The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1914-09-09
RUSSIANS WIN
GREAT BATTLE
AuStrO-HungaTian Army Of Halt
Million Men Routed
CONFLICT LASTED SEVEN DAYS
Grand Duke Nicholas In Command Of
Russian Forces Sends Brief Message
60 the Gar Announcing Victory.

Russian Forces SendS Brlet Message
60 the Gar Announcing Victory.
Advices from st. Petersburg reflect
the cheerful feeling there over the
news of the great victory of the Rus
sian forces over the Austrians near
Lemberg in Austrian Galicia. 1t is felt
that the way has now been opened to
Berlin. The Russians have proved
their superiority over both Austrians
and Germans and further operations
are going forward with great conf.
dence.
1t is reported that Car Nicholas
has dispatched large force to France
to aid in the defense of Paris.
The war office reports that all OF
Austrian Galicia from the border tc
the San river defenses is now held by
the Russians. In addition another
Russian force is now operating soutt
of the Dneister river.
The Times correspondent wires:
"The greatest battle ever fought ha,
resulted in a great and perhaps a de
cisive victory for the Russians over
the Austrian armies. The forts OF
Lemberg have fallen. The enemy were
completely routed and are fleeing
northward leaving a great number of
guns and large quantities of military
stores, etc, behind them. Thousands
of prisoners were taken.
"Other Austrian armies have been
engaged in northern Galicia near Lu-
bin. We may then have a chronicle
of the complete disruption Of the
armed forces of the dual monarchy.
Here is a brief and modest dis
patch received by the Czar from the
Grand Duke Nicholas, generalissimo Of
the Russian forces in the field today:
"I am happy to gladden. your
majesty with news of the victory won
by the army of General Ruzisky. After
seven days of fighting the Austrians
are retreating in complete disorder, in
some places running away and aban-
doning their guns, rifles, artillery
parks and baggage trains
prior to this decisive battle Gen
eral Ruzisky's army captured in the
guns, a multitude of firearms and
great number of German machine
guns. The operations extended over
the enormous front of over 200 miles
and certainly more than million and
probably a million and a half men
were engaged. More than half of the
Austrian army which has been fight
ing in the southern provinces OF
Poland on the left flank was acting
in close cooperation with two German
army corps facing Breslau. While the
Austrian left was seeking to envelop
the Russian forces in Poland and the
extreme right was trying to get around
Podolia the main forces were directed
at the heart of the Russian position
in Poland.
"Such was the position as the Aus
trians fancied it, but their plans mis-.
carried at all points. The enveloping
movement in the west failed and the
Germans were withdrawn from the
north to deal with the victorious Rus
sian advance. The center at Lublin
hurled itself in vain against Russia's
finest battalions, whose task was to
keep the enemy from passing at all
costs, and right valiantly they have
done their duty.
"The Austrians' extreme right sus.
tanned enormous losses but the most
terrible blow was dealt them by the
army of the gallant General Ruzisky.
This force, starting from Royno, ad-
vanced toward the southwest, spread
ing fanwise so as to involve the
region north and south of Lemberg,
menacing the rear of the Lublin army
and threatening to cut off its com.
munications. To parry this movement
the Austrians transferred several army
corps from the west side Of the
Vistula and moving them behind
Lublin, hurled them at General Ruzis-
ky's army. The result of this move
ment is chroniCled in today's bulletins
of victory. The desperate onslaught
of the Austrians on General Ruzisky's
army has been attended by a whole
series of disasters, notably the de
struction of the principal Austrian
Sixth army corps at Laschoff, few
miles east of Tomasheff."