The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-11-14

ported to have reached the River Mis-
zioa, thirty-fve miles from Cracow
The movement has cut off the Aus
trian armies operating south o.
Przemysl and along the River San.
With the German corps supporting the
Austrians forces. this army is estimat-
ed at about 100000.
Russians in Posen.
Russian troops are now in Posen
province. Advancing with a speed
which has called forth the highest
praise from the czar and the general
staff the great mass of the Russian
army has pressed behind the Germans
until official reports declare an ad-
vance guard has crossed the River
Warthe and now holds Pleschen. six
ty-two Miles north of Breslau and ten
miles inside the German frontier.
Two drives are now being made by
the Russians toward Berlin. The ad-
vance in East Prussia continues TO
meet with success. the Russian forces
steadily pressing forward. The Ger
mans have been driven from Wirballen
and the territory from Wirballen to
Lyck cleared OF the kaiser's troops.
Austria to be Subdued.
The declaration of Grand Duke
Nicholas that the victory of the Rus
sian forces may now make it possible
for the army to turn TO new tasks is
taken to mean that the greatest at
tention may be given the Austrian and
Turkish campaigns. In this event the
advance upon Berlin would be post
poned The force left on the Prussian
frontier. however. would be sufficient
to be a constant menace TO the kaiser
and require the maintenance OF
great field army TO hold the Russians
In check.
Additional reports bring fresh de-
tails of the extent OF the Russian vic
tory and the British war office ex-
presses the greatest satisfaction at
the success of Grand Duke Nicholas,
which has come sooner than Lord
Kitchener or any Of his advisers had
dared hope. The lines OF communica-
tion of the Austrian and German army
are declared to have been practically
cut and the position of the enemy is
extremely serious.
Say Victory is Complete.
So complete is the victory of Rus
sian arms along the East Prussian
and Galician frontier that the cZar S
general staff may now choose the man
ner in which the campaign in the in
terests of the allied powers arraigned
against Germany may be conducted.
With advance cavalry patrols in the
Province of Posen and with the East
Prussian frontier crossed, the great
army of the czar has attained its full
momentum. The speed with which the
vast force has been moved has startled
military experts
To AnnihiIate Russians.
A dispatch from Rome says that En-
peror William, much affected by the
Russian victories, has held council
of war, which was attended by Gen
eral Won Hindenberg, the Duke of
Wurttenburg and the Austrian chief
of STAFF, Field Marshal Baron Conrad
Won Hoetzendorf, to decide on fur
ther plan of campaign.
Japs Take Using Tau.
The German colony of Using Tau in
the Chinese province of kaio Chow
has at last surrendered to the Jap
anese-British forces after land and
naval siege of more than two months.
The capture OF this stronghold takes
from Germany her last foothold on the
Asiatic mainland and her last strate-
eic position outside the German En-
pire in Europe.
The Armenians Opportunity.
The most significant development
to date of the Russo-Turco war is the
announcement that the Armenians are
rising against Turkey. Realizing that
the present is an opportune time to
throw off the Turkish yoke and to get
revenge for past outrages, the Armen-
ians are offering their services to the
Russian Caucasian army which has in
vaded Turkey.
Shell Turkish Port.
The protected cruisers kagul and
Pamiat Merkooria of the Russian
Black Sea fleet bombarded the Straits
of Bosphorus and the coal depots off
Eregli according to announcement
made at Constantinople.
The Turkish fleet went out to meet
the Russian warships, but soon re-
turned A number of vessels at the
port of Eregli, which is I2S miles
northeast of Constantinople. were de.
stroyed during the bombardment by
the Russians.
Turks Fight Russians.
The first reports of the light
ing between the Russians and the
Turks are as conflicting as We're the
first Austrian and Russian accounts of
the warfare in Galicia. Each contend
er claims to have invaded the others
territory and to have defeated his
frontier armies. These fights, how
ever probably have been only advance
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