olly,
perforce, on foot. There was a good wagon road which ran parallel to the
railroad toward Lemberg, and along this Brussilov's cavalry hurried.

CHAPTER LXIV

CAUTIOUS RUSSIAN ADVANCE--RUSSIAN SUCCESSES--CAPTURE OF LEMBERG

On August 23, 1914, the Russians were almost on the heels of the
retreating Austrians. After three hours' fighting, they drove them out
of Tarnopol. Thereupon they retreated along the line of the Zlota Lipa,
which is an affluent of the Dniester and runs almost directly southward.

On August 25 and 26, 1914, there was some heavy fighting along this
river, especially at Brzezany. Heretofore, the army under Brussilov had
not met with any important resistance, having encountered chiefly
frontier posts, skirmishers, and small detachments of Austrians. It
seems that no great body of Austrians had penetrated much beyond the
Zlota Lipa. On the eastern side of this river was a line of low hills,
offering a fine defensive position; the Austrians hastily began to make
use of them. They were still constructing trenches when the Cossack
cavalry appeared, driving the skirmishers of the Austrians before them.

A fight began on August 24, 1914, which lasted ten days. The Russian
cavalry was not strong enough to attempt to take the Austrians'
intrenched position, and therefore waited for the main body of the
Russian forces to come up. The fight extended over twenty miles of
front, stubbornly contested by the Austrians. Finally, by direct
assault, the Russians took the position and the Austrians fell back, in
good order, toward Halicz, where the Gnita Lipa joins the Dniester.

In the meantime, while Russky was thus pounding at Von Auffenberg's
right, Brussilov was attacking his right and center. Having crossed the
frontier between Brody and Sokal, Russky extended his forces on a wide
front. While the center advanced straight for Busk and Krasne in a
direct line toward Lemberg, the right, proceeding almost due west, was
attempting to penetrate between the army of Von Auffenberg and that of
Dankl on the north, and was pushing powerfully on Von Auffenberg's left.
Gallantly resisting, the Austrians were forced back in all directions,
slowly but firmly. The fighting on Russky's right and center was
especially fierce and severe and resulted in great losses on both sides.

By the time Brussilov had taken the position on the Zlota Lipa, his
right was in touch with Russky's left, and the first stage of the
c