New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-05
GIVES CHANCE TO
MOVE ON GERMANY
Austria's Best Troops De-
clared Destroyed in
the Campaign,
HUNGARY IN PERIL
poads Uncovered by Russian
victory Cars Forces We'll
coined by Natives.


p.,rocrad. Sept. > Delayed '-lh'
80 Of Icmbcrg is Of great I'M
.r,oncc in freeing Russia's hands Tor
ss,rrairn agains, Germany Ga
hos lis special Importance for
~ In, IS felt throughout tho
-. tina, the enemy to he crushed
.' Germany. Austria is scarcely men
80 She Il, almost ignored and
~ ;s no. the slightest animOsity
i rcrortcd here that the Germans
- SON. 70 the left flank Of the west
-. ,rort twenty-five S.25-inch mOrtar''
v,:.seoms 10 indicate plans for seri-
egbtinc in Asacc. while reinforce
80 for the eastern front are pre-
snmably being taken from the north
vest ~, :,
Tho rorbcrg fight mas resulted IN a
-. ,Iecl 10 the AustrianS ana
~, ;rssrnce their advance in South
| p,,ord Russian militarists think
-. ,bc retreating Austrians may De
n.,ie.tricken to defend the Nerez-
S;tzy River. though it is admirably
a.a,,5 for defence owing to the
-an,t,;nous country in the neighoor-
s.oI the sIopirg and marshy ground
.OS tho presence of the Mikolaov fort
ress.
,ustria's Best Troops Routed
IT,. .voyoc vremya" speaks OF the
Austrian defeat as brilliant victory
and complete rout OF AustnaS pest
line Of troops ~.
Il is officially announced here tna'
.be Russians have taken 10000 Aus
,r;sn prisoners in the course OF seven
days.
PetrOgrad, sept Am official state
mspt issued by the government says
concerning the operations OF the
Russian army in Galicis, official re-
psrts SAL that the enemy is retreating
after desperate lighting near Halicz'
leaving 4.5OO dead OF the field. The
Russians took thirty-twO cannon and
railway material
ION the south, in front Of warsaw,
the Austrian attack was repulsed ana
,be offensive taken by the Russians"
London. Sept. A Reuter- dispatch
from Petrograd says the following OH
eiai atement has been given out at
the Russian capital:
"On September . Lemberg was
closely surrounded by Russian troops
and was captured with all enormous
amount OF war material. All the build
ings in the town were packed witn
Austrian wounded, who had been aOan-
dOned in the enemy's headlong flight
Reported TO the Gar.
The commander in chief notified the
Emperor Of the occupation Of Lemoerg
in the following message:
with extreme JOY, and thanking
God, l announce to your majesty that
the victorious army, under Genera!
Rulsty, captured Lemberg at IL O'Clock
this morning. The army OF General
Brussilof has taken Hslicz.
Il beg your majesty to confer on
General Ruzsky, in recognition OF SER
vices preceding the battles, the fourth
class Of the Order of St. George, and
for the capture Of Lemberg the third
class Of the same orGer, and on Cen
eral Brussiloff the fourth class Of the
same order"
"The Times's" Petrograd correspond
emit, telegraphing concerning Russian
military operations, says that the Rus
sian Emperors forces dew around the
Austrian army like an iron semi-cireie'
The Austrians were thus obliged 10
SIGHT for their salvation with extreme
obstinacy. owing to the fact that they
could not hope for any considerable re-
Inducements. The southern army un-
der General Frank, had been almost
completely destroyed by the Servlans,
and the transfer of the remnant OF
three corps would alter nothing except
that perhaps in this manner the road
to Budapest would be left open to the
Serbs.
The Germans had apparently retired
from Polish territory west of the Wis
tula and we're unable to send the Aus
TRANS as much as a single battalion so
that the army under Archduke Frede-
rick was left to its own resources.
Warsaw Advance Prevented.
During the first weeks of the war the
principal strength Of the Austrian
army advanced on the left bank Of the
Nstula with the palpable object of
reaching Warsaw from the south, while
the German army from Eastern Prussia
proposed a simultaneous advance into
roland from the north. When the Rus
sian victories at Gumbinnen shattered
inc Illusion OF possibility Of advance
on Warsaw the Austrians employed
'her tremendous forces, scattered on
Inc left bank OF the Vistula, to out
"'hk the right wing Of the Russian
~smy eneireling Lemberg
10 THIS enormous superiority and
strength on the Austrian side must be
assigned the fact that during the frs,