The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-25
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driven back in that direction. and also
TO the statement that the allies had re-
Occupied ostend.
UNUSUAL FLUCTUATIONS
IN LILLE NEIGHBORHOOD
Around Lille, which the Germans
hold, there have been unusual nuctun-
lions the French gaining In one area
and the Germans in another not far
distant There has been so much
fighting herc. MS we'll as farther south.
towards Arras and 'Roye, that even the
accounts of trairloads Of wounded be-
Ing taken daily to the hospitals can
not be exaggerated. The same can be
said Of the district between the for
tresses OF Verdun and Toul. where
two armies have been battling for
many weeks. with gains and losses
amounting virtually to nothing as far
rs distance is concerned.
To-day both sides claim success in
n battle in which there were 30 many
victims that the Germans asked for
n truce to bury their dead. This plea
was refused.
In Poland. the Russians having COM
PEELED the Germans to desist from their
first attack on Warsaw and 1yangorod.
are preparing for repetition OF the
offensive on the part OF their adver-
saries by bringing up moro men and
guns. Farther south they have not
been able to make the Austrians, now
under German officers and supported
by German troops. give UP their Mt
tempt to cross the San River.
The Russians are also engaged in
offensive operations on the East Prus-
sian frontier, as the report refers to
Russian attack at Augustowo. Fight
ing in Bosnia accounts are so conflict
ing that no Judgment can be formed
The Austrians claim to have defeated
the Servians and Montenegrins, while
both those powers say the Austrian
attacks along the Bosnian frontier
lave been repealed.
ARMIES OF ENEMY
IN FULL. RETREAT
PETROGRAD, October 24.-An official
communication issued by Russian gen
cral headquarters tonight says:
Our troops beyond the Vistula are
messing the armies OF the enemy In
retreat North of the Pilitsa River the
Germans are Offering only feeble re-
sistance. They have been driven back
rs far as SlSierniewico.
South of the PilitLa on the roads to
Radon, we havo forced the Austro-
German troops to engage in q serious
battle
On October % tho lighting line ex-
tended forty verstes (sixteen miles).
st certain points tho engagement took
on the character Of hand-to-hand en-
counters
In the forest around Radon several
of our Infantry regiments successfully
carried out bayonet attacks. At other
points we have taken prisoners and
rapid firers.
Above the river Iljanka the Aus
train troops are seeking again to es-
tablish themselves on the Vistuia, but
our troops have crossed the river and
are offering strong opposition.
Along the River San and south of
Przemysl desperate engagements con-
tinue. but the advantage is with our
troops, who have hero made thousand
prisoners. In taking the heights of
Tytchentza. south OF Jaroslau. we
have made prisoners Of five Austrian
companies.
In repulsing an attack of tho enemy
against our corps operating south of
Przemysl. we have captured 500 pris-
oncrs and nine rapid firers. The left
wing OF that corps, taking the Of
fensive, made number of prisoners
and captured quantity OF arms and
caissons 80.
There is nothing toireport from East
Prussia"
PARIS, October "a qo:45 P. M
The following official communication
was issued by the French War ONCE
Tonight:
FROM the ssa as far as the region
to The south of Arras. the violent at
tacks OF the enemy have everywhere
been repulscd.
West of the Argonne region we have
carried the village OF Melsicourt, which
commands the roads leading from
Varennes to the Valley of the Aisne.
'There is nothing to report on tho
remainder OF the front"
SLOWLY ADVANCING
IS GERMAN CLAIM
BERLIN, October "a (via Amsterdam