The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-11-28
Two Bio Battles In East.

, Two big battles. either or both of
+ which may have decisive results. are
being fought in Poland, and third
! conflict OF almost equal Importance is
progressing in East Prussia
4 Russians Fall Back .
! The veil OF secrecy has been
/ drawn over the battles between
| the Russians and the Austro-Gernan
| forces. The headquarters of both
| armies now are contining themselves
| to the briefest statements concerning
| the hostilities. saying merely that
, fighting is in progress.
News coming from unofficial sources
! however. shows that the German ad
/ vance has penetrated further into
| Poland than had been disclosed preyi
! ously and that Warsaw is threatened
/ for a second time General Won Hin
| denburg's army has advanced as far
F, as the LowicZ- Skierniewice line. which
! means that the Germans have covered
I two-thirds Of the ground to the Polish
| capital. from which they are now only
I forty miles distant. Farther south in
! Poland, however. the Teuton allies are
said to have been repulsed between
Radon and kielce
Continue oaiician Advance.
The battle in East Prussia seems to
have died down. but the Russians con
tlnue to advance in Galicia and Still
are fighting on the Czenstocitowa-
Cracow front.
The battle in Poland in the drec-
tion of Lowicz is the most critical one
and, while the Germans have tie
greatest confidence in General toa
! Hindenburg since his defeat OF the
Russian general, Won Rennenkampf. in
East Prussia, here. and in Petrograd
military observers express the opinion
that Russia's overwhelming superior
ity in numbers of men again must tell,
as was the case when the Germans
, made their first attack on Warsaw
Przemysl About to Fall.
A dispatch from Petrograd says
that it is announced there that the
siege OF Przemysl appears to be rapid
y approaching its end. The trenches
surrounding the fortifications are in
the possession of the Russian troops.
Many of the trenches are filed with
IiHc, touiIl iuiilS sldtcHlthlS VI III
oners that cholera is raging in the gar
rison of Przemysl
Austrians Tell Of Success.
Reports from Vienna tell of success
es in Galicia. including the occupation
by the Teutonic allies of Tarnow and
Wieliczka. According to these reports
seven thousand prisoners were taken
kieliczka is the most westerly point
, reached by the Russians on their ad-
vance on Cracow.
Russians In Galicia.
In Galicia. before Cracow and
in East Prussia, the Russians are
I pushing their advantage, apparently
! disregarding the fact that their cen
| ter has been compelled to fall back.
| They also are showing much activity
| in the Carpathians, their object being
to prevent the Austrians from retiring
into Hungary-in fact, it is stated that
they already have cut off eight hun
I dred thousand Austrans. who will
now be compelled, If defeated, to re-
treat westward.
Big German Army in Poland.
The advance of the Germans from
Thorn into Poland is being made in
great force. The greatest German
strength is to be concentrated on this
| line. Fighting of the most desperate
character has been in progress and
heavy losses have been suffered by
/ both sides
1t is now race between theRus-
! sian army invading East Prussia and
! h.. NJ
1t Is believed generally the kaiser ex-
| poets to relieve the pressure upon
East Prussia by striking a crushing
| blow with his forces advancing along
the Vistula and from Kalisz. A vic
tory for the Russians about Soldau
would be followed by quick rush
into East Prussia which would force
all abandonment of the determined of
fensive in Poland for the defense OF
the northern province.
Germans Shell Libau.
German cruisers and torpedo boat
destroyers bombarded the naval har-
Dor here for more than four hours
says Libau. Russia, correspondent.
Several factories were damaged and
a petroleum reservoir was shelled and
destroyed by fire. The railway sta
tion and some houses in the poorer
parts of the town also suffered The
Germans sank several small cargo
steamers at the entrance to the har.
Dor Five persons were killed by the
shells, including a woman and over
thirty persons we're wounded"
| Russian Port Bonbarded
The Turkish cruiser Hamidieh, fol
lowed by fiotilla of torpedo boats
appeared off Tauhse. Russia, and