The sun., 1914-09-27


armies daily and in addition troops are
being hurried from Berlin and Schnei-
d muhl to Baltic poris for transport by
sea.
Along the whole western line from
near Mcmcl in the north to the frontier
of the Government of Kalisch. the
armies are in touch. cropping by means
Of reconnaissance and minor collisions
Ior "a, facts of each others strength
and position. We know that eleven army
corps are Already in Eas, Prussia, that
10 these must Dee added at least five
more. of which three are reserves. and
that there - a secondary army ON the
kalisCh frontier whose function IL to
cover tho German right At least 500. 600
German troops of all classes are gath
cred to try TO balance the Austrian
failures
The concentration. however. has not
been marked by that clockwork smooth
ness which is the Prussian ideal. On
the limo from IilbinG 10 Koenlgsbcrg a
troop train left the rails with some loss
of life and caused a good deal of delay,
Also II troop ship grounded at the on
/ trance Of the shin canal connecting
Koeniesberg with the sea.
THE troops range from active corps
| sent from France and belgium and rc-
paired with rescrvists To the Landwchr.
"a. cavalry patrol which pushed
/ forward to Stredniki, half way between
the frontier and kovno. and was cut to
pieces In attempting to cross the Me
men. included n number of troopers OF
tho Garde du Corps. Probably this ac-
counts for the runor current in the
army that the Kaiser himself IS coming
, to Danzig or koenigsberg.
at Groshdny. close 20 Memcl. a party
/ # thirty Pruss,an infantrymen under
an officer entered the village and de
4 mandcd money. They were driven of
/ hy the police leaving several prisoners
who were from the I.andwehr from
West Prussia. They called up the com
plete strength Of reserve corps two
nights later and Groshdny, now empty
Of inhabitants, is being bombardcd.
"Refugees arriving at Warsaw from
VI ava and It's nelghborhoOd say that all
along the border villages arc being
emptied. German speaking peasants
from the Kovno and Suwalki districts,
who speak no language but German,
I are fleeing to wilma"
II is reported from PctroGrad that
Chyrow, south Of Pr2emysl, was cap
tured by the Russian armies operating
I'm the Przemysl district. This Ia an i'm.
portant railroad centre and fastens Rus
slas grip on all central Ga.icin.
Two Russian columns are advancing
against Tarnow, one Is moving from
the northeast a,nug the Nistula River
while the second Is operating from
Rzcszow Tho latter is in collision viii;
an AustrO-German force near the River
Wisloka.
Russian aviatOrs, in daring scouting
west Of the W!sloka, report that n great
force Of Germans is assembling between
the Wisloka and Cracow, dnI that there
is an evident intention 20 offer stronp
resistance in that quarter. Pctrogi aG
hears that north Of CraCuw the Ger
mans, with Austrian refugees from
Ga.icia, are completing an immense lin
Of fortincatlous southwark from KaliScz
The news that the Russians in East
Prussia won n great victory over tn,
Germans Is confirmed Trainloads nj
wounded and captured Germans have
arrived at Pskov. Tho battle was Tough
on September %.
Near Stshutsin the Russian advanc'
guard has rcpulscd "A German attack
II is reported that tho Germans have
been driven back toward Gumhinnen
The Russian advance in Fast Prussia 4
= reported to 'bc again under f"N head
way