The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-11-12
RUSS At CRACOW
TO Open ATTACK
Cars Troops Are Advancing on
BreSIau.
INVADERS CUT OFF RETREAT
Russia ls Now Clear Of All Gernani
According to Announcement Made
at Petroarad-Turks Forced
to Fall Back.


London, Nov. 10.-Cracow, the key
to Vienna, will be attacked within
twenty.four hours, according to un
official adyices from the Russian
front. The czar's troops are at the
city's gates. The Austrian rear
guard has been driven from Pinczow
commanding an important crossing Of
the upper Vistula, rs miles from
Cracow, and the Russians have
crossed the river and cut off the
retreat of the Austrians on that fort,
ress.
A little to the north the Russians
are advancing with a seemingly ire
sistible force on Breslau on the way
to Berlin. Berlin admits that the
Russ advance at this point is we'll
beyond the Warthe river between
Czenostochow, IL miles east of the
border, and Kalisz. Despite hard fight
ing and bad roads the cars troops
are pressing relentlessly ahead at the
amazing rate OF ii miles a day. The
Russian thanking movement again is
credited with driving the Germans
from their positions on the Warthe,
where it had been predicted they
would make a determined stand.
Northwest of KaliSz the Russian in
vasion of Posen at Pleschen, Is miles
inside the frontier, apparently threat
ems the German line of communica.
ton.
Petrograd, Nov. 10.-Oficial an
nouncement was made that the Ger
man forces which invaded northwest.
ern Poland had been driven back into
East Prussia. This clears Russian
territory OF the invader except the
extreme western and southwestern
part of Russian Poland, where the
Germans are still striving to hold
their positions against the repeated
attack OF the cars army. u"
Additional successes against the
Ottoman forces in Turkish Armenia
were also officially reported. $50
The statement of the general stafl
relating to the operations in Poland
was as follows: "'F.
IAN German troops have beer
driven out of Russian territory on the
Thorn-Mlawa-Rypin front and have re
treated into East Prussia. The
enemy's invasion in this quarter has
completely collapsed.
Cut Communication.
Except in the west and southwest,
the soil of Poland has been cleared
OF the invaders and the German
forces in those regions have been
compelled to withdraw as result of
the activity of our cavalry, who have
invaded Silesia and cut railroad com.
munications at Pleschen.
"As a result of the perilous posi-
tision in which they have been placed
by our great victories, the Germans
are drawing upon their forces In the
west to strengthen their lines. Many
detachments are being transported
through Germany from the western
to the eastern front. This will re-
suit in weakening the lines opposing
the Ahglo-French- Belgian forces in
the west"
The official report from the military
authorities of Trans-Caucasia on the
operations in Turkish Armenia was
sent from Tiflis under date of No
vember Z. It follows:
1.-TWO Turkish divisions with As
pieces of field artillery and several
heavy guns, supported by a large
force of Kurd cavalry, moved from the
direction of the hills at Hassenkalah
(about twenty-one miles east OF Err,
Zerum) toward the position at Kopri
koi, which we occupied Friday night.
Turks Forced to Retreat. .-s
THE Turks made a vigorous move.
ment In an effort to surround the
right wing of the Russians, but were
severely repulsed. Our artillery
opened a murderous FIRE and the
Turks, though they fought bravely
and made numerous attacks, were
finally compelled to retreat.
Their left wing was the first to
fall back and then their whole force
followed. The Russians are in pur,
suit of the Turks. who are striving
to and refuge in the broken country
west Of the scene of their attacks.
THE operations thus far have been
wholly favorable to Russian arms
The Turks show surprising organiza
ton and this Is attributed to training
given them by German oficers."
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