The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1914-10-03
AUSTRIANS RUN
out OF CALICIA
Cars Soldiers Have Province
Nearly Cleared Of Enemy
RUSSIA REPORTS SUCCESSES

Dispatches Saying That Germans In
Poland Have Been Checked Are De.
MED by BerIin-czar Has Three
Armies Advancing Toward Kaiser's
Frontier-Tarnow Falls Before In.
Vaders Advancing on Cracow.
London, Sept. 30.-The Russian
hordes are sweeping through Galicia
and what few AustrIans are left in
the province are fleeing. A Petrograd
dispatch says that the cars army OF
invasion has been everywhere sue.
cessful. Reinforcements for the Aus
trian army have been forced back, il
Is claimed, by Russian army that
entered Hungary over the Carpathian
mountains.
The Unghvar district is being over
run by this Russian force, the dis.
patch says. Budapest, the Hungarian
capital, is only $50 miles from the
Unghvar section.
A Reuter- Telegram company dis.
patch from Petrograd says that the
river DurZetZ, toward which the Aus
trian army is now retreating, forr'S
the last important obstacle to the Run
sian advance on the fortress Of Cra-
cow.
The German offensive operations in
Poland have been effectually checked.
That is the information secured
from the general staff.
1t was stated that the German army
that advanced in an effort to cut in
two the forces of General Rennen-
kampf and develop a wide drive south
ward through Poland has met heavy
opposition from the Russians.
Dispatches from the frontier inGi-
cate that the Germans are preparing
to retire.
Russias tl.ree great armies are now
sweeping forward into Germany. The
army Of the south, hotly pursuing tn ,
Austrians through Galicia, has occu.
pied Tarnow, the last fortified position
in front of Cracow.
The army of theNnorth, under Gen
eral Rennenkampf, has resumed the
offensive in east Prussia after driving
back the German forces there. Now
the great center Russian army which
has been moving across Russian Pc.
land is in action and making its
weight felt against the German de.
Tense lines.
The successes of the three Russian n
armies during the past few days has
enabled the Russian staff to almost
straighten the long advance, especial
ly through Galicia and Russian Poland,
In east Prussia the line still curves
to the east, but it is believed that
General Rennenkampf will be able
soon to drive his forces forward again
into east Prussia.
1t is believed that the southern army
after taking Cracow will push on 10
capture Breslau in Silesia. The center
army which, it is reported, has inflict.
ed a severe defeat on the German
forces around KalisCz, will probably
advance on Posen. General Rennen.
kampf has again started forward t..
ward Koenigsburg in the north and
will push his campaign until all OF
east Prussia and west Prussia as far
as the Vistula forts is in the hand
OF the Russians.
Berlin, Sept. 30.-Information given
out in Berlin declares that the Aus.
trian government denied Russian sue.
cesses near the fortress Of Przemysl
1t is further declared that the sitr :
tion on the river Save is unchanged.
Attention is called here to tn
Daily Citizen, workman's paper pu.
lished in London, which criticises
Great Britain sharply for accepting
help from Japan in the present wa :.
This paper it is said, predicts un.
fortunate consequences for Australia
and America from this move and says
that 100000 Japanese are ready to
embark for India.