Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-09-18
RUSSIANS TURN
ON THE TEUT0NS
Extreme Wings of Cars Army
Succeed in Baking Gen.
Won Hindenburg.
COUNTER ATTACK SUCCESSFUL
Slavs Take 5000 Prisoners and Many
Cannon-Germans Making Head
way at Other Points

Petrograd, Sept Successful Rus
sian counter-attacks on a wide front
in the Stripa River district, Eastern
Galicia, are reported in a Russian Of
fetal statement given out here tonight.
The Russians claim to have captured
three thousand prisoners, thirty can
non and thirty-four machine guns.
Russian Wings Hold
London, Sept 1.-The Russians thus
far have prevented the Germans and
Austrians from carrying into effect
their efforts to force back the two ex-
treme wings of the armies of Grand
Duke Nicholas. At the northern ex-
tremity of the front, that part of Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg's army COM
manded by General Won Buelow is
still fighting for the bridgehead south
OF Friedrichstadt while the Austro-
German forces under General Both
mer, who broke through the Russian
lines on either side of Brzezany. Cali
cia, have been checked at some places
on the Stripa River.
Along the rest of the front the Ger
mans claim to be making Roadway, al
though some who got through the for
est region east of Bialystok have suf-
Russian rear guard. The parts of most
interest, however, are at the two
wings The Germans near Friedrich
stadt are well east of Riga, and mill
tary experts here say that unless the
Russians can dispose of a considera-
BILE force so as to threaten the Teu-
tonic flank it appears improbable that
Friedrichstadt can be held much long
er without grave danger. The threat
against the other wing is not so seri-
Gus as it is more distant and the diff
culties of the country are too great
for rapid advance.
Italians Active.
The Italians are more active, and
tonight report the capture of another
strong Austrian position southeast of
Trent and of some austrian trenches
on the Carso on the road to Triest.
According to Italian account, the Ital-
ian progress, while naturally slow on
account of the nature of the country
to be traversed, is continuous.
1t is understood that the Balkan ne
gotiations are moving more quickly.
The Bulgarian minister had long con-
ference today with Sir Edward Grey,
the British minister of foreign affairs,
after which the ambassadors of the
entente powers and the Servian minis
ter called on the foreign minister.
Weather May Stop Teutons-
London, Aug. 31.-While the reports
from the eastern war theater, embrac-
ing the region from Courland to South
eastern Galicia, indicate that the Ger
mans and Austrians still are pressing
the Russians hard in combat or tena-
ciously following them in retreat, mill
tary observers here are hoping that
the approaching equinoctial season
will limit tne further forward move
ment of the Teuto1s and force them to
be content with the fruits of their sue
cesses as the winter season falls upon
them.
With the opening of the autumn
months the military observers are di-
recting attention to the fact that the
Russian equinoctial storms are due to
begin about September q. They assert
that they are the danger limit to mill
tery operations in the eastern fields.
1t is recalled by some of these obsery-
I ers that the autumnal equinox marked
| the turning point in the Napoleonic
| campaign. The first warning was a
light snowfall. preceding the equinox,
but soon afterward heavy SHOWS fell,
anu with them came disaster TO NapO-
/ leon.
! Desperate fighting continues in the
| Dardanelles in the vicinity where the
British recently made their landing.
The Turkish reports claim the recap
ture by the Ottoman forces of allied
trenches. with heavy allied casualties.
| These claims. however. have not yet
| been conceded by Great Britain
The military operations in the west
ern field have been confined to trench
fighting. On the Austro-Italian from
1 tier the Italians claim that their forces
are slowly advancing northward-
London. Aug 30.5There are no
| signs yet of any slackening of the Ger
man pursuit of the retiring Russians
| and, according to the official report is
sued in Berlin today. progress has been
| made in all sectors of the Eastern bat
tie line except in Northern Courland
where the armies of Grand Duke Mich
yolas are offering a stubborn and eff
| tective resistance.