are here 
drained by that river, canalised between A and B. 
Now the German effort at one moment got as far 
as the village of Naklo, but the Russians have so 
far stopped its getting further. From Naklo to 
the railway is about six miles. On the south of 
Przemysl, at about the same distance, the enemy 
is attacking in precisely the same fashion in the 
neighbourhood of Hussakow (H), so that the 
whole salient is about twelve miles across. 
The situation is still quite undecided, but it 
is worth noting that meanwhile north of Jaro- 
slav the Russians have begun to advance per- 
ceptibly against the enemy's flank. They have 
retaken Siena wa, also Lezachow, where the' enemy 
crossed it before a fortnight ago. They have even 
crossed the Lubaczowka, and are advancing to 
threaten the operations between Jaroslav and 
Radymno. Our Ally is able to act thus in the north 
probably because every concentration of effort has 
been made against the salient of Przemysl itself by 
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