The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-08-29
RUSS ARMY HOLDS EAST PRUSSIA
AFTER TENOAY GRAPPLE At
CLOSE RANGE.
.REVERSES ON BORDER
kONiGSeERG AND DANZiC ARE
FORTS THAT NOW CHECK
RUSSIAN ADVANCE.
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London. Aug. 27.-After ten days Of
desperate hand-to-hand fighting Rus
| sia is in possession of nearly al OF
| east Prussia. according to the military
| correspondent OF the Daily Express,
The strongly fortified German posi-
| tions have been carried, one after an
| other at the point of the bayonet The
| Russian soldiers trained in this meth
| cd of attack, have charged In the face
| Of rapid fire guns and have driveu the
| enemy out OF their entrenchmeuts
slaughtering all who offered resist
| ance. The ferocity of the Russian
| form Of attack is shown by the fact
| that many of the defenses have been
| taken by the use of hand grenades.
| Thrown at close range one of these
exploding shells frequently killed thir-
| ty or forty German soldiers tim and
| time again.
The same close fighting, in which
| the infantry soldiers creep under cover
| as close to the enemy's trenchcs as
| possible. then. leaping to their feet
and firing as they run, fall upon the
| defenders with their bayonets has
| won for the Cars forces decisive vic
| tories against Austria.
The Russian army invading east
| Prussia is stated on the highe s. au-
| thcrity to number the ASTOUNDING to-
| tai of 3 900 900 men. while the reserve
army OF 5,ooO.0 is slowly following
up their victorious march.
The only success claimed by the
German-Austrian allies took place
near Krasnik in Russian Poland
| There, the official dispatches say. a
battle of three days duration ended
| in a complete Austrian victory. The
| Russian forces We're repulsed along
| the entire front of forty miles and
are now in full flight in the direction
! of Lublin.
| The military correspondent OF the
| Nieuwc Courant at The Hague de-
| clares he is able to state on trust
| wcrtby authority that the Germans
| plan to abandon temporarily east and
| west Prussia and Pomerania to the
Russians and withdraw slowly to the
River Oder. where the main defenses
of Berlin lie.
| ''i many, dtSoIoIS ~ tit NOiiN-
spondent, appears to have undertaken
this measure to give time to her army
operating against France to try and
deal the British and French armies
their death blow and then march on
to Paris. the distance between Mons
and Paris being four times less than
the distance between St. Petersburg
and Berlin.
The Germans in the Elbing district
| of east Prussia near the Nistula river,
are fleeing westward before the Rus
| sian advance.
A ST. Petersburg dispatch to the
Reuter- Telegram Company says that
the Russian troops in eastern Prussia
have occupied the towns of Norden-
burg, Sensturg and Bischofsburg and
the railway station at Rothfliess, and
adds that the Russian advance con-
tinues.
In eastern Galacia the Russians
have driven back the Austrian rear
guard beyond the River Zeota Lipa,
which runs north and south. about
thirty miles west of Tarnopol.
A dispatch from Bucharest. via
| tOlllt. says ludt tHt huSSidl
| invading Galacia have occupied Tar
nopol, an important city eighty miles
east, southeast of Lemberg. capital Of
| Galacia- Three Austrian army corps
are said to be opposing them
The Russian embassy issued the
| following statement:
in eastern Prussia, on Aug. ~, the
line of the River Angerap. although
| fortified for defense, was abandoned
by the enemy without an attempt to
offer resistance. Insterburg and An
gershurg are occupied by the Russian
troops The enemy has retreated in
| great disorder, partly towards Koe-
| nigsburg and partly toward Rosten-
burg. From the front Ortelsburg- Sol
dau the Russians are gradually ad-
| vancing, the enemy retiring to Oster-
| ode and leaving several guns, machine
guns, ammunition wagons and provi-
sions."
The Times ST. Petersburg correspon
dent says that the Germans. who re-
treated by forced marches after their
| defeat by the Russians at Gumbinnen
| are assembling part of their forces
at Konigsberg. The German fortified
| position on the River Angerab was
| abandoned without fight.
| THE roads beyond the Angerab are
| strewn with cartridges, knapsacks and
| equipment. cast aside in the hasty
flight Of the German troops" says the
Times correspondent.
! North of Neidenburg there was
stubborn fighting in which the Rus
slams were again victorious, largely
through their superb use of the bay
onet. The enemy here had estab.
lished the entire Twentieth army
corps In fortified position. The Rus
slams had to negotiate pits and barbed