Late in the afternoon the Germans forced their way forward from Tarnopol to as far as the Sereth bridgehead.
This third Russian army had come up from the south-east, supplied by the main Odessa railway through Tarnopol.
And in the same way Tarnopol, though but a local success, decided Lemberg.
His greatness was recognized, for he was elected district rabbi of Tarnopol, and shortly afterwards chief rabbi of Prague.
During the fight the railway line from Kozowa to Tarnopol was reached at several points.
