The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-07
RUSSIA

PETROGRAD, March 6.-The Aus
trian army of Arch Duke Joseph Fer
dinand has suffered severe defeat in
the, stanislau fighting, the war office
claimed tonight. The right wing is re-
treating south Of the Dniester, aban-
donine heavy guns and trains and be-
ing hotIy pursued by Russians who
recaptured Stanislau Wednesday. The
Austrian army, according to dispatches
printed in Petrograd newspapers, has
been driven out Of Nadvorna. lts re-
tirement imperiIs the Austrian right.
Advancing Russians are making des-
pcrate efforts to cut off several Aus
trian regiments north Of Stanisiaa
and force their surrender. Large num-
bcrs Of Germans, engaged in the at
tempt to relieve Przemysl through the
middIe carpathian passes, have been
surrounded and made prisoners, north
Of the Uszok pass, according to the
Russian general staff. Their report
states that infantry companies num-
bering 2A0 men month ago nave
been reduced to less than 100 per
company. Determined fighting con-
tinucs IN Poland from MIava to the
VistuIa, with the Russians everywhere
on the offensive except at Ossowetz,
where the Germans continue to bonn
bard the forts. There are indications
of a renewal Of the engagement on
the left bank Of the VistuIa, west Of
Warsaw.
The fighting around stanislau and
near czernowitz held the attention Of
the war office tonight. Petrograd
newspapers claimed that the Austrian
right wing, which advanced north
from Stanisiau to within three miles
Of the important Dnlester river cross
Ing at HaIitz, is in danger Of being
cut off by the Russians east Of Stanis-
iau and south Of Dniester.
The Petrograd papers described the
retirement Of the arch dukes right
wino as 4 trout" They printed die
patches declaring that the Austrians
rstrtatina through the slush and cnow
jcf The, wooded country have aban.
doned much heavy artiilery they drag
| aed northward 10 the Dniester TO bonn
bard the Russian position at the bridge
head at Halitz.
The war office would not comment
upon the report that Nadvorna had
Ibeen evacuated by the Austrians. In
military circles il was stated the Aus
TRANS probably were retiring in the
Stanislau region, because Of resump-
tion OF activity by the cars troops
along the Bukowina frontier.
RETREAT CONTINUES.
PETROGRAD, March 6.-Retreat Of
the Austrians, south Of Stanislau con-
tinues, the war Office stated In an Of
fetal statement tonight. Austrian
Arch Duke Joseph's army has been
driven from Its fortified positions
along the river Bistritza and is being
pushed to the southeast. At one. point
the Russians took 100 prisoners.
In the carpathians, the Austrians
have renewed their futile attacks upon
Baiigorod, east Of the Dukla pass. All
their onsIaughts have been repulsed'
The Russians have made further
progress on the left bank Of the Me
men in poland, forcing Won Hinden.
burn's left wing to retire behind the
railway at SHINE, thirty-six miles
northeast Of SuwaIki. Around Lomza,
obstinate resistance by the Germans
has resulted In severe fighting. The
cxar's troops last night disiodged the
enemy from strong position west OF
! [ omxa Stavisk road and east OF kolno,
capturing seven machine guns.
on the left bank Of the vistuia, IN
the PiIica river region, the Germans
+ have begun an attack upon the Rus
sian positions at the village Of Dom,
anevice.