The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-09-18

constitute grave military problem
+, for Russia.
| Third-It is officially reported that
| the cars program ignores Vienna and
| calls first of all for a march to Ber-
| lin.
| The extent of the Russian reverses
in East Prussia is not yet definitely
known. Petrograd dispatches deny
that the situation is anything like as
| bad as the Berlin reports would indi-
| cate.
Austrian Losses 100000.
The Times says a reasonable esti-
| mate of the Austrian losses thus far in
| Galicia is 100000 men killed, wounded
or captured-nearly one-third of their
army. They have also lost a total of
about 1000 pieces of artillery-more
| than two-thirds of all they had. The
broken remnants of the Austrian ar
mics are rendered doubly weak by this
poverty of field guns.
The Austrian army, retiring on
| Przemysl, is accompanied by about
Germans Claim Great Victory.
Berlin, Sept. 17.-tBy wireless to
New York, via Sayville, L. Lit was
officially announced in Berlin that
General Won Hincenberg had tele-
graphed Emperor William that the
Russian army of Wilma, composed of
the Second, Third, Fourth and Twen-
:okl, wi
! ions and five divisions of cavalry have
been completely defeated by the Ger
mans. The Russian, casualties were
heavy.
May Result in Disaster.
Paris, Sept. 16.-The army of Crown
Prince Frederick William, forming the
left and the pivotal position of the
German battle front, has joined in the
general retreat of the invaders.
Moreover, the tardy recession of the
crown prince from position between
Verdun and Toul, where he had been
attacking the line of southern fortifica-
lions of the former city, probably will
result in disaster. There is a grave
probability that he will be cut off in
the Argonnes and south of Verdun.
French Reoccupy Rheims.
The next important development is
the reoccupation of Rheims by the
French after they had forced the Ger
mans to abandon this defensive posi-
ton. The Germans have been forced
to the north.
Could Equip New Army.
The allies during the pursuit so far
have captured enough guns. ammuni-
ton, rifles and other war supplies to
equip an army and the Germans have
suffered severely from the loss of ami
mails, aside from the growing exhaus-
ton of their troops. The Germans
are being forced to night marches and
on half rations. The morale of the in
vaders is said to be at low ebb, the
soldiers being utterly disheartened by
their enforced and disorganized re-
treat after their brilliant advance to-
ward Paris.
The German loss of life, too, has
been enormous. 1t is estimated that
$4,000 Germans fell while trying to
cut through the French lines. At
Nancy alone, 10000 Germans are re-
ported to have fallen, while in the OPP
erations about Luneville they lost H.
900, according to unofficial figures.
Called Battle Of Ages"
London, Sept. 15.-The first stage
of the battle of the Marine, which,
from the number of fighting men en-
gagged, the extent of the line of bat
tie and the terrific slaughter, is per-
haps correctly described as "the bat
tie of the ages" appears to have been
won by the French and British armies,
but the main German army is still in
tact and the supreme clash is still to
come.
Russian Victories Confirmed.
London, Sept. 16.-All the news
coming in seems to confirm the Rus
sian reports that the Russians have
inflicted another crushing defeat on
the Austrians who on the right were
supported by some German divisions.
BY the capture of Tomaszow, the
Russians drove a wedge between the
Austrian army, which had invaded Po-
land as far as Opole, Krasnostav and
Zamose and the army which they de-
feated at Lemberg and which although