The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-10-08
CzAR'S TROOPS ARE
100 MILES OVER
AUSTRIAN FRONTIER
Russians Advance to Ten Miles
From CracoW.
TWO RULERS AT THE FRONT
Nicholas Joins Army in Poland With
Headquarters at Brest, lotovax
emperor William Is at
Thorn, East Prussia.

Petrograd, Oct. 6.-The Germans
have been heavily defeated all along
their line, which extended originally
"a miles into Russian territory.
German invaders are fleeing in dis
order through terrible country, pur-
sued by Russian cavalry and guns. 1t
appears from reports received here
that the German forces were practical
ly annihilated, for in fighting they lost
from 70 to 80 per cent The roads are
strewn with bodies along the German
line Of retreat.
The reception Of this news for the
first time since the beginning OF the
war reused the Russians to the height
Of rejoicing. Some twelve to fourteen
German army corps were dealt with
In one week. For the second time
since the war began Grand Duke Mich
olas announces an achievement which
he deigns to consider victory.
German Defeat Decisive.
London, Oct 6.-The defeat of the
German army which invaded Russia
from East Prussia appears from Rus
sian accounts to have been even more
decisive than previously stated.
According to the Russian ambassa-
dor at Rome the Germans were COM
pletely routed With a loss of 10000
men and have been forced to abandon
everything.
Gar and Kaiser at Front.
Petrograd, Oct. Gear Nicholas Is
now with his army In Poland, where
the main Russian armies have been
concentrated for the invasion Of Ger
many Royal headquarters have been
ten1pAs arily established at Brest-
LitotA, a fortified town on the River
Bug, where Grand Duke Nicholas and
the general staff are also located.
AS the Russian army advances the
car will also move his headquarters
farther west, first to Siedloe and then
to Warsaw.
Emperor William Of Germany, &C
cording to latest reports, Is now at
Thorn, east Prussia, the great for
tress that strengthens the German
line Of defense running south to Cra-
COW. Thorn Is on the frontier OF
Poland. Kaiser and czar, actual com
manders Of the two greatest armies In
the field. are only 225 miles apart,
less than the distance from Boston
to New York, each on the edge of the
battlefield on which will be deter
mined the destiny Of Europe.
Russ Sweep Hungary.
London, Oct 6.-The Russian Cos
sacks are sweeping across the plains
of Hungary. Earlier reports that the
native Hungarian soldiers had
stopped the Russian advance in the
Carpathians are now discounted.
Even at Budapest 1t is admitted that
the Russians have crossed the River
Thesis. which was considered the
chief obstacle.
A Rome dispatch says the Cossacks
have taken Hoszumezoe, more than
one hundred and fifty miles due south
Of the Austrian frontier. and that the
Russians have cut the railroad at
Maramaros Sziget, a little southeast
of Hoszeumezoe. Another dispatch
announces that the Russians have
seized the Lemberg-Budapest line of
railroad at Unghvar, almost midway
between Budapest and Lemberg.
Advance Is Persistent.
Toward CracoW-and Breslau~the
Russian advance is still persistent and
consistent. German operations south
west of Warsaw have failed to check
the advance against this final Aus
trian stronghold. Only outpost fight
ing is reported thus far in that re-
gion. The main activity on both sides
is the assembling of armies, maneuv-
ering for positions. An unofficial re-
port says the Russians who captured
Tarnow have advanced to within ten
miles of Cracow.
Farther north the situation is de-
scrbed as being more than favorable
to the Russian arms. The car him.
self is reported to be in that field.
A Petrograd dispatch to the Evening
News says:
THE Germans in East Prussia now
hold a small strip Of land along the
eastern frontier. Although heavy
fighting continues in the environs of
Suwalki, everything points to the fact
that the operations which the Ger
mans are so stubbornly maintaining
there have but one purpose-facilitat
ing the retreat of their right and left
wings. Doubtless 1t is a question of
only a short time when the whole
German army Is again back In its
stronghold among the Musurk lakes
An official statement issued by the
war office at Paris, which received
the information officially from Pc
trc rad, says:
Russia. in battle which lasted
six days, the German army, which
was operating between the East Prus
sian frontier and the Niemen. haJ
been defeated along its full line and
has effected a retreat abandoning
quantities Of supplies. It has evac
uated completely the territor, of the
governments of Suwalki and Lomsha