Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-09-04
RUSSIANS BADLY
DEFEAT AUSTRIA
a 900 Austrians Killed in Horrible
Carnage; French Move Capial 20
Bordeau; Germans within Fifty
Miles of Paris.

Miles OF Paris.
The European war the past week
has been the greatest and most hog-
rible carnage the world has ever
seen; nearly fifteen thousand Aus
trians having bson killed in the bat
tie with the Russians, while the lat
ter continues its steady march thru
Prussia. The. battle took place near
L.emberg, and the Austrians, utter
w rioted, fled in disorder and were
pursued by the victorious Russians
who slew hundreds more as they
ram 1900 dead Austrians were
buried on the field by the Russian
army and large number of field
guns, abandoned by the defeated ar
my were captured.
Meantime to the westward the Ger
maEs, allies to the Austrian, seem
Ito have the better Of the allies, Bel
lgium, France and England, and the
allies were steadily retreating the
past week, but both sides have gain
ed advantages, so il IS claimed The
l5erInan hordes. however, are stead
lily closing in on Paris. their ulti-
mate aim, and Wednesday night the
Germans were within fifty miles Of
the Capital OF France. The French
lrovcrnment feet4l ..4nd1
capture of their chief city is prob
able has moved its capital to the
city of bordeaux, sumo distance from
Paris. 1t seems to be race be-
tween the Germans and the Russians
to see whether the former can reach
Paris before the latter catches up
with them. Germany has clearly
out Unanswered the allies during the
past week, and apparently only the
reinforcements of the allies by the
Russian army. which defeated the
Austrians at Lemburg on Wednesday
can check the steady advance of the
J Germans. This seems to be impos-
sible for the reason that the Ger
mans are advancing on Paris about
as fast as the Russians are advanc-
ing through Prussia.
A battle of aeroplanes took place
Wednesday over the city of Paris
r whe ntwo French air machines went
r up to engage the three German ma
chimes which had been flying ovei
the city. The German machines
flew away after an exchange of shots
4 from the Franch machines and q
n bombardment from the mounted
: guns in the city.
AS announced Wednesday the in
: tention of the great hordes of th'
: Russian army is first to utterly an
? initiate the Austrian army afte
which they will take anG destro.
the German capital. Berlin. The ad
vance of the Russians now cover
: East Prussia and Gallacia, with th'
n Intention of also investing Koenig
e shuttle, whence the advance to Ber
: lin will be made by way of Breslau
Q Late reports of engagements be
! tween the French and German cav
a airy indicate that in Lorraine tn
It French have made steady advance
> into the territory occupied by tn
II Germans, and that the Germans AT
II pear to have left Alsace.
q Reports we're current Wednesda
that the North German Lloyd trans
q Atlantic Passenger steamer, Kro
/ Prinz Wilhelm had been capture
d by the English cruiser Suffock an
Ie taken to Bermuda as prize of wa
" An example of the English marks
y manship has been demonstrated thi
y week in opposition to the Germa
" advance, when 1t becomes know
u that although the English are retres
ing in order before larger numbers
:. Germans. that the German losse
- were about six to one greater tina
!. that of the English.
:, Wednesday Japan landed fiftee
- thousand troops in China at LunI
: Kow, in spite of protests on the pa
: of the German legation who said Il
"a act was in violation of Chfna's ne'
i trality.