Evening star., 1914-11-11
THOUSANDS CAPTURED
IN CAMPAIGN, SAY SLAVS
Cossacks Now Raiding Within
Twenty Miles of
Cracow.
PRZEMYSL FULLY INVESTED
Two of Kaiser's Generals Said to
Have Been Captured-Austrian
Retreat Continues, Says
Petrograd.

LONDON, November 1I.-Co-
incident with the news that every
German soldier has been swept
from Russian soil comes whisper
OF peace proposals i'll the report
from Petrograd that Berlin has
approached Russia with overtures
looking toward a cessation OF hos
tilities. 1t is declared Russia has
spurned these.
Contrary to the German re-
port that the Russians had been
checked on the frontier OF East
Prussia, Petrograd declares that a
brilliant success in that region has
been succeeded by an actual in
vasion of German territory. An
equal triumph is reported from
the other end of the long Russian
battle line.
Cossacks Near Cracow.
With Cossacks raiding within twenty
miles of Cracow. the commandant OF
the fortress has ordered the clVliiah
population of the city to leave
Przemysl is said to be fully invested
again and the reduction of this fortress
is likely to precede any further ad-
rancs by the Russian left wing.
Two German commanders, Gems. Won
Nakenge and Won Liaburt, have been
captured by the Russians various re
ports declare. ~
One dispatch from Petrograd says;
II Is estimated here that during tne
recent fighting in East Prussia .ne
Germans lost 10 per cent OF their ON
GERS. From October 23 toNoVemoe.
the total Russian captures amoun.eu
20 aa3 officers, 81, $50 soldiers, four NOR
,srs 80 cannon, SO Quick-frers ana
!ars,s amount of munitions of war, IN
ciudinC a quantity of provisions.
Petrograd Statement.
Tho following official statement, just
issued in Petrograd. summarizes tne
Russian operations;
IN eastern Prussia the right Wing
of the enemy, who has peeh suo
bornly resisting in the region Oh
lyck. has been driven Dack To-
ward Mazourie lake.
..E,ast of Neidburg ttwenty-Iour
miles south of Koenigsberg) near
the Muschaken railroad statioh
Russian cavalry force de1eated
GERMAN detachment which was pro-
tecting the railroad. The Russians
cantured a train and blew up the
railroad bridges ,,.,r
Meeting cavalry division of the
enemy, forced it to retire toward
Kalisz. . ,,-.cou,
.s have attained Miechow Ga town
forty-four miles southwest OF
Kielce).
vcrsed the River Wlsl9ha, in ang
now occupy Rzeszow, Dynow ana
Lisko"
Austrian Evacuation On.
The Austrian evacuation of the posi-
,;ons tn the southeast of Lemberg, in
South Galicia, and in BukoWina Is re-
ported in Petrograd to be continuing.
There are also indications that the en-
tire Austrian line from Stry to Czerno-
witz is being gradually aoandohea.
Dispatches received here from Czer-
nowitZ capital of the crown land OF
Bukowina. declare that with the excep-
tion of a garrison OF reserVists Oh the
Oldest levy no Austrian troops are lett
there.
The engagements recently have for
the most part been trivial encounters
between individual columns. Only at
Kolomea are the Austrians seriously
disputing the Russian advance.
Berlin Hears of Success.
Advices from Berlin state that in
Russian Poland. near Konin (thirty-
three miles northeast of kalisz). Ger
man cavalry dispersed Russian bat
TALON, taking about 500 prisoners and
eight machine guns. Berlin also states
that it is officially reported from
Vienna that the Russians have evac-
uated the greater portion of Bukowina
and retired in the direction of the
Dniester river where they have been
pursued by the Austrian troops, who
have taken many prisoners.
There are reports that the Austrian
army is abandoning entirely its posi-
tions in western Galicia and will win
ter at the foot of the Carpathians. re-
uewing the war from that base in the
spring. But the stubborn defense o1
tion to defend Cracow hardly confirm
this report. Dispatches reaching Lon.
don from Belgium and Holland con-
tinue to insist that the Germans are
Withdrawing many of their troops from
their western battle front.
Bayonet Attacks Common.
Petrograd dispatch to the Dali,
Telegraph says that at every poin
the Russians. lack of artillery is com
pensated by the numbers Of infantry
All along the Russian front bayone
tactics have been as common as ar
tillery duels on the German-Frenc
battle line.
Having reached the German from
tier" says the dispatch, "the Russian,
have tremendous task before them
because the Germans on their own ter
ritory will fight in accordance will
their own theories. with absolutely per
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