Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-23
GERMANS, IN FLIGHT
AT WARSAW, LEAVE
WOUNDED ON FIELD
Advance Against Polish
Capital Turned Into Dis
4 orderly Retreat, While
T" Southern Armies Are Also
Repulsed.
PETRoGRAD, Oct. %.

PETROGHAD, Oct. q.
Nho German advance in Poland has
s..sr transformed into a hasty and In
.o,,e parts dsorderly retreat, It is Of
AA.l,v announced today. Russian cav
s,ty is pursuing the retreating Ger
L.obs. The Russians have also been sue
.,.,rpi ON the San River north Of Prze-
nyd where the heights of Radymnu
acre captured. The Austrlans we're put
- eight. The Grand Equerry of the King
~ saxonv was captured near Przemysl
while riding toward the front in the royal
automobile.
According to all reports, the battle along
4be Vistula, for the vastness of the OPP
posIng armies and the destruction of life.
nil be the iercest of the war The mag
nitude Of the Russian victory increases as
each additional report filters in.
Emperor william and his General STAFF
hive hastily left Czentochow, according
10 the Petrograd correspondent of the
London Daily News. Early In the week
the Kaiser was reported to have taken
personal direction of the attack against
warsaw. with Headquarters at CzenIo.
chow, a town of southwestern Poland,
near the German base at Kielce
The official statement gives the follow
ing details:
The German advance In Poland has
been transformed into hasty and
in some parts disorderly retreat
This retreat was primarily caused by
a Russian cavalry force from Novoe
Gorgiewsk, which crossed the Wis.,
tua and turned the enemy's left flank
The retreat of the German left wing
will force their army operating around
kozenica and Ivangorod to retreat
also. as we'll as the army in the vi
clnty of Sandomir and to the south
ward.
In their retreat the Germans have
abandoned arms. ammunition and pro-
visions, and are leaving behind many
wounded. We have taken many pris-
: oners, but no attempt has been made
TO estimate their numbers
Our troops made successful as
sault on the heights of Radymno. on
the San River forth of Przemysl. The
Austrians fled in disorder and we cap
tured % officers and more than a thou
sand men. The enemy left 200 wounded
on the field. A young general, who
had just recovered from grave wounds
led the successful assault.
The Grand Equerry Of the King of
saxony was captured near Przemysl.
He was riding in the royal automobile
when taken.
Desperate fighting is going on all
along the battle line, but our troops
have now begun vigorous offensive
against both the Germans and the
Austrians.
Military officials declare that the re-
treat Of the Germans has completely
wrecked their plans to capture Warsaw
and possess both banks of the Vistula
during the winter campaign.
The Russian cavalry Is pressing hard
upon the Germans retreat, which Is
over difficult sloughs OF road, fringed by
bog land and marshy forests. Prisoners
and other trophies of success are being
taken all the time.
The comparative ineffectiveness OF
aerial warfare was proved at Warsaw,
where bombs, thrown by German avia-
tors, missed the railway. fire. telegraph
and telephone stations and troops on the
march They only struck and DESTROYED
The upper stories of some private houses,
while many bombs fell harmlessly. 1t
was reported in Warsaw that Emperor
William had said that If the town could {
not be taken by land, 1t must be taken
by the air.