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following statement of the German
HEADQUARTERS staff:

following statement of the German
headquarters staff:
The battle which has been con-
tinuing for the last two days on the
right wing of our western army ex-
tends today to the eastern armies, in
the neighborhood OF Verdun-
Until now the Germans have been
partly successful in some parts of
the extended battle field. A general
battle is still continuing
In the eastern war theater, the
army of General Hindenburg is now
reforming after the conclusion of his
pursuit RumoFs that Upper Silesia
is about to be threatened with danger
are unfounded.''
A Gays March From PrzemyaI.
Petrograd.-The general staff an
nounces that the Russian troops are
progressing along the lower stretches
of the San river without meeting re-
sistance from the defeated army, who
continues to retreat After having
occupied Grodek, sixteen miles west
of Lemberg, and reached Mosciska,
thirty-seven miles south by west of
Lemberg, the Russians find them
selves within single days march of
Przemysl
Quiet in East Prussia.
No fighting occurred in East Prus-
STA today. Our troops extricated them
selves from a difficult position and
are now awaiting further movements
The preliminary engagements have
cost the Germans dearly. They
threatened to turn the Russian wings,
but the covering troops drove them
off.
Austria Denies Defeats.
Rome-An Austrian official com
munication received here denies re-
ports Of Russian victories over the
Austrians and asserts that about one
hundred thousand Russian prisoners
and nearly five hundred cannon have
been captured by the Austrians.
Soldiers Suffer From Cold.
Milan, Italy.-Reports from Austria
to the Corriere Sella Sera say the
cold in Galicia is so intense, especial
~ at night, that the soldiers suffer
terribly. Many are reported to have
become i'll.
Germans Back 60 Miles.
London.-The sixth week of the
war between Germany and France,
Great Britain and Belgium has
brought vast transformation. The
pursued now are the pursuers. The
irresistible sweep of seven German
armies through Belgium into France
met an immovable force at the Marine
river. The army of General Won
Kluck, which so long battled to turn
the allies western flank, was itself
slowly and steadily outfanked. Its
retirement before the small but hardy
British army turned the tide Of
battle.
Retired More Than Sixty Miles
If the French official reports
are correct, all the German armies,
| except that facing Verdum and a few
miles southwest, are retreating. Gen
eral Won Kluck's army, which a week
ago was a few miles to the southeast
of Paris, has retired more than sixty
miles to the northeast, while on the
extreme right the army of the Bavar-
ian crown prince, attacking the French
eastern line from Nancy to Epinal,
has fallen back to the frontiers of
Lorraine, permitting the French to
reoccupy Luneville and several other
towns.
! General Joffre, the French com
mander-in-chief, pictures the retreat
as hurried. if not disorderly. with the
Germans abandoning prisoners, wound
| ed and supplies.
French Reoccupy Amiens.
Paris.-The French official state
ment says that French troops have
re-occupied Amiens, which was aban-
doned by the Germans, but that the
| Germans are making a stand on the
| River Aisne. The statement follows
/ "On our left wing we have everywhere
caught up with the rear guards and
even the main body of the enemy
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