The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-10-08
CARS 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 5rsst, LotoVax
Emperor William 10 at
Thorn, East Prussia.

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
temporarily established at Brest-
Litovak, 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 era
COW. Thorn Is on the frontier OF
Poland. Kaiser and car, actual CON-
manders of the two greatest armies in
the field, are only 225 miles apart,
less than the distance from Boston
20 New York each on the edge OF the
battlefield on which will be deter
mined the destiny of Europe.
Battle May Be Weeks Away.
On that battlefield, which lies south
OF Thorn and west OF Brest-Litovak,
the advance guards of the two vast
armies, have been skirmishing for
three days, but It may be a week or
more before the main forces are
H..
Russ Sweep Hungary.
Z 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 it 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-
scTibed 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
Mold 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.
Suwaiki Evacuated.
An official statement issued by the
war Office at Paris, which received
the information officially from Pc
trograd. says:
I'm Russia. in a battle which lasted
six days, the German army. which
was operating between the East Prus.
sian frontier and the Niemen, has
been defeated along its full line and
has effected a retreat. abandoning
quantities of supplies. IT has evac-
uated completely the TERRITORY OF the
governments of Suwalki and Lomsha."