The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-09-17
.SERv|AN ARMY
Of INVASION IS
DRIVEN BACK
GERMANS CLAIM THAT RUS.
SLAMS ARE IN RETREAT.
RUSSIANS CAPTURE 400 GUNS
Are Also Closing in on the Austrian
Fortress of PrzemysI, and Have
Checked the German
Advance.
RUSSIANS CAPTURE 400 GUNS

Berlin, by way of the Hague, Sept.
l6.-Advices received from Vienna
say that the Servian army of invasion
which had crossed the Save river,
was attacked by a strong Austrian
force and overwhelmingly defeated.
The Vienna advices say the Servians
are being driven back into Servia
and have lost many men and guns.
Russians In Retreat.
Berlin, Sept. 16, by way of Sayville,
L. L., by wireless to the United Press.
Iprisoners who have been taken in
East Prussia, the remainder of the
Russian army of 100000 men have
been forced to move southwark to the
Vistula river. The British resident
commissioner at Constantinople today
resigned the Turkish service.
Russians Capture 400 Guns.
Petrograd, Sept. 1.-THE Russians
say they are closing in on the Aus
trian fortresses of Przemysl and the
fortified positions along the San to
Jeroslay. The Russians have occupied
Grodek and Mieciska. Cossack caval
ry are working west of the San riv.
way The Russians claim to have
itzers at Grodek. In east Prussia the
Russians say they have checked the
German advance.
Austrian Losses Heavy.
London, Sept. ia special dis
patch received here from Rome says
the Tribune's Petrograd correspond
ent declares it is reported in the Rus
sian capital that the Austrians have
lost 70 per cent of their total effect
i've available trops. including 100000
men taken prisoners by the Russians
and Servians. .a.......
The dispatch adds that Austria is
withdrawing her forces to protect vi
emma and Budapest.
Austrians Hard Pushed.
London, Sept l6 Telegraphing
from Rome the correspondent of the
Daily Express says:
The surrender Of the Austrian ar
my led by General Dankle and Won
Auffenburg is imminent. The heir to
the Austrian throne, ArChduke Chas.
Francis, is with General Dankls ar
my, which is entirely cut off from
communications.
Five German army corps march
ing to the relief of the Austrians
have been checked at Grodek by
the third Russian corps General
Dankl's army Is caught in the morass
west of the river San. Further west
a fanking army OF 100000 Cossacks
is waiting it, Its artillry has been
lost and it's cavalry is in the bog.
"The last hope of the Austrians is
to concentrate between the tri.
angular fortress works of Przemysl,
Cracow and Jroslaw. They can &C
complish this, II at all, only by ire
mendous losses"
, Surrender Is Denied.
: Vienna, by way of Rome, Sept. l6
Denial was made this afternoon al
the war office that the Austrian army
of General Dankl had been COMPEL
ed to surrender by the Russians.
Russians Claim German Defeat.
Petrograd, Sept. 16.-lt was off1cially
announced that General Pennenkamp
had defeated the Germans in a ten
hour battle in East Prussia and driven
t them back toward Koenigsberg with
= heavy losses.
The battle took place near Goldapp
: $50 miles east southeast of Koenigs
, berg and was iercely contested.
The official statement follows: Aft
er a steady withdrawal for several
: days before superior forces of the
Germans. the Russians receiving
heavy re-enforcements and drove the
enemy back. Reforming, they again
9 took the offensive and attacked ouI
: positions at Goldapp. They stormed
our positions with bayonet charges IL
the face of a whitening fire, but were
;. repeatedly repulsed.
Finally, after bloody conflict that
lasted ten hours, the enemy retreated
Our troops are in hot pursuit. The
J. victory was due to the clever strate
e Ky OF General Rennenkampf, who
Il drew the enemy's troops out unit
they were too weak to overcome US.
. AustrIans In Dire Straits.
Sweeping across the Vistula rive
d and striking at the rear OF the Aus
trian army struggling to save itsel
from humiliation, Russian troops hav'
destroyed a large part Of the commits
z sary supplies OF the enemy, according
k to an official announcement made her,
4. today. The Russians are threatening
e. the entire line Of communication o
u the Austrians and may succeed II
y preventing them from retreat.
BY their sudden stroke direete'
from Russian Poland over the Vistu
IT Ia, the Russians have compelled tn
n. Austrians who had fortified positions
" to fall back, being outfianked, Tn
u. Russians are now crossing the Sal
i in force. capturing many guns an
: prisoners.