d withdrew into their shelter dugouts; when
the enemy infantry advanced to take possession, the Russians had
returned to face the charge. Whereas cool, machinelike precision
marks the German soldier in battle as on the parade ground, an
imperturbable obstinacy and total disregard of mortal danger
characterizes the Russian.

During the night of May 6-7, 1915, the Austrians sent two regiments
across the Wisloka, north and south of Brzostek, about midway between
Pilzno and Jaslo, under cover of artillery posted on a 400-foot hill
near Przeczyca on the opposite bank, _i.e._, the left. Austrian
engineers constructed a bridge across the river, and on the morning of
May 7 the Austrian advance guard were in possession of the hills north
of the town. Infantry were then thrown across to storm Brzostek. Here,
again, they met with resolute opposition from the Russian rear guards
covering the retreat of the main armies, which had already fallen back
from the Wisloka. Desperate bayonet fighting ensued in the streets,
each of which had to be cleared separately to dislodge the
Russians--the civilians meanwhile looking out of their windows
watching the animated scenes below. Hungarian troops in overwhelming
masses poured across the river and finally captured the town. Once
more on the backward move, the Russians established themselves along
the western and southern fringe of the forests by Januszkovice, only
eight miles away, and prepared to make another stand. More fighting
occurred here, and during May 7 and 8, 1915, the Russians fell back
farther toward Frysztak, on the river Wistok.

We left Von Emmich and General Martiny with the Bavarians and the
Tenth Austro-Hungarian Army Corps on their arrival at Krempna on the
night of the 4th, during which time the Russians were making desperate
efforts to evacuate northern Hungary and the western passes. The main
forces of Von Mackensen's "phalanx" were meanwhile pushing on toward
Jaslo, still in Russian possession. On the hills west of the Wisloka
the Russian rear guards had intrenched themselves and held their
positions till nightfall on May 5, 1915, all with the object of
delaying the Germanic advance sufficiently for their comrades to clear
the passes. Then they fell back again and made a stand near Tarnoviec,
about six or seven miles east of Jaslo, where they dominated an
important strategic position. Between them and Jaslo two railways ran
along the valley of the River Jasliska, form