The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-10-01
RUSSIANS drive
AUS7RlANS BACK
Franz Joset's Troops Retreat
Into Hungary, Says Dis
patch From Rome.
GERMAN FORCES FALL BACK
Grand Duke Nicholas Claims Victory
at Nier,en River in Russian Poland
Cars Men Close in On
Przenysl.

Prxemysl.
London, Sept. ga Central New
dispatch from Rome says that the fol
lowing telegram has been receives
there from Petrograd:
1.-THE right wing of the Austrian,
has been driven back beyond the Car
pathians into Hungary, where they are
being pursued by the Russians. The
Austrian debacle is complete and they
have lost all their artillery The Aus
trian left wing has retreated to era.
COW. The Russians have occupied an.
other OF the forts Of Przemysl."
Germans In Retreat.
The following official commun1ca-
ton has been received from the staff
of Grand Duke Nicholas, commander
in-chief of the Russian forces in the
field:
An engagement near Sopolskin, on.
the Niemen river in Russian Poland
and Druseniki came to an end with
the retreat of the Germans.
THE enemy has approached Osco-
wetz from the north and has begun
the bOmbardment of the fortress.
'"1n Galicia we have occupied Dem
bica, on the railroad sixty-hve miles
east of Cracow, and between Rzeszow
and Tarnow." .....
Telegraphing from Petrograd the
correspondent of the Chronicle says:
Long Preparations Fruitless.
1T appeared last night as if the
battles in the west of Russia, for
which vast German preparations had
been made, had at last begun. Now
1t has already ended and the Germans
are in retreat. Smelling the works of
Ossowitz as they go. ~
"They came across the border on
September % at four points. The |
most southerly was close to Kalisz,
where they occupied the district of
Warta and suffered heavy losses at
thirty.two miles southeast of
Kalisz.
Another force advanced to Mlawa
lin Russian Poland) while another in |
vaded the government of Lomza near
Winezenta, and was definitely de- |
feated.
Another came by way of Suwalki. |
and made its way east toward the Me
men, where it was engaged on front
thirty miles long.
THE Germans strength is not
stated. Their losses were heavy,
mainly from artillery fire, which broke
the attempt to move upon brush
kenik."
Close In on Przemysl.
London, Sept. 2S.-A dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph Company
from Petrograd says: ,r
"A big column is retreating along
the road toward Sonox (Sanok) from
Przemysl, Galicia. after having been
shelled from the heights by Russian
artillery. In their hurried retreat the
enemy left parts of their train of
motor cars.
THE Russians defeated the enemy
1t lisbon, in the Carpathians, captur.
ing artillery and many prisoners.
their pursuit, the Russians
have entered the borders of, Hun
gary"
THE Russians on Saturday occu-
pied the greater part of the city of
Przemysl (Galicia), according to
from Vienna" says the Rome
of the Exchange Tele-
graph Company. His dispatch con.
inues:
The Russians approached the city
rom the southwest, forcing the Aus
.rians to take shelter in the eastern
'orts, where the entire garrison is
low concentrated, and is preparing to
make a final resistance. The situa-
ion of the garrison is critical, as it is
entirely surrounded.
Russian troops are advancing from
srodek on the Austrian positions,
while the right wing continues to at
sck from the north. Troops are be-
ng poured into the city Of Przemysl,
o press the attack from the south
vest"
Many Attempts to Cross Border.
An official message from Budapest,
'ays Rome dispatch to the Ex-
,hange Telegraph Company. says that
Turing the last week the Russians
AVE repeatedly attempted to enter
through the passes and de-
lies of the Carpathians, but in every
Instance they have been repulsed."