Evening star., 1914-10-03
CARS NEW ARMY !:
IS ON THE MARCH
AGAINST GERMANS
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vices say also that the military au-
defend Vienna against attack. and that
many persons have left the city.
Defeat of Germans Claimed.
A dispatch to the Central News from
Rome says:
THE Russian embassy here has is
sued communication which announces
that the Germans have suffered ter
rible defeat in the provinces of Lodz
and Suwalki. Russian Poland.
THE Germans. the communication
says. were attacked with extreme
violence and compelled to fee from
leaving behind them great quantities
of transport and guns. Their troops
threw away their rifles and baggage.
Numerous cannon were abandoned In
the Quagmire."
Other teiegrams from Petrograd. the
Central News correspondent at Rome
says, declare that the Germans have
lost 10000 men in killed or wounded
and 10000 taken prisoners.
Credit Claimed for Cavalry.
A dispatch to the Havas agency in
Paris from Petrograd gives the follow
ing official announcement:
"A division of Russian cavalry has
gained a brilliant success against the
advance guard of Germans leaving
Andrejew. government of Kielce. Rus
sian Poland, in the direction of the
city of kielce. The enemy. surprised,
threw down their arms and ammuni-
tion and fed, while the Russian caval-
ry cut up a laggard detachment.
THE German operations in Russian
territory have nearly all failed. their
artillery being defenseless on the roads
which are not macadamiZed. Most Of
the batteries become mired as soon as
they leave the principal routes"
Story Of Desperate Fighting.
The Petrograd correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph sends description.
taken from a Kovno newspaper. of the
operations from September to the
14th when Gen. Rennenkampf retired
from east Prussia in order to counter
act the German effort to envelop his
left. The account says:
The Germans made obstinate efforts
to gain possession of the village of
Birkenfeld. where the Russians had
strongly intrenched themselves, and
thus make breach in the center of the
Russian army.
THE scene was indescribably terri
BILE. as the Russians guns literally
moved down whole regiments and all
I'm the next village of Darkehmen
the fight assumed a form which it is
difficult for the Imagination to grasp.
Here the Russians had not merely to
deal with the German troops, but the
entire German population of the VIII
lage, even the women and children,
shot from windows, roofs, barns and
cellars. The Inhabitants had been
armed with rifles and Mauser pistols,
and the Russian troops in this place
u
on two fronts.
Though the German attacks on
Nordenfeld were brilliantly repulsed,
the Russians were compelled to fall
back on Mariampol. northeast of
Suwalki. owing to another German at
tempt at wide enveloping movement
ITO check this the Russians opened
an attack from Mariampol, where they
had intrenched themselves. The battle
lasted two days. September Is and IA.
of the Russians compelled the Ger
mans to retire. the latter evacuating
three lines of intrenchments."
Alarm in Austrian Capital.
VENICE, via Paris, October 3.-Latest
reports from Vienna show that the
population is seriously alarmed over the
possibility of a Russian invasion.
Official notices in all the papers have
duuouHScu TIE CIOSlIS u 1aVOF1I0
Sunday excursions from Vienna into the
surrounding forest because the highest
points are fortified. This has produced
much uneaSineSS.
The report is being circulated that the
work of transferring state treasures
and archives already has begun. While
this report appears to be unfounded, it
is significant as showing the state Of
the public mind.
Prices for many articles of food have
taken a sudden jump. especially in the
case of vegetables. which are selling at
double and treble the ordinary rates.
The Austrian premier. Count Karl
Stuergkh, yesterday received a deputa-
ton of influential Representatives of
Austrian industry. The delegates urged
that immediate measures be taken by
the state to prevent further unjustifi-
able advance IN the prices of bread
stuffs, as the high rates already are
much hardship among the poor
er classes.
1t was declared that farmers. especial
ly in Hungary, were Withholding sup-
plies in order to obtain still higher
prices. The premier promised that the
government would do its, utmost-to pre-
vent such exploitation of the consumers.