New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-14
official Report Tells of
Rattle Only 20 Miles
from PrzemySl.
poJ AND SCENE OF
DECISIVE BATTLES
c.,,,s Leaders Believed Deter
mined TO Force Test Fights
on Russian Soil.

,..-,cyod Get. rs An official hulle-
,ssyed AZ midnight, while atordlns
~ i.;,,,r, 81 information concerning
u.. conditions at the front, con
NF significant remark to the erect
~ Austrian division on the mareh
%" been cut up by sudden cavalry
aa a. IN the ncighborhood Of Javornik'
nN'a only twenty miles west Of Prze-
NE 80 the inference is unmistaka
n. ,hs, the Russian advance toward
y. has during the last week 81
,as,ce beer withdrawn.
"t,n.rsrcnt'v the remnants OF the Aus
,--y Rave been tilled up with
HSn ieyics Of the last possible re-
''S,s ~ men m the country and have
..ssdsd ~ recovering some military
s.rhIsrce under the shield OF German
-, N the ucighborhood OF Cracow.
w'Yb ~ same time, unofficial intelli-
ssvs that the Austrisns, who arc
- entirely under German command,
- s. state bordering on mutlny and
s.s, ns,itiorcd the monarch against
bting place. """''
frs ,--.....i 80 -bo,,, On
=, meridian of Suwalkl, nearly three
s-.Srs8 miles north OF the Gsllclan
- -.".;; T. evident that the Rus
t.s'' r,ormsrf.- ,r chief has decided TO
=. tho Ct~0ar forces for decisive
s.,,;ss on Russian soil. Nsnguards OF
ssoss,r,bI.l hosts have beer IN con
81, for the H,. three days west Of the
,.,.rIs but ~ what par; OF It's coui SC
-, indicated Until more definite
...,,-,st,or received II will be fruit
',,s 20 aitemu, 10 estimate the actual
situation.
In tho meantime the Germans on
10 East Pru,,,au frontier are utillz-
&c heir network Of frontier railways
..,brow forces from flank 10 flank in
=, sHort 10 hold the few positions still
~. urtaker. From descriptions given
A. the warfare now proceeding along
his front 10 appears that neither side
.,arxjous 90 do more than mark time,
be Russian being content with hay
M defeated and thrown the Germans
bsck on thc', own frontiers.
London. Oe,. l8.-Of fighting in
Gslcis the official reports from Petro-
rrsd and Vienna arc so directly at
Tsrisnce that there rs no reconcilIng
them.
The geners' opinion gathered from
me various reports IS that the Rus
,isns have withdrawn 10 line start
M from Sambor, Galicis, and passing
through Przerysl, Sandomir and Ivan
gorod. and thence TO the west of War
ssx-roughly. along the San and Wis
us riyers-whcre they are waiting 10
nee, the advancing Austro- German
arnies on ground Of the Russians own
choosing.
The bIggcs' forces are between San
iorir and Ivsngorod. which is the CEN
rt o. the German advance. The fight
ilg thus far IS only Of advance guard
sisseter. or probably. where the Rus
san: are withdrawing, in the nature
Of rear guard actions.
Ills now clear that Russia has aban-
toned the narrow point in Gslicia be
tween przeuysl and Cracow~ Russian
forces having virtually occupied all of
Gafcia with tie exception Of these two
Places. Petr0c-oJ asserts that this
operation r. due 20 strategic reasons,
while Vienna maintains that Austrian
'rmies have relieved the PrZemysl for
,rt's ard driven out the invaders. II
IS unquesto1ed that tho more or less
oemoralized Austrian forces. stiffened
By German endorsements, have re-
'oned the offensive, but there is no
Information here 20 indicate that the
Russian retirement is anything IN the
isiure Of rout resulting from vigor-
o1s fighting
Whatever may be the intention Of