Evening star., 1915-02-18
RUSSIANS BEATEN,
WIRES THE KAISER
FROM EAST FRONT
"0ur Beloved East Prussia
Free From Enemy" Ruler
Declares.
BATTLES STILL RAGE
AT DIFFERENT POINTS
Extreme Wings Of Cars Armies
Now Are Heavily En-
gagged With Foe.
DISORDERLY RETREAT DENIED
ENGLISH Press Admits SlavS Must
Have Lost Heaviiy-Germans Be-
lieved to Have Eyes
on Warsaw.

BERLIN, February IS. VIA
London.-The president OF the
province OF East Prussia at 10
nigsberg has received the follow
ing telegram from Emperor Will
liam. who has been on the eastern
battle front:
The Russians are completely
beaten. Our beloved East Prussia
is free from the enemy.
Eastern Fighting Important.
Notwithstanding its intense interest
in the Important questions whicn
now involve shipping interests. Eng
land has not lost sight of the military
operations now in progress on both
fronts The hghtins in East Prussia
and Bukowina. where the two extreme
wings of the Russian army are heavily
engaged by Austro-G German forces, is
considered the most important activity
now going on. either in the east or
west Petrograd dispatches insist that
the Russians carried out in perfect
order their retirement in East Prus-
sia.
Battle Near Augustowo.
An important battle is raging in the
vicinity of Augustowo. where. in the
fall. the Russians succeeded in stop
ping previous German attempt to
invade Russia Now, however. the
,Muscorites have a much more serious
threat TO deal with, for besides having
sent new army into East Prussia
the Germans are in strong force in the
district between East Prussia and the
lower Nistuia- Their continued ad-
vance there would jeopardile the Rus
slams. who are holding the trenches to
the south of the Nistula and who sue
ceeded in frustrating Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg's attempts to reach
Warsaw from the west
Possible German Plan
The German plans are not quite clear.
but it is believed probable they still
have their eyes on Warsaw and hope
by taking that city to break Russian
power to resume the offensive, SO that
they may be free to take more ener-
getic steps against the allies in the
west
Anticipating this possibility the al
lies. during the past two days have
made vigorous attack against the
Germans 1T T !dfCcfS ana france. The
outcome OF this effort cannot be stated
the French and German reports are
in direct conflict.
Russian rs Reinforced.
IN BukoUina the Austrians are re-
ported 10 have partly surrounded the
Russians before Czernowitz, but the
battle stiil is in progress and rein
forcements are reaching the Russians
who have the advantage of undam ma sed
railways both 70 this point and 10 Mad
worna. further west. which the Aus
trisns have reoccupied The Russians
report continued progress in the Car
pathians
The British press now comedies that
the Russians must have lost heavily in
their retreat in East Prussia, but the
newspapers refuse to credit Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg with a great
victory, pending the outcome of the
rear guard action before the fortified
line on the Niemen river. 1t Is argued
BY British military experts that the
German double tanking movement an
parenty has failed. and this view also
is held at petrograd.
In the Western Arena.
In the Champagne and ArSonne re-
Rtons in the western theater the Ger
mans seem to be putting forth all their
strength to capture the ground they
are reported 70 have lost last week.