The Butler weekly times., 1914-10-15
Dispatches from Eastern War
Zone Show Decided Re-
verse Of Form.
CALLHA "STRATEelCAL MOVE
Austrian Defenders with Aid Of Rein.
forcements Turn on Invading
Force-Many Galician Towns
Are Retaken.

tuo AuStFldu army at frZ6mySI SO
often reported surrounded, hopelessly
outclassed and on the verge of sur.
render, had turned on the Russians
with the aid of reinforcements and
forced them to retreat.
The first news of this claim ema-
hated during the morning from the
Austrian capital. 1t was followed lat
er in the day by what purported to be
Petrograd admission that the Rus
SLAMS had abandoned the siege Of
Przemysl for strategical reasons, with
the object Of drawing up a new line
against the Austro-German army in
other points in Galicia.
A dispatch to the Reuter- Telegram
Company from Amsterdam says that
the Russians in Galicia and north OF
the Vistula are pursued by Austro-
German troops. Many towns which a
few days ago were in the hands Of the
Russians are now again under an Aus
trian administration. The message
adds that the Russians did not be-
have SO badly as the authorities had
expected. Even the Cossacks con-
Quoted themselves humanely.
Whatever may be the truth of the
situation, the Russians have been
claiming an unbroken series of vic
tories in their sweep through Galicia,
and the coincidence of today's dis
patches supplemented as they were by
more circumstantial accounts from
Vienna, of a vigorous Austro-German
offensive seemed to presage import
ant news.
Many Belgians In Holland.
The Hague, Oct. IA dispatch to
the Nieuwe Courant from Hulst, Hol-
land, quotes Belgian officer as say
ing that the total number of soldiers
who have crossed from Belgium into
Holland Is about 10000.
Belgium troops were fired upon last
night by German machine guns on the
Belgium frontier not far from Koc-
wacgt. Holland.
Many wounded men among the Bel
gian soldiers who crossed the Dutch
line have been taken to- Hulst, the
Dutch government placing special
trains at their disposal. The rest Of
the Belgians have been taken to Axel
for internment.
Austrians Claim Victory.
London, Oct. 12.-On the east Prus-
sian frontier the Russians are still en-
gagged with the German rearguard
west of Suwalki and to the southeast
of Wirballen.
OF the battles in Galicia and Poland
the Russian staff has decided to say
nothing for the present, but the Aus
trians declare that recent attack on
Przemysl has been repulsed and that
the Russians have evacuated the west
ern front which the Austrians occu-
pied.
The Austrians also. claim victories
over the Russians at Lanout and Dy-
now, in Galicfa. It is known that they
have received reinforcements, which
Petrograd admits has compelled a
change in the plans Of the Russian
army.
More alarming reports come from
Italy Of the spread Of cholera In Aus
tria. It is said that there are many
cases of cholera in different parts Of
the country.
German Cavalry Routed.
Petrograd, Oct. 12.-The Russians
have drawn first blood in the battle
of the Vistula. They decisively de-
feated' q cavalry division of Germans
westward of Ivangorod. There had
been a long and hotly contested can.
nonade Of the respective positions at
long range, when suddenly a masked
battery of field guns fully eight miles |
in advance of the permanent Russian
position was brought into play as the
German heavy cavalry began to move
forward under cover of its big artil-
lery. Instantly the cavalry was thrown
into confusion and then . brigade OF
Cossacks rode out from cover and cut
and slashed the German retreat till 1t
became q veritable rout. The field
was strewn with German dead ana
wounded. The Russian losses were
comparatively slight.
Rushing Aid to Przemysl.
London, Oct. 12.-The following dis
patch has been received from Rome
BY the Exchange Telegraph Company: |
1T IL stated from Vienna that two
Austro-G German columns. rushing to
the relief Of Prsemysl, Galicia. reached
Dynow and Rxesxow (both towns in,I
Galicia, south Of PrzemysD respective
" Saturday"
Cardinal Ferrata 0lGs.
Rome, Oct. 12.-Cardinal Dominic
Ferrata, the papal secretary Of state,
II dead. The immediate cause Of the
death Of Cardinal Ferrata was perito-
nitis, an outcome Of his protracted ID.
ness, Because Of this peritooitis Il was
eonsidsred inprudent to opeFste