Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-21
Says Russians Capture Guns.

Says Russians Capture Guns.
The correspondent Of the Times at
Petrograd sends the following:
Private reports received here state
that the Russians have captured some
heavy artillery at Lyck. East Prussia
and that also the night Of october
Is, in the regions near Warsaw they
took fifty guns and two regimental
colors, besides a large number of pris-
oners, including a German prince
lished."
1.-THE Russians at Warsaw" says a
Marconi dispatch from Berlin, ARE
greatly inconvenienced by inadequate
sanitary arrangements and lack OF
hospitals.
"Kiev, Moscow and other places in
Bessarabia are being sent to the eau
casus. where the rebellion is difficult
to crush.
"There is a shortage of Russian officers
and nom commissioned officers.
Despite the numerical superiority Of
the enemy's forces at Warsaw. Gen. Won
Hindenburg is confident Of victory.
1.-The Austrian offensive in Galicia is
attacks before Przemysl. lost 10000 men.
whereas the Austro- Hungarian casualties
in the same engagements were only 500
Battle Increases in Force.
An official communication issued in
Vienna at noon Tuesday is given in dis
patch from Amst erdam to the Teutors
Telegram Company. 1t says:
THE battle in central Ga1fcfa has in
creased in force especially north OF the
Etrwiaz river. where our attacks are
progressing.
The attempts of the Russians to
regain the Vagiers Heights have been
repulsed. In the course Of this fight
ing many Russians were captured, in
Guiding a Russian general. Several ma
chine guns were also taken.
The Austrians have occupied StryJ.
forty-two miles southwest of Lemberg;
Koereesmaces and Sarth, after strong
Russian resistance"
Ordered to Abandon Warsaw.
BERLIN, October 20 (via London. Oc-
tober 81. 2 a.m.).-According to Rus
sian newspaper received here. the Rus
sian government has instructed the
civilian authorities of Warsaw to aban-
don that city and take refuge in Petro-
grad II the German troops get within
thirty miles of the town. The civil adj
ministration and also the civil popula-
ton, the newspaper adds, are about to
depart for Petrograd, the military COM
mander at Warsaw having advised this
step. declaring he expects long siege.
PETRoGRAD. October 21.-A state
ment regarding the claim of the enemy
that the Russian casualties around
Przemysl exceed 10000 men is made
public here by the official news agency.
1t reads:
1.-The German official Communications
have adopted a policy of grossly exag-
gerating the Russian losses. 1t Is an
nounced here that the records in this
matter are kept and from this it is
known that the Austrian announcement
that the Russian losses in PrZemysl are
about 10000 exceeds the real losses
one hundred times"
An official announcement, dated Oc-
tober 10, has been given out by the gem
eral staff Of the -tn-chief OF
the Russian forces as follows:
There has been no further change In
the general situation. Russian troops
are in contact with the enemy at vari-
Gus points. and there has been fighting
on the River Zoura. at Stry, in Galicia
To the south of Przemysl the Rus
| SLAMS continue to take prisoners in
large numbers. An entire Austrian
battalion. with all the officers and ma
chine guns. surrendered to u.s."
Austrians Claim Successes.
MANCHESTER. Mass. October FL
DR.. Constantin Dumba, the AustroH Hun
garian ambassador. made public last
nl8nt the IolloWlnS wireless message
received from Count Leopold Won
Berchtold. the Austro-Hungarian min
lister Of foreign affairs:
The battle east of Chyrow and
Przemysl has brought us more grea,
successes. The fighting near Mizyniez
was the most stubborn. The heights OF
Magieras, until now in the hands of the
enemy and an obstacle in our advance
| were carried by our troops after heavy
| a-ri',cAy Serabardment. North of MiEv
niez we came within storr.ir1 Instance
of the Russians and east of Przemysl
we nearly reached Medylsa.
| ION the southern battle wing the
continued attacks Of the Russians chic :
fy directed against the heights south
west of Stry and Sander. were re-
pulsed. In Stry and in the Amstics
valley our troops advanced under con-
ttnued lighting and engaged in a strug-
gle with the enemy on the banks of the
River San The Russians cont nue.
| their attack on our forces on the east.
ern bank after nightfall, but it was a
complete failure.
I In Russian Poland the united cav
airy forces of Germany and Austria
Hungary repulsed q big hostile cavalry
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