Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-18
SITUATION DECLARED
TOBE PRECARIOUS 0NE
Terrible Losses Said to Have Been
Sustained in Galician .
Campaign.
RUSSIANS GAINING SUCCESSES
Reoccupation of sandomierz Report
ed-Germans Held at Bay on
Polish Frontier. Lon
don Asserts.

LONDON, September 18.-
Austria is desirous of peace, ac-
cording to Rome dispatch to the
Daily Telegraph, which repre-
sents internal conditions, particu-
larly in Bosnia, Croatia and Dal-
malta, as disastrous.
There was nothing today to in
dicate a change in the situation III
the eastern zone. Presumably
the armies of Austria are still try
ing to unite at Cracow, while the
Russian army, under Gen. Rem
nenkarnpi, is holding the Ger
mans at bay along the frontier of
Poland.
It is announced at the Russian
capital, according to a dispatch
to the Havas News Agency from
Petrograd, that the Germans who
were campaigning in the Kiel
province of Russian Poland, upon
learning of the Austrian defeat
from Krasnik to Mascot, re-
treated rapidly to the southwark
with the intentioa Of raHying the
routed army.
Situation Precarious,
a Dispatch from Vienna. coming by
way OF Paris, and dated yesterday.
says:
Reports received here from trust
worthy sources indicate that the sit
uation of the Austrian troops in Ga
1icia is most precarious
During the fighting along the Ser
Wan frontier. the Croatian regiments
suffered enormous losses. Owing to
their racial hatred of the Sesrians,
they were chosen to lead the first at
tack. and. carried away by their en-.
thusiasm, they did not wait for the
support of their artillery. but rushed
instead of crawling across the field.
As a consequence they fell in masses
before the Servian fire.
Infantry Losses Great.
Around Lemberg, the capital of Ca
iicia, the Austrian infantry sustained
also terrible losses because the arti1-
lery was caught In the marshes, The
artillerymen stood for several hours
in water, and arrived at the scene of
the fighting too late to afford the nec-
essary support for the infantry.
1T is also asserted here that the Aus
trian artillery decimated. three Of their
own infantry regiments whom they
mistook for Russians because Of a
similarity in the uniforms
Wounded to the number of $500 ar
rived at Vienna Tuesday. AS evidence
of the gallantry OF the Austrian soI-
diers. it is declared that all the wounds
are on the front of the body. Accord
ingly. 1t Is announced that the govern
nent order forbidding physicians to
give information regarding wounded
soldiers has been Cancelled. The pub-
lic is now freely admitted to the hos
pitfalls. indicating that the authorities
do not fear to let the people know
what has happened.
Cannot Fire on Aeros,
AN army order Just issued forbids
Austrian troops to fire upon aeroplanes
for the reason that it is impossible to
distinguish between their own and
difficulty has arisen In connection with
the feeding of the soldiers in the field.
The smoke from the field kitchens be-
trays the locations Of the troops, and
1t Is probable that the system of food
supply will be changed"
dispatch to the Reuter- Telegram
Company from Petrograd says:
The Russians have reoccupied San
domierz, Russian Poland, ifty-seven
miles southeast Of Radon. and con-
ftnnQ (,f fho -,
The minister of finance has pro-
hibited the expectation Of manganese
except to the allied nations.
Newspaper dispatches assert that
German troops have been interspersed
with Austrian troops in the intrench-
ments In order to raise the morale of
the Austrians. One correspondent de-
clares that while the Austrians took
flight the Germans were ready, to the
last man. to perish
Trent Ready for Siege.
Dispatches at Rome received from
Trent, Austris, are to the effect that
everything is in readiness for the
proclamation of a state Of siege. The
Alpine fegures, 1t is declared, have
been transformed into forts, in which
cannon have been mounted. All males
from seventeen to sixty yeers of age
are practicing at the rife ranges, bu,
sufficient arms are not available de.
spite the arrival of rifles from Ger.
many.
'.The authorities" the dispatch con.
tinues, encourage the PEASANTS to par.
ticipate in the war by spreading re.
ports that Austria is victorious. Lar9,
numbers of wounded are returning t.
their homes daily.
0@cial Russian Dispatch.
NEW YORK, September 1s.-Col
Golejewski. military attache Of tn,
Russian embassy. today gave out a