The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-04
BEAT ALLIES TO 1T
German Strategists Anticipate
Foes i'm Galicia.
Steadily Concentrating Before
CracOw Three Weeks.
WIN IN BIG NEW OFFENSIVE
Effective Stroke Follows Ag-
gressiye War Council.
Victory Believed to Have Fore
stalled Russians.

Vienna Nav 4-(Via London.)-
War bulletins issued by the Austrian
and German army headquarters and
posted in Vienna yesterday and today
bring news of the Austrian-German
victory over the Russians in western
Galicia.
A large Austro-German army has
been steadily concentrating be1ore
Cracow for the last three weeks, with
the idea of making a new offensive
movement All available Austro-Hun-
garian troops have been quietly trans
ferred during the time to the Duna1ec
front and for a fortnight an unbroken
stream of troop trains has has been
pouring eastward from Frankfort
Berlin and other German railroad CEN
ters.
Warming of Big Events.
Thus was warning given that big
events were impending in the east
Newspaper correspondents were per
mitted to telegraph that new oI1en-
sive on the Russian front was in prep
aration and even to intimate that the
blow would fall neither in the Ma
zurian Lake regions nor IN the Car
pathians. Closer indications. OF course,
were out of the question Final plans
for this movement were approved at
conference held in Perrin, April %, be-
tween General Won Falkenhayn, chle1
Of the German staff, and Field Mar
shall Conrad Won Hoetzendorr, chlei
ensen, commander of the German
Ninth army. who came from the front
in Poland, also was present at the
Berlin conference He lett Tor me
army that same night after receiving
his final instructions.
So far as is known, Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg did not attend the
Berlin council of war, although he VS.
tied German headquarters with CEN
eraI Mackensen shortly before this
Austrians ForestaI Russians.
1t is too early to discuss the full
military effect of this victory in Ga
licia, but it is the opinion of Austrian
observers that the German and Aus
trian strategistS got the jump on the
offensive which the Russians were be-
lieved to be planning and OF when
their campaign in the Carpathians was
thought to have been preliminary
The number of prisoners taken by
the Teutonic allies mentioned In the
first report is noticeably small, but the
experts here expect the total number
of men captured and the, amount OF
war booty will grow rapidly
Paris Reports German Repulse.
. Paris, May 4.-The French war Of
flee this afternoon gave out this re-
There was Alderman attack yes
terday evening on the British front to
the north of Ypres. The Germans
were driven back by our allies.
In the Argonne, near Bagatelle.
we delivered an attack which resulted
in the gaining of ground"
Russian Reverse Shocks London.
London, May 4.-The reported Rus
sian reverse in western Galicia took
precedence over all other phases OF
the war today, and even overshadow-
ed discussion of the forthcoming
budget Striking an average between
Austrian and German official ac-
counts, London newspapers agree that
the Russians must have been pushed
back a considerable distance along this
front which runs north and South a
distance of about 60 miles from the
Carpathians over Bartfeld, to the
junction of the Dunajec and Vistula
rivers on the border of Russian Po-
land Petrograd expresses little con-
Germ over the situation. although adj
hitting the Austro- German forces are
making strong attacks along the front
on which they claim a great victory.