Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-03

ton in the Koerschen region and soldau
and Sensburg.
| THE German forces remain inactive"
Public Not Depressed.
Another Reuter- dispatch from Petro-
grad (St. Petersburg) says that the battle
which has been admitted as a reverse to
| the Russian troops in East Prussia was
| fought in the Osterode on the Soldau-
Neidenburg- Osterode line
Public opinion adds the dispatch. lis
not one whit depressed by what is re-
garded as merely a temporary check to
Russian progress in this quarter Dog
gedly determined to carry the war
through to the end. the Russians do not
admit the possibility of ultimate defeat"
A Times dispatch from Petrograd (St
Petersburg), filed Tuesday evening" says:
Army headquarters today report that,
thanks to their highly developed railway
system. very superior German forces con-
centrated from all parts on the front
and flung themselves about two of our
army corps. These We're exposed to an
extremely violent fire from the big guns.
which inflicted large losses.
According to the reports received here.
our troops fought heroically. Gems Sam
sonoff. Martos and Pestitch and several
staff officers have fallen. All possible
measures to amend this distressing event
are being taken. The commander adds
the headquarters reports as before, trusts
God will help US to carry our plans sue
cessfully.
..On the Austrian front stubborn fight
ing continues"
Sortie Proves Failure.
Petrograd est. Petersburg) special
to the Reuter- Telegram Company says
that the garrison at Konigsburg, East
Prussia, has made an unsuccessful at
tempt at a Sortie.
A dispatch to the Central News from
Amsterdam declares that kilograms re-
ceived there from Berlin set forth that
the German capital is being guarded by
several army corps.
Russian Official Statement.
PETROGRAD est. Petersburg. Sep
TENDER 3-The following official COM
munication was issued by the Russian
war Office last night:
After a battle lasting seven days the
Russian army seized heavily fortified
positions around Lemberg capital OF
Galicia in Austria-Hungary) about ten
or twelves miles from the town. The
Russian troops then advanced toward
the principal forts.
After a battle yesterday which was
flercely contested. the Austrians were
obliged to retreat in disorder, abandon
ing heavy and light guns. parks of ar
tillery and field kitchens.
Our advance guard and cavalry pur-
sued the enemy, who suffered enormous
losses in killed. wounded and pris-
onerS
The Austrian army operating in the
of Lemberg was COM
posed of the Sd, 18th and 18th Corps
and part of the It'll and 14th Corps.
This army appears to have been COM
pletely defeated.
Abandoned Many Guns.
During the pursuit by the Russian
troops, the Austrians. who beat re-
treat from Guila Lipa, were forced to
abandon an additional thirty lone guns.
Our troops are moving over roads in
numbered with parks of artillery and
convoys loaded with provisions of va
rious kinds.
The total number of guns captured
by the Russians around Lemberg
amounts to $50.
The above dispatch was sent direct
from Petrograd by the st. Petersburg
Agency, the semi official
Russian news agency, and is the first
dispatch received in this country d.
rect from the Russian capital aimee
the declaration Of war.