Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-10-27

FdIlSylOcl. ZI.-1u0 KAISER, IN Sc
ries of widely separated attacks, sui.
fered defeats near Armentieres and
west of Lens, where the Franco Brit.
ish armies drove home counter on
slaughts against the Germans.
Heavy losses were inflicted on the
invaders in the fighting which was of
the most furious description at all
points of contact between the North
sea and the River ~Oise.
Insist Lines Are Maintained.
The text of the official communica-
ton follows:
Declare Losses Are Heavy.
"Our front was held also in the re-
gion between Ypres and Roulers. be-
tween Armentieres aud Lille, to the
west of La Basse and of Lens, and to
the east of Arras This line is con-
tjnued to the south by the line which
already has been indicated in these
official communications During the
fighting Of recent days the enemy
seems, to have sustained considerable
losses"
Russ Take Three Towns.
Paris. Oct. 27.-Concerning the Rus
sian situation the official statement
says:
fRussia-To the west of the Vistula
and to the north of the Pilica river,
the Germans have been forced back
on Lowicz, Skierniswice and Rawa,
which have been captured at the bay
onet point by the Russians.
''T the south of the Pilica, in the
direction of Radon, there has been a
lively engagement between the Rus
SLAMS and the Austro-Germans, who
lost prisoners and cannon.
Drives Back the Austrians.
ITO the south of Solec the Russian
troops crossed the Vistula by main
force, driving the AustFians back. On
the River San and to the south of
Przemysl there have occurred stub
born combats resulting favorably to
the Russians. An Austrian column
debouching from the Carpathians on
Dolina lin Galicia, twenty-five miles
to the south of Stry), was routed"
Battle in GaIicia Continues.
London, Oct. 27.-Reports from
Vienna indicate that along the battle
line from the CarpathiaDs to the Rus
sitii border, through Galicia, the fight
ing continues, but without any def
mite result. Petrograd claims that the
Germans still are retiring from War
saw in precipitate fight and that they
are also evacuating LODI. The Ger
mans attempted to arrest the Russian
offensive movement at Sokhatchoff,
bur were dislodged from their posi-
lions there with heavy losses.
Viennas Official Statement.
4 dispatch to Reuters Telegram
company from Rotterdam gives the
following official statement issued In
Vienna
"A telegram dated Sunday noon
from the northeastern theater of war
says Austrian and strong German
forces have taken a position in a
nearly uninterrupted line from the
northern spurs of the Carpathian
mountains by way of Starry and Sam
Dor before the fortress of Przemysl
to the Polish part of the Vistula and
to the district of Flock, against the
main army of the Russians, who have
been reinforced by troops from the
Caucasus, Siberia and Turkestan.
THE Austrian offensive across the
Carpathians attracted strong hostile
forces
TN the middle of Galicia, where
both armies occupy fortified positions.
the battle is stagnant.
Northeast of Przemysf and on the
lower San the Austriaas have had
several successes.
"ln Russian Poland strong forces
are facing one another. Since YES
terday there has been fighting north
OF the Vistula between Ivangorod and
Warsaw"