The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-09-11

and PrOSkurOff districts crossed the
frontier on Aug. 20, and marched on
Lemberg for the purpose Of thwarting
the Austrian covering movement and
acting against the flank of the enemy.
ia the period between Aug. II and
Sept. 3, the Russian left wing advanc-
ed 220 versts ,about 147 miles, fight
ing all the time. The bulk Of the hos
tile forces e~ntrenched in powerful
positions ut kamenka and Dalitch, of
fered battle and We're thoroughly de-
feated in a desperate contest.
Austrians Lose 10000.
Between Aug. 81 and Sept. /. in
one district Of the upper curse of the
Guila Lipa alone, where the enemy's
line was broken. the Austrians lost r.
600 men in killed or wounded.
The retreat of the enemy after his
defeat at Lemberg assumed the char.
acter OF ~disorderly flight and panic,
and the Russians tool 200 guns, to-
gether with the baggage and tens of
thousands OF prisoners. 1t is believed
that the emnant of the second Aus
trian army is now no longer of any
military value
GERMAN VICTORY.
London. Sept. 3.-On the eastern
wal stage, Russia frankly confesses to
disaster to two army corps with the
loss of three generals. A dispatch
from Berlin nnounce that German
and Austrian troops have occupied
LODI, the largest manufacturing cen
ter in Russian Poland.
Will March On Berlin.
The Russians size the situation up
as follows:
THE operations in eastern Prussia,
while subordinated to the general cam
paign to crush the Austrian resistance,
will be continued in force. The fort
ress of Konigsberg is now completely
invested and a part of the city is held
by the Russians. The Germans have
been very heavily reinforced from the
western armies and are now in great
strength all along the lines of their
first Notifications. Despite this fact,
begun just as soon as the Austrian
army Is dnnlnlIaIed.
U. S. Ambassador Remains.
Paris, Sept. 4.-The president and
members of the government and all
embassies Of the allied nations have
gone to Bordeaux, where they will re-
main during hostilities.
q. s. Ambassador Herrick, who has
taken charge of the archives and en-
bassies of all the b%elligerent powers,
will remain in Paris with First Secre-
tary Bliss and the second secretary.
Orders have been issued for the re-
moval of the wounded from Paris to
Rennes and Nantes.
The United States is now represent
ed in Bordeaux by John w. CARAT,
u. S. ambassador to Argentine, who
went with the government, accompani-
ed by Third Secretary Sulzeton.
Proclamation Explains Removal.
The removal of the seat of the
French government to Bordeaux fol
lowed almost Immediately upon the
issuance of the proclamation by the
minister of the interior who explained
the reasons for the transfer. The pro-
clamation said that the military au-
thorities were responsible for the re>
moval. having decided that the fortifi-
cations of Paris while not positively
certain to be attacked, undoubtedly !
would be the pivotal point Of the field
operations of the opposing armies.
Big German Victory.
The official statement of a big Ger
man victory against the Russians at
Allenstein attracted wide attention.
Military observers pointed out that if
the number of Russians taken prison
ers had been correctly estimated at
Z $1,000 there must have been great cas-
ualties.
The text of the German dispatch be-
gins:
"Oficial report Of the victory at Al
lenstein shows that it was even great
er than known before. Three Russian
army corps were annihilated. Seventy
thousand prisoners we're taken. includ-
ing two commanding generals, 800 OH
GERS and the complete artillery Of the
Russian army"