The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-09-25

ships, is reported in a dispatch from
Patras, Greece, to the Messagero.
Official news from Petrograd says
that the Russians are gradually sur
rounding Konigsberg and expect re-
Inducements at an early date for an
attack on that city.
General Dankl is believed to be in
difficult position. Driven out of
Poland and separated from the main
body of the Austrian army, he has
been compelled to make race for
Cracow, in which he. was, according
to Russian accounts, beaten by the
Russian army coming southwark from
the Vistula to Barrow.
Now Sure of GaIicia.
The Russians are now so sure Of
Galicia that they are organizing a
civil government for that region, as
well as for Bukowina, the Austrian
crown land of which they are COM
plete masters.
The Germans have retaliated to
some extent by penetrating the ter
ritory of Suwalki, in Russian Poland,
and farther to the north. But the Rus
slams are contenting themselves with
defending their fortresses until their
work in Galicia is completed.
Germans Retire Generally.
Paris, Sept. 23.-The German right
wing under General Alexander Won
Kluck has been forced back seven
miles. 1t has been driven back into
Noyon where it has been forced to
seek defensive strongholds to the
southeast of the city and on the left
bank of the Disc and it is now ex-
posed to the f1anking movement of the
allies left, which has been progress
ing up the right bank of the Disc in
an enveloping maneuver.
The French and British have driven
forward until they occupy the heights
of Lassigny, west of Noyon, have
swept by Noyon itself on the north
and have stretched their lines as far
east as Laon. An officer returning
from scissors to Paris reported that
an aerial scout just back from recon
Nuisance of the German position, says
the Germans were seen retreating in
large bodies.
Rheims Laid Waste.
The bombardment of Scissors con.
tinued with undiminished and deadly
effect while into Rheims, already prac.
tically laid waste, steady stream of
German projectiles still fell, although
the bombardment lacked the energy
of the previous fusillade. The heavy
guns were the only arms in action
around Rheims, the infantry still re.
manning i'm the trenches.
The Germans have received rein
forcements at several points along
their front, but these have been met
by attachments in strength being
brought up from the French reserves.
Cold Steel Plays Part.
Cold steel again played consider
able part in the battle of the enormous
hosts fighting along the Aisne, the
Disc and Wcervre. The most remark
able point about the encounters is that
IhO IiOoPo SSdlCcis Dec SdCH OtucI Uc-
fore they actually come hand to hand
The Germans have suffered most in
these engagements, for the French
troops from Africa and the British
infantry are adopts with the boyonet
and they wait in the trenches until
their adversaries are so close that a
quick dash brings them together.
Austrians Lose 35 Per Cent.
London, Sept 22.-"It is estimated
that the Austrian losses in the great
battle of Galicia are as high as 80
per cent" says the Petrcgrad CORE
spondent of the Times. His dispatch
continues:
There is no reliable data regard
ing the Russian losses, but it is believ
ed thta they are not one-tenth of those
sustained by the Austrians. This dis
parity is due in a great measure 70
the superiority of the Russian gun
ners. All eye-witnesses agree that the
Russian regiments are admirably
trained in the difficult art of control
ling their fire and taking shelter"