The Sentinel=record., 1914-09-16

a.
Poland. The armies Of Genera
DankL which had the support of som,
German divisions, have been driver
back across the frontier which the,
crossed While the Russians were ad
yancing on Lemberg and now. ac
coIding to Petrograd reports. are in
the angle between the rivers San an4
Vistula, a trap into which Russian
troops had been trying for some day.
to drive them. Their tanks are SUP
ported by the fortresses of Cracou
and Przemysl
Przemysl is being approached By
the Russian army which captured
Lemburg and which now will operate
against the right wing of Generals
Dank and Won Auffenburg. Mean
While the Russian army is free tc
move west toward Thorn, Prussia.
town of some 27000 inhabitants ,u
the right bank of the Vistula. q
miles southeast of Bromberg and
General Rannenkampff can look 70,
reinforcements for his army which
had to fall back with the German ad
vance in east Prussia.
The Russians won their victory in
Ga!icia and Poland not ouls because
hey had a superior force. hut be
cause. according to correspondents
their artillery was superior to that OF
tne Austrians and the Germans.
Petrograd houes that whon Genera
RcnnenkampI gets his reinforce
uents he can defeat the Germans
military mel are anxious to soc hrw
the Russians compare rs GgHtins men
against the perfectly II tu1ed Ger
mans
The Seryans and Montenegrins, ac
cording TO a Rome dispatch after the
capture of Vishegrad. Bosnia. by tie
Servians and of Fatcha, Bosnia, by
the Montenegrins, joined fo.ces and
are advancing along the en-ire fro1t
An these troops are veterans with
iung lighting experience and are en-
/: ectcd to give a good accent ol
| themselves.
Besides invading Gaicia, the Rus
slams are said to be operating eX
tensively in Buckowina, the chiei
town of which, Czernowitz, they oc
cupied some weeks ago. 1t is beliey
ed the intention OF the Russians is
to go as far as possible south of this
! Carpathian mountains to demand q
llew frontier in that direction when
The war is over
The Russian general staff has sale
nothing about the fighting in Easi
| Prussia except that the Russians We're
compelled to withdraw before superior
forces. The Germans, however, claim
another big victory for General Hin
Idenberg's army in the fighting whlcf
Iiaged for four days over the entire
front. They say the Russians los'
heavily. especia ly in the battle az
Iyck. nine miles north of the Russian
frontie~ while the German losses were
inconsiderable.
Scattered British and German forces
throughout Africa have been skirmi'l
ling wherever their frontiers mee
land the South African mounted rifles
are reported to have just won a vic
tory over the Germans whom the!
are said said to have expelled IRON
Ramainsdrift This may be the tore
runner of what may develop into
serious battle. The Germans have
strong force in German West Africa
ard already have threatened the bor
dcrs of the union of South Africa
Therefore Germans who sympathize'
with the Beers in their war agains
Great Britain soon may be oppose'
bv the same Beers who now are figh'
ing for Great Britain.
From Berlin comes the report una
the German cruiser Hela has bee
sunk by submarine boat. The ac
miraltv here has no confirmation Q
tbis and there is as much nyster'
about the case as surrounded IN
sinking of the British cruiser PatH
finder by German submarine.
the report should prove correct
would seem that submarines OF boz
Icountries are maxim gdaring raids.