New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-16
Germdn-AuStridn
Official Reports

Berlin, Oct. Is (vla London) The
following official report was received
to-day from army headquarters:
-Four thousand prisoners were taken
at Antwerp and over five hundred guns.
An inspection shows that a large guam
tity of stores was left behind by the
Belgans.
"A new attack by the Russians in the
direction of East Prussia has been re-
pulsed and an advance of Russians,
consisting of about eight army corps,
between Warsaw and Ivangorod has
been successfully met with heavy
losses to the Russians"
London, Oct. 15.-The following Ger
man official statement was received
here tonight by wireless:
1T rs reported officially from Vienna
that our cavalry already has entered
the fortress of Przemysl, Galcia, from
the west The enemy, perplexed by
| the rapidity of our operations in Rus
sian Poland and Galicia. tried in vain
to prevent our relief of the fortress by
detaching troops to the west. They
were, however, unable to resist the ad
vance OF our army.
"The 9th and 9th Russian infantry
divisions attacked by us have fled i'm
the direction of the River San.
"a Cossack division and an infantry
brigade IN strong position west of
Dynow, Galicia. were defeated after
brief resistance"
Berlin. Oct. 10 (By wireless TO Say
vile, Long Island).--It was officially
announced to-day that the battle to
the east of Wirballen, in Russian Po-
land, which has been raging since Octo
/ Der 4, continues favorable to the Ger
mans. Repeated attempts Of the Rus
slams to storm the trenches have re-
suited in heavy losses. The Russian
efforts to drive out the Germans by
terrific artillery fire daily so far have
/ failed.
"The Russians are reported TO be in
| fortified positions along the line Of
Stry. Sambor and Medyka. which now
are being attacked by the Austrians. |
! This line is supposed to keep in check !
the direct Austrian advance from
! Przemysl toward Lembcrg."
| DR.. Won Bethmann- Hollweg, the I'm |
perial Chancellor, accompanied by his
suite, arrived in Brussels at noon yes
terday
Further information concerning the |
/ progress of the war was given out as
/ follows:
German troops in Belgium are now
marching in part toward Ostend and in /
! part in southwesterly direction tow
ard the French frontier. The head /
( quarters of Emperor William have been /
moved further into France.
Sinking of the Pallada Retod.
"The Russian armored cruiser Pal !
| lada, Of 5000 tons, built in 1906, was |,
torpedoed by a German submarine at
the entrance to the Gulf of Finland. I
The torpedo launched by the subma-
rine caused an explosion on board the
cruiser and the Russian vessel, with her
entire crew of 600 men, went straight
TO the bottom.
"There has been heavy fighting in /.
France east Of scissors and the Ar
gonne. The French official reports I
about successes in the WOcvre district |
are untrue. The Germans nowhere /
have lost ground. Etain, twelve miles
TO the east Of Nerdun. Is I'm German
hands. French attacks against our po-
sition near st. Mihiel have been re-
pulsed.
/ . 600 Englishmen have been interned IN
/ Holland. In the harbor of Antwerp we
found thirty-two German steamers, the
boilers of which apparently had beeh
disabled. e1
RUSSIAN forces have been defeated
rear Schirwindt. in East Prussia, nine /
teen miles to the east of Gumblnneh,
With loss Of 800 prisoners and
twenty cannon. German troops nav, nave
repulsed the Russians south OF war
saw and hold Southern Poland as lar
as the Vistula River.
emperor william, acting on peIl-
ton handed him by Cardinal Hart
mann, of Cologne, has ordered mat
French Catholic priests among the prs
oners in Germany who entered the
French ranks as common soldiers shall
be treated in Germany IN the same
manner as are French officers.
Six Neutral Ships Seized.
at is reported here from Stettin +
that German torpedo boat destroyers
discovered six vessels OF Norwegian,
Swedish and Danish nationality loaded
with goods and provisions destined for
London and Grimsby. and also for Rus
STA. All were taken into Swinemunde." .
When the German troops entered 4
Antwerp the Church of Notre Dame was
in danger Of fite. The troops devoted
their energies TO stopping the spread !
of the flames. and the church was
saved Not more than twelve civilians
we're killed in Antwerp during the bonn
bardment.
A German officer has sent in report
that Russian major on the East Prus-
sian frontier forced the inhabitants
of the villages under his control to Join
the Russian troops In the trenches.
Furthermore. he used women as shields
! for the Russian machine guns. Later
this major was captured and shot by
the Germans.
The British and the French, it is de-
clared here, fear that the advance OF
the Germans in the direction OF the /
French coast will endanger the sltua-
ton of the allied forces.
Communication between the fortress
ST Warsaw and Ivangorod on the west I
ern bank of the Vistula River, has been
interrupted by German detachment.
Austrian and German troops are pre-
pairing to cross the Nistula.
telegram received here from Rot I
terdam saws that the losses of the Bel /
0ian and English troops during the
bombardment of Antwerp were ire
mendous. Bursting shells from the
German side repeatedly killed at one
time between forty and fifty soldiers
in the Antwerp trenches.
Tho abatement from Russian sources
IN the effect that two German suDma-
rines were sunk during the attack of
/ the Gulf of Finland last week on the
4 Russian cruiser Pallad9 was officially
denied. oo..ooo ls,oo
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