The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-07
RUSSIANS GAIN VICTORY
IN FALL OF. JAROsLAW.
Capture of City Taken to Forecast
Immediate Successful March
on CracOw.
THEN INVASION OF sILEsIA
Nothing Apparently Can Oppose Adj
vance Except Interference of Ger
man Troops, Already Weakened by
Withdrawal of Forces to France.
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lSpeclal 10 The TimeS-DiSpatch.1
PETROGRAD. November 6.-To- days
news Of tho recapture by the Russians
of the Galician town Of Jaroslaw, with
5000 Austrian prisoners, is taken here
to forecast an immediate successful
march on Cracow, and n successful in
vasioD. farther to the north OF tho Ger
man province Of Silesia.
All along their 3O0-mile battle front
the Russians have scored repeated
and consecutive successes In the last
week, tho fall of Jaroslaw being tho
one event needed to make the triumph
complete all tho way from the East
Prussinn border. south through Poland
and into Galicla.
Nothing can now oppose tho Rus
Sian advance on Cracow eXcept in
reference OF German troops whom
they have already beaten once and Aus
TRANS whom they are now driving be-
fore them for the second time
The march on Cracow was necessari-
ly interrupted when the Germans,
sweeping into the north. appeared for
time to be menncing Warsaw and
iVnnSorod. That this cheek was tenn
porary has been apparent ever since
the Kaiser's troops were forced to
withdraw from their attempts on these
towns, but not until to-day was 1t
known how completely the Russians
had succeeded in their move toward
the Silesian border. Late announce
ments by, the War Office state that the
only check ito, an uninterrupted Rus
sian advance into Silesia is tho pres
ence of the Germans in Wirballen, a
town In Russian Poland. Confidence
Is expressed that this single barrier
Will be swept away without much
trouble. in which case the Russians
will occupy at least the eastern por-
ton of silesIa and gain a foothold In
German territory, from which they may
not be dislodged except by terrific
force.
RICHEST SINGLE PROVINCE
IN I<AISER'S DOMAIN
The Germans are weakened by hav-
Ing sent 100000 soldiers to their west
ern theatre Of war, In France and Bel
GUM, and IL the battle soon to be
waged starts to go against them. mill
tary experts believe they Will evacuate
France and Belgium In order to rush
in men enough to keep the Gear out
OF Silesia If the Russians should sue
coed In wrestling this province from the
Kaiser, 1t would be an almost ire
parable blow. as Silesia, with It's thou
sands of factories and immense coal
mines. is. perhaps, the richest single
province In tho Kaiser's entire domain.
Thus Petrograd expected the Silesian
campaign to mark the beginning of n
general crumbling of the Kaiser's bat
tie planse If he falls to bring UP fresh
troops from Belgium and France, he
will e1ose Slesia, and eventually much
moro rich territory.fwhilesif he decides
to defend 1t, as heavily as 1t will have
to be defended II the Russians are to
be kept out, he will virtually have to
abandon his western campaign and
tt n Ii
held by the allies to the accompani
ment OF n marrying rear-guard attack.
The story of the fighting which led
to the rccnpture OF Paroslaw shows
that the Russian troops in the field
have simply swept the Austrians be-
fore them. in spite Of n desperate Aus
TRAN attempt to break up the Russian
forces. The Austrians during the few
days that preceded the fall of Jaro-
slaw pounded tho Russian lines with
every available piece of heavy artil-
lery, and also attacked with cavalry
and infantry. but the Russians. boring
in steadily, finally forced the Austrians
to retreat along the San.
great force of Austrians also at
tempted to prevent the passage of the
Russians near Monastyrzek, but failed.
1t is reported that in the bombardment
near Leazachoff, Austrian shells de-
stroyed castle containing the val
uaoie HISTORICAL horary OF Prince Gar
ioryZky.
The Russian damiralty has closed
the entrances to the Cuffs Of Finland
and Riga, because those waters are
thicltly strcwn with mines to protect
Russian territory. Mines also have
been placed around the Aland Islands
and in n zone OF the Northern Baltic
extending from SO degrees so minutes
north and cast OF the twenty-first
meridian. Notice Of these mines has
been sent to all neutral nations.