The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-10-07
AUsTRIANs ARE DEFEATED.

dispatch from Petrograd to the
Central News states that a member Of
the Russian duma, who has just re-
turned from Galicia, declares that the
Russians captured the heights four
and five miles from PrzenysI and shat
the Austrians have Vainly attempted
to retake them.
Russian reports indicate that the
German offensive towards the Niemen
river from the East Pr1lssian frontier
has ended in a German rout after the
battle of Augustowo, which has been
under way since September Is. If
these reports are true it means that
not only has General Rennenkampf
been given an opportunity to resume
the offensive, but the important for
from investment.
An official, message from the COM
mandant of the German fortress at
Konigsberg, however, directly contra
diets the Russian report. The Berlin
version of the fighting, while it does
not localize it as particularly as the
Russian report, maintains that The
Germans along the East Prussian
frontier have generally been victori-
Gus.
AS was expected, subsequent reports
have discredited the ruEnor that the
Russians were investing Cracow. 1t
was hardly possible for the MuscoVite
forces to have reached there in such
short time but report that Cossacks
had reached the neigAborhood of CTa-
COW is distinctly credible as the ia
nous Russian cavalry is showing an
ability to cover the same wide field of
operations as the Uhlans in the WeS-
tern war area.
While the allies in the west are
congratulating themselves upon the
excellence of the railway service which
enabled them to bring up all rho
necessary transports and reinforce
ments. the Russians in East Prussia
are suffering from a lack of such Ia
cilities No matter how great The
Russian invading host proves to be,
physical conditions alone would pre-
vent any duplication of the wonderful
march of the German forces through
Belgium and Northern France.
Fighting is reported around Douad,
fifteen miles east northeast of Arras,
and if this is true, General Won Kluck
is in as dangerous q. predicament as
he has been since the allies began
their determined movement to turn
the German right in Northern France.
A luL betting the day apparently
prevailed Sunday along most of the
great battle front. The anxiety over
the French situation at st. Mihiel evil
IDENTIFY has been greatly relieved, prob
ably by the movement which threat
ems the rear Of. the crown princes
army.
It now seems certain that the forts
in the outer rim of the Antwerp de-
fences are still occupied by the de-
tenders but these must have suffered
greatly. The desperate efforts on the
part of the Germans to cross the river
Nethe, where their advance lines rest,
have been repulsed. Along this line,
one of the great German siege guns
is said to have been lost in swamp.
If this is true, it is a serious dis
aster to the Germans, for the huge
weapons are not easy to replace. The
latest reports from the besieged city
is that two attempts of the Germans
to cross the river Nethe have been
srnothered by the defenders artillery.
In the Balkans the mutual jealousies
of the small states which used to
threaten the peace of Europe, are now
cor.spiring to preserve what is left OF
it-for each is afraid to cast its lot
with either side Of the fear of an at
tack of its neighbor.