New-York tribune., 1914-11-23
Advance Reaches Within
Forty Miles of the
Polish Capital.
RUSSIANS GAINING
ON GALICIAN FRONT
AustrianS Give Up Novy-
Sandez-LuIl in East
Prussia Campaign.

Vienna, Nov. 22-The following Of.
fetal communication was issued here
to-day;
I'VE and our ally continue our at
tacks successfully in Russian Poland.
Several counter attacks BY the enemy
have been repulsed. So far the Austro-
Hungarian troops have captured $4,000
prisoners.
IAN important battle is proceeding
west of Donajec (Galicia) and in the
Carpsthians
London, Nov. 22.-The veil OF secrecy
has been drawn over the battles be-
tween the Russians and the Austro-
German forces. The headquarters OF
both armies are conining themselves
to the briefest statements concerning
the hostilities, saying merely that
fighting is in progress.
News from unofficial sources. how
ever, shows that the German advance
has penetrated further into Poland
than had been disclosed previously, and
that Warsaw is threatened for a sec
ond time. General Won Hindenburg's
army has advanced as far az the
Lowicz- -Skierniewice line, which means
that the Germans have covered two
thirds of the ground to the Polish cap
ital, from which they are now only
forty miles distant. Further south in
Poland, however, the Teuton allies are
said to have been repulsed between
Radon and Kielce.
The battle in East Prussia seems 10
have died down, but the Russians con
tinue TO advance in Galieia and are
still fighting on the Czenstochowa-Cra-
COW front.
The battle in Poland in the direction
Of Lowicz is the most critical one, and.
while the Germans have the greatest
confidence in General Won Hindenburg
since his defeat Of the Russian Gen
eral Won Rennenksmpf in East Prussia.
here and in Petrograd military OBJ
servers express the opinion that Rus
sia's overwhelming superiority IN num-
bers OF men again must tell, az was the
case when the Germans made their first
attack on Warsaw.
Petrograd, Nov. 22.-The following
official report from general headqusr-
ters was issued tonight:
"The fighting between the Vistula
and the Wartha continues with great
persistence. We have obtained some
partial successes.
"The fights on the front Of Czen-
stochowa -Cracow have resulted In no
essential changes. We have taken
1000 prisoners and some machine guns
IN Galicia tine Austrians have
evacuated Noyy-Sandez under the press
ure Of our troops"
Novy Sander was the headquar-
ters Of the Austrian General STAFF
about four weeks ago. II is about
thirty miles southeast Of CracoV.
The German column between the
Wartha and the Vistuls Rivers, sc-
eording 10 to-day's reports, comprises
six army corps and presents front
6fty-fve miles IN extent. The two
rivers prevent hsnking by either side,
hence the lighting consists Of straight
frontal attacks, in which the losses o.
both armies are heavy, but neither side
so far has been able 10 gain a marked
advantage.
The Germans, military observers con
tend, cannot advance further IN this
region. since the Russian concentra-
tion. which was delayed by bad roads
and by a lack of railroads, now IS com
plete.
Paris. Nov. 22 The military gov
ernor Of Cracow has published a de-
cree, says "A Havas Agency dispatch
from Rome, warning the civilians that
if they do not quit the city they will
be court t-martialed and shot. The de
cree says:
"As the civil population of Cracow
is not obeying with sufficient punctu-
ality the order for the evacuation Of
the city. the government warns those
who are slow in obeying that they will
be court rt-martialed and that they vii.
suffer the death penalty
As a result of the ordinance approx
mately $4,000 Poles took immediate
flight IN all directions, adding their
suferings to those OF the Calician ref
Ugoes.
Russians Regard Situation