Barton County democrat., 1914-08-28
AUSTRIA WINS VICTORY
OVER A RUSSIAN ARMY,
Paris Silent TOday-No Official
Announcement.

VIENNA ana IranSInllleu ITOIn Der
lin by wireless to New York, de-
clare that a battle of three days
duration at KraSnik, in Russian
Poland, ended yesterday in a COM
plete Austrian victory. The Rus
sian forces were repulSed along
the entire front and are in full
flight in the direction of Lublin.
This is the first indication of an
Austrian advance into Russian
territory. Krasnik is about twen-
ty miles north of the Galician
frontier.
A news dispatch received in
London from Antwerp conveys
the report that the American min
lister to Belgium, Brand Whitlock,
had sent an energetic protest to
the German government against
the hurling of bombs into Ant
werp from a Zeppelin airShip.
French War Office Silent.
The French war office was ST.
lent this morning, the usual Off
cial announcement not being
made. Official military informa-
ton, however, is that the fight
ing along the Fren-Belgium from
tier continues.
A news dispatch from Paris
says that in Lorraine the allied
armies have taken up a combined
offensive movement, and that the
situation in the VosgeS is un-
changed. The battle continues in
the region of Luneville, and the
French troops are said to be max
ing progress.
A dispatch received in Rome
from Vienna declares that Austria
Hungary has declared war on ia
pan.
Austrians Lost to Servians.
According to kilograms from
NiSh, Servia, the losses of the Aus
trianS in the battle of the Drina
continues to grow. They are new
given as $4,000 killed, 10000
wounded and $4,000 taken pris-
OnerS. Three hundred thousand
AuStrianS are said to have taken
part in this engagement.
Dispatches from the Russian
staff at St. Petersburg announce
fresh victories for Russia against
both Germany and Austria. Rus
sian troops are now said to occu-
py the whole of the eastern and
southern half of Eastern Prussia.
The Russian armies are declared
officially to be continuing on the
offensive. A news dispatch re-
ceived in London from the Rus
sian capital describes the Rus
sian center, composed of the great
bulk of the Russian army, as
marching silently, but with terri.
BILE force" on PoSen, in Prussia.
Germans to Occupy Ostend.
News dispatches received in
London from OStend convey the
belief there that Germany will
occupy Ostend for use later as a
base of naval operations against
England. OStend is Sixty-Six
miles from the British coast.
The Belgian royal family will
abandon its temporary residence
in Antwerp, establishing them
selves in secret place in the city
This step is taken because the at
tack of the Zeppelin is said tc
have been directed principally
against King Albert.
Allies Have TogOland.
London, Aug. 26.-It was an.
nOunced officially that German
TogOland had surrendered I'M
ditionally. The allies will enter
Kamina Thursday morning.
French Are Silent.
Paris, Aug. 26.-The French
war office was silent this morn
ing. No official announcement
has been made. Unofficial mill
tary news is that the fighting
along the Fren-Belgian frontier
continues. Quiet confidence ex
lists in Paris that the allies will
hold off the German attack anc
take the offensive when the pro
lper hour arrives.
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