ampaign was over. That Russia had been able to proceed so far with her
plans would seem to indicate that the Austrians had underestimated the
rapidity with which she could complete her preparations. It was the fall
of Tarnopol that made possible a junction of the Russian armies and
enabled them to advance in a united line upon Lemberg.

General Brussilov had to move to the attack without attracting
attention. This was accomplished by both Russky and himself throwing out
a screen of Cossacks all along the frontier of Eastern Galicia. For an
extent of one hundred and fifty miles, the Cossacks skirmished at every
border road or bridge between the Bug and the Dniester rivers. They
started this immediately after war was declared and soon, so
inconsequential did such activity appear, that the Austrians, it seems,
came to regard it as lacking any real purpose. After the third week in
August, however, the commander at Lemberg sent a force of 2,000 men to
make a reconnaissance in Podolia.

These troops arrived at Gorodok, a small town across the border. Their
presence there was most inconvenient for the Russians, for General
Brussilov was at that time advancing with a big army through Gorodok on
toward Galicia. It was imperative that the Austrian reconnoitering
troops should be stopped and the only force available for this purpose
was nine hundred Cossacks stationed at Gorodok to screen the main army.
It was necessary for these Cossacks to repulse the Austrian
reconnoitering force, without calling for large reenforcements. If the
latter were done, it would excite the suspicions of fugitives from the
fight.

Therefore, the Cossacks lined out in the woods far beyond the village
and then thirty of them went forward from cover to cover until they came
upon the Austrians. Simulating surprise, they fled in apparent panic.
The Austrians entered upon a swift pursuit and were led into ambush.
Thousands of them were cut down by a cross-fire of rifles and machine
guns. The rest were pursued by Cossacks over the border and the invasion
of Galicia was begun by the Russian main force.

Then began the perilous part of the enterprise. The army of Russky was
advancing on Lemberg from the north and the army of Brussilov was
converging on the Galician capital from the east. After they had been
united, they would assuredly outnumber the Austrian force which was
guarding Lemberg, but in the meantime either Russky or Brussilov was too
weak to esc