The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-10-07
CARS TROOPS Win
RUSSIANS CLAIM DECISIVE DE-
FEAT AGAINST GERMANS.
Brave CAVALRY Charge

Dispatches From Petrograd Tell Of
sian Lines-Hostile Cavalry Hack
ed at Each Other for Two Hours.
Correspondents Of London papers
report from Petrograd that German
army has been decisively defeated by
the Russians in a battle southeast OF
Kaliscz and that the great German
invasion of Russian Poland has re-
coiled upon the River Warta. The
battle was fought about 10 miles
north of Cracow and 100 miles south
west of Warsaw.
This indicates that the Kaliscz-
Cracow line of German defense has
already been attacked by the Russian
armies acting independently Of the
Cars forces in East Prussia and in
Galicia. If the news of a German re-
verse near Kaliscz is true the Russian
battle line has Strengthened from
East Pruss :ato Galicia and Russia is
now striking vigorously and stimuli
taneously with left wing, center and
right wing.
The whole Russian advance is in
the shape of vast crescent, extend
ing about 200 miles from its north
ern horn, east of Koenigsberg, to its
southern horn, east Of Dembica, in
Galicia. iPetrograd correspondents
assert that Russia is employing nc
fewer than 100000 troops along
this semicircle, and that Germany,
with Austrian assistance, is concen'
trating probably 100000.
The Russians regard the Austrians
as a gentlemanly opponent, with
whom it is pleasure to fight. Not
that the Austrian does not fight well;
| we lave heard little Of the prolonged
and terrible struggle in which he has
been engaged in Poland and Galicia.
Nevertheless that campaign has been
as bloody as the campaign on the
Meuse and the Austrians, although
beaten, have struggled gallantly
against overwhelming numbers, bet
ter generals and better troops.
Gen. Fronbreich, a celebrated Aus
trian cavalry commander, killed HIM
self after the battle Of Grodek,
twenty miles west Of Lemberg. In
| this battle the division of Magyar
cavalry led by Gen. Frohreich was
cut to pieces by Gen. Brousillof's Co.'S
sacks.
ga considerable force Of Austrians
fell upon the advance guard of Gen.
Brousillof, which was composed OF
infantry, Cossacks and light artillery.
| The plan of the enemy was clear. He
hoped to shatter our advance guard
and then break through our centre.
Our infantry and artillery had strong
ly entrenched themselves and in re-
serve were several Coccask detach-
mentS.
eat first the Austrian infantry
moved out for the attack. 1t was met
with a deadly fire of cannon and ma
chine guns and the enemy wayered
and fell back.
"Then the cavalry was sent out.
The flower of the Austro-Hungarian
army, the Budapest Guard division,
formed of Magyars, 'bright-jacketed
Hungarians, galloped furiously down
in close order. 1t appeared as II
nothing could arrest their impetuous
course, not even the awful shrapnel
fire Of the artillery, which brought
death and destruction into their
ranks, nor even the rain of bullets
from machine guns.
"The Magyars did not hesitate for
a moment, but continued to charge at
our trenches. One more minute and
it seemed as it nothing would be left
of our infantry.
"All at once the thuG of hoofs and
the clatter Of steel were heard and
the Magyars were met by a whirlwind
of Cossacks. For two hours the Aus
trian and Russian infantry watched
the scene Of terrible carnage.
cat the end Of this time, of the fine
Budapest Guard division not one man
was left and the whole field was
strewn with the enemy's corpses, sew
cred heads, hands and legs and dead
horses.
"The commander of the division,
Gen. Frohreich, could not stand the
disgrace of defeat and shot himself
on the battlefield. AS was afterwards
explained, he had promised to bring
to the Austrian emperor on the lat
ter's birthday news of the complete
destruction of the Russian army. BY
throwing his division onto the Rus
slams the Austrian general was fully
convinced that the next day he would
be able to announce to the emperor
the promised victory.
Before the battle the Magyars
were ordered to don their parade uni
FORMS"