New-York tribune., 1914-11-29

IetiOSfdd, nov. -e.-OmclaL reports
given out to-day contain accounts o.
one Russian success after another
Thousands OF prisoners have been
captured and immense supplies Of wsr
material taken, according to every
statement from the front, both offcia
and unofficial
Yet Grand Duke Nicholas, in his one
direct reference 70 the hghting in the
LODI region. where a German army es-
timated at 10000 strong. is known 10
be struggling TO break through a mar
rowing Russian circle, makes only this
laconic assertion: We have succeeded
in making progress at certain points"
The military authorities along the
whole front are pursuing the same
policy OF silence concerning The fate
Of the German corps around LODI. In
formation given out at Lemberg. I'm
Galicia, combines the reports Of the
number Of men and guns taken at Stry-
kow, fifteen miles north OF LODI, with
the number captured at Tushin, just
south of Lemberg. The towns Of Stry-
kow and Tushin are more than 200
miles apsr. as the crow flies, and the
two operations are az this stage Of the
campaign entirely distinct
Much Artillery LoS.
This double report declares the Ger
mans lost 1900 men, q heavy battery
of artillery and twenty eight machine
guns. while the Austriaus lost 10000
men and twenty machine guns.
The communique issued to-day b.
the General staff, fairly full concern
ing operations outside the LODI region,
says:
"Our troops have won important sue
cesses along the Proschovitse- -Brzesko
Bo1hnia-Visnitsch front Gin Galicia anc
from thirty TO sixty miles southeast %
Cracow). In this locality on November
26 we routed an Austrian army. taking
more than 1000 prisoners. capturing 80
horses, and over 20 machine guns.
staff Officers Captured.
a Russian battalion. AZ BrzesAo.
captured what was left Of the 3is.
Regiment Of Hungarian Honved. These
prisoners included the commandant, %
officers and 1850 soldiers, and also ,h.
flag. We also took an automobile car
rying officers of the General STAFF Va
are continuing our energetic pursuit o.
the enemy
"In the fighting a. LODI. which con
tinued November 2s, We succeeded also
in making progress az certain points.
"ln the Carpathians, our troops have
attacked considerable Austrian forces
The battle Ia the Cracow district, 70
which a greater part Of the official re-
port is devoted, although it IS consid-
ered in military circles here not 10 be
as important as that around LODI.
would, in case OF Russian success, open
the way for them into Southern Silesia.
Cracow, military men admit, would
prove a hard nut 20 crack. but in this
regard usually well Informed OBJ
-erver says the Russians have sur
prise In store for the Austro- Germans.
Germans Number 10000.
Information from the highest mill
tary sources not only indicate that the
Russian Gordon Is tightening more and
more around the Germans In the LODI
Plock region, but that the Russian guns
are spreading death among the German
armies caught IN its o-ip. II Is de-
clered that the only hope for the Ger
mans, who are said 70 number 10000.
is that the two army corps sent 20 their
relief will be BILE 20 70 through the
Russian line which t'ey are ..ttacking
at Lancyca, northwest OF LODI.
Advices through Bucharest from Ma
mornitza say that, after a violent bonn
bardment by the Russian troops, the
Austrian forces have precipitately
abandoned CzernoWitz. the capital OF
Bukowina. fleeing In disorder toward
Dorlavatra. with the Russians in pur-
suit. 10 IS stated that the Russians
marched into Czernowitz at . o'clock
on the afternoon OF November 81. meet
ins with an enthusiastic welcome from
the Rumsnian and Ruthenian people OF
the city.