The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-05
Three Million Men March Into
Eastern Battle Line.
Grim Preparations That May
Solve EurOpe's Fate.
IN tn bRESlA All and vienna
Russians Have Started on Their
Invasion of Hungary.
All of the Carpathian Passes
Have Been Captured.
FOLLOWS OUT PLAN Of 1877
General GOurkO Did Same
Thing 81 Years Ago.
Brighten Population and ROut
the Reservists.
FOLLOWS OUT PLAN OF 1877
General GOurkO Did Same
Thing 81 Years Ago.
Brighten Population and ROut
the Reservists.

PetrOgrad Oct. 6.-The reported
presence of Emperor William in East
Prussia and the departure of Emper-
or Nicholas for the front is taken here
to emphasize the tremendous impor-
tance of the impending battle. which
may be the biggest conflict of the war
up to the present time in either the
western or the eastern arenas. Three
million men. 1t is estimated in Petro-
grad, will be engaged. Russians be-
lieve that if the German-Austrian
army is defeated at Cracow the war
will be virtually over. Granted this
defeat, they declare, there will then
be insufficient forces left to stem the
Russian invasion Of Silesia, and thence
20 Breslau and Berlin, as we'll as the
Russian advance through Cracow to
Vienna and through Pennsylvania to
Budapest
In Russian military circles 1t is felt
that the Russian general staff is now
able to ana1yze and will be able to
forestall the intended German inva-
sion of Russia In spite of the great
Importance Of the eielt-day battle be-
tween General Rennenkampf on the
Russian side, and General Won Hin
denburh on the German side, which
has just come to an end, and in which
the Germans were not only not sue
cessful in crossing the River Niemen,
according to reports here, but were
driven back to the frontier with heavy
losses. losing the entire province of
Suwalki, excepting the town of that
name, it Is the obinion Of Russian OBJ
servers that the Germans intended
this costly and futile demonstration
to draw the Russian troops from East
Poland as a preliminary to their main
object.
cd TVy nj
fighting near Warsaw, was an attempt
to take Warsaw and thence move to
the southwark to outflank the Rus
sian army. which having occupied Ga
1icia. is now moving through BokO-
wilma into Hungary. 1t is declared
here that this intent has been made
impossible by the bad conditions of
the roads The heavy German artil-
lery could not go on. Nor has the
German attempt to take the offensive
at Cracow this far been productive.
Now Invade Hungary.
London. Oct. 5.-10:1O a. ma dis
patch to the Star from Rome, speak
ing Of the Russian invasion of Hun
gary, says:
Having captured all the Carpathian
passes the Russians have commenced
ing to the south, and they have occu-
pied Hosszumezo. Then the Cossacks
effected a daring coup. They crossed
the river and cut the railway at Cxiget,
thus isolating the remainder of Hun
gary.
Rome, Oct. 5.-(Via Paris, Oct. 5.)-
News from Russian headquarters says
the invasion Of Hungary through the
Carpathians has two objects. The first
is to insure the left flank of the Russian
army operating against Przemysl and
along the San river and second. to open
a new field of action in the vast Hun
garian plains where it can frighten the
population. disturb the drilling of Hun
garian resrvists and recruits. and cut
the railway communications; besides
freely feeding an important portion of
the army from the resources of the
country.
1t is recalled that during the Rus
sian-Turkish war of 1877 an expedition.
commanded by General GOurkO and
mostly composed Of cavalry. did the
same thing, crossing the Balkan noun
tains and entering eastern Rumania.