Evening star., 1914-09-21
Bombardment of Jaroslau by Cars
Forces Is Also Announced
From Petrograd.
DANKL REPORTED IN DANGER
Army of Austrian General Said to
Be Surrounded by Russians.
Enormous Losses Reported in
Eastern Theater of War.

Col. GOlelewski. military attache
to the Russian embassy. issued
today ut the Russian consulate
here the following official state
ront. which hc said he had re
ceived from Petrograd:
The AUSTRIAN rear guard. which
attempted to delay our advance
rear Bdranpw and Rzeszow. were
driven back with heavy losses.
Our artillery is bcmbarding Jaros-
lau
Fighting with the garrison OF
Przemysl has begun; the artillery
OF the fortress has opened fire.
"In passing through the woods
our troops find batteries of guns
abandoned by the Austrians.'
Many Prisoners Taken.
PARIS, September 81, sos p.m.-In
message from Petrograd the Havas
correspondent says that during the
past three days the Russians in Galicia
have captured $4,000 Austrians. includ-
ing $50 officers Many cannon, quick
firing guns and supplies also have been
taken.
Austrian aerop1anes which flew over
the Russian army were destroyed, the
correspondent continues On the body
of dead aviator were found lists of
the Austrian reserves, together with
Y1Tnf fn TO thASv e-tH ,sol,<
" aided the Russians.
Nurses and Doctors Needed.
LONDON, September 21-yienna dis
patches say that the newspapers of the
Austrian capital continue silent con-
corning the operations in the Austrian
province of Galicia and against the
Servians, but they are appealing daily
for more nurses, doctors and medical
supplies to be sent to the front. The
Austrian hospital equipment is said to
be woefully Inadequate, the wounded
often lying on the field from twenty
four to forty-eight hours, greatly in
creasing not only the suffering, but
the mortality.
From Trieste. the principal Austrian
seaport on the Adriatic sea. concerning
whose attitude in case of an attack
y statement today from the governor
that in case OF being attacked he
would not evacuate the city.
Trieste" he said, will resist. The
Anglo-Fr-ncn fleet. however. before at
tacking Trieste must deal with the
Austrian fleet at Pola-
Germans Defend Przemysl.
A central news dispatch from Petro-
grad says:
1T is reported that q strong German
army, consisting of three army corps,
is at Przemysl completely equipped
for the defense of that fortress, which
it has been ordered by the German
general stan to hold until the last, in
order to enable fresh German troops
TO concentrate against the Russian
front in East Prussia"
The Rome correspondent of the Echo
de Paris states, under reserve, that re-
ports from PetroSrad indicate that
Gen. Dankls Austrian army has been
surrounded by the Russians.
A dispatch from Petrograd, via Rome
TO Reuters Telegram Company. says
the Russians who are pursuing the
AustrianS along the River San have
captured Dubiecke, seventy-five miles
west of Lemberg, and have crossed the
river despite an attempt made by the
Austrians to prevent them They cap
tured several batteries. a number of
transports and arms and ammunition.
Enormous Losses Reported.
ut is estimated that the Austrian
losses in the great battle of Galicia are
as high as 30 per cent" says the Petro-
grad correspondent of the Times. His
dispatch continues:
There is no reliable data regarding
the Russian losses, but it is believed
that they are not one-tenth of those
sustained by the Austrians. This dis
parity is due III great measure to the
superiority of the Russian gunners. All
eyewitnesses agreed that the Russian
regiments are admirably trained in the
difficult arts of controlling their fire
and taking shelter.
The following official communication
has been issued by the Russian lega-
tion at Antwerp: The offensive move
ment of the Germans in East Prussia
has been ctecked by Gen. Rennen-
kampf.
"On the line between Breslau and
Ivangorod the Russians have captured
part of the artillery, including thirty
six howitzers, which the Germans are
sending from Breslau for an attack
on Ivangorod-
"A force. comprising one German
army corps, under Gen. Won Treyza,
again has been defeated near Sandomir
so completely that there remain only
remnants of the corps in Galicia-"
Vienna Claims Victories.
The following official dispatches have
been received from Berlin by Marconi
wireless:
ut is reported from Vienna. by way
Of contradiction of the figures pub
Iished from Russian sources as to the