Evening star., 1914-10-10
Attack Soon Repulsed.


No wounded were seen from Stallu-
ponen. East Prussia, to the firing line,
which your correspondent reached in
the afternoon (date not given}. The
Russians had just begun an attack on
the German left wing, but it was quick
ly repulsed, the firing. lasting about
thirty minutes.
The Russian artillery, which evidently
has been reinforced by heavy artillery
from Kovno, at times shot well. but
often their shells fell short of the po-
sition of the German artillery.
Great damage has been done every
where in the country in which the fight
has been raging, and several villages
have been burned.
The German soldiers everywhere are
in the best of spirits. They are well
provisioned, as the supply arrange
All roads leading from the fighting
zone are filled with refugees carrying
their household effects and many OF
them driving their cattle before them.
New Tactics Are Necessary.
PETROGRAD, October 10.-"1t seems
an opportune moment" says a state
ment from the official news bureau,
ito call attention to the fact that when
the general staff headquarters gave an
account of the events which had trans
spired in the fighting in Galicia 1t fur
nished a sufficiently detailed outline OF
the strategical developments of the
Russian armies on the Austrian front
"The fighting in Galacia. which weak
ened considerably the Austrian army,
compelling it to make a prolonged re-
treat, forced the Germans to throw the
bulk of their forces on the eastern
front to the rescue of the Austrian ana
created entirely new conditions wnlch
will undoubtedly make US ADOPT cor
responding measures.
1T is easy to understand the partlcu-
lar Importance of keeping secret as
long as possible the recent movement
of the Russian troops on the eve OF
great events. 1t seems 1t Is TO TINS
circumstance that we must attribute
the breyity and dearth of ofnclal com
munications on the present situatlon IN
Galicia and on the west pank oA 'he
Vistula. - b.
true. public opinion will very soon ana
of necessity be compelled to De saeis :
fed Gas during the first ten oays u
the War) with the meager details IN the
official communications, .na in, a
final success and awaiting the tinie
when it will be possible Witnout i1 ui1
yulgine military secrets to nft the ven ven
which must always cover the Hrse
nhases of a newborn military opera
ton
Russian Staff Statement.
The following official statement mas
been given out by the general stan:
October our troops on the Eas'
Prussian border continued to press the
enemy, who had formed two hshtlhe
groups.
region of Vladislavoff and Wirballen
(both towns in the government OF su-
walki, Russian Polandl. Our troops
dislodged them from NladislaVor and
surrounded them on the norm; .;,, IN aajr ~
tained it's position east by south OF
Wirballen. All it's attempts to take
the offensive at that point failed, the
enemy sustaining heavy losses
sThe second group of the enemy,
very strong one, commenced an ener-
getic attack in the vicinity of Ratchka
lake and BakalarZewo (East Prussia). }.
snmed a vigorous offensive against
their front. The enemy, covered by
strong rear guard. tried, it seems, to
get out of the sphere of the battle.
saults the positions which the enemy
was trying to hold We finally occu-
pied Lyck (East Prussia).
"Our offensive all along the front
continues energetlcally.
Invasion Declared Failure.
LONDON, October 1O-The following
official statement has been received by
wireless from Berlin by the Marconi
company:
"The Austrian general staff an
nounces the complete breakup of the
Russian invasion Of Hungary. The re-
cent attacks on Przemysl were repulsed
with terrible loss to the enemy. The
defense of the fort is being conducted
The Russians have been cleared from