Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-01
.PRzEMYSL CUT OFF.
Russian Forces Make Impor-
tant Gains Near Cracow.
ALLIES HURL GERMANS BACK
French and British Pressure Too
Strong for Army Under General
Won kIuck, Which Retires
from Advanced Position.

London, Sept. 2S.-The isolation of
the Galician stronghold of Przemysl,
heretofore emphasized in dispatches
from Petrograd as forecasting a tri-
umphant Russian march to Cracow
and thence to Vienna and Budapest,
apparently has been made complete
by the occupation of Khyrow, twenty
miles south Of Przemysl and close to
the junction of railroad lines connect.
ing with Jaroslau, the important rail-
road center taken by the Russian
troops some time ago.
The Russians are preparing to at
tack Cracow. The inhabitants OF the
city are reported to be fleeing and the
civil government is said to have been
assumed by the Germans.
Russians operating against the fort.
ress of Przemysl have captured two
towns to the north and south of the
position and have completely cut of
its railway communication.
Allies Repulse Onslaught.
London, Sept 2S.-Germany's ar
mics threw themselves against the en-.
tire strength of the allies in the latest
fighting in France, but were repulsed
everywhere in spite of their tremen.
dous onslaught. according to an offi-
cial report issued by the French war
office.
In addition the statement claims
that the allies left wing, composed
OF British and French troops, pushed
General Won Kluck's army further
back, and that in the Woevre region
the French advanced their lines.
On the other hand the German gen.
eral staff announces that the Ger
man troops have crossed the Meuse
at st. Mihiel. captured Fort Camp de
Romans and hoisted above 1t the
German flag.
Germans Back on Meuse.
The French war office announced
that the Germans had crossed the
Mouse near St. Mihiel, twenty miles
south of the fortress OF Verdun, but
added that the French took the Of
fensive later and hurled the enemy
back upon the river" A later French
statement says the situation remains
unchanged on the heights OF the
Meuse."
Following is the official communities
ton issued at Paris:
"The enemy has attacked along the
entire front, but has everywhere been
repulsed.
ION our left wing we are making
progress.
"On the heights of the Meuse the
situation remains unchanged.
SIN the Woevre region we continue
to gain some ground"
German Report Claims Gains.
A Copenhagen dispatch to the Gen.
trail News says:
The German general stan in its re.
port on the battle in France reports
that the operations on the extreme
right wing have led to fresh engage.
ments which have not yet ended.
ION the center there has been no
change.
Fort Camp de Romans at st. Mi
hiel, south of Verdun, has been taken
by the Germans and the German flag
has been hoisted upon 1t.
"The German troops have passed
the Mouse.
There has been no further change
on the western or eastern battlevelds."
Poincare's Home Wrecked.
Bordeaux, Sept. 2s.-The Germans
are paying marked attention to the
homes of President Raymond Poin.
care and members of his family. The
presidents country house at Sanpigny.
in the Department Of the Meuse, TWEEN.
ty-three miles south OF verdun, was
bombarded with special violence.