The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-09-17
RUSSIANS CHECK
GERMAN ADVANCE
PETRCGRAO REPORTS GREAT VIC
TORY FOR THE RUSSIAN ARMS
AGAINST AUSTRO-GERMANS.
THE zcPPIIHS VISIT LONDON
1t Is Reported That German Air Craft
Succeeded in Reaching London,
Dropping Bombs, Killing Several
eopis--S'tuat.cn IN the West.
attest European War News.


the Russian army near Tarnopol was
regarded at PeuOgTad in the nature
OF a fitting celebration Of the assump-
tion of chief command of the Russian
armies by Emperor Nicolas and an
omen Of success to come.
As a strictly military event great
importance is attached to the victory
BY military circles, which point out
that the Germans had collected a force
of Prussian guards and Austrian bril-
gades. strengthened by both light and
heavy artillery, on a twenty-mile front,
for the undoubted purpose of breaking
through into the rich grain provinces
Of Southwestern Russia, With inferior
forces the Russians were able to de-
feat the plan despite the deliberate
preparations that had been made to
execute it, inflicting severe losses and
"shattering," it is claimed, an entire
army corps.
The fact that the Russians could not
fellow up the victory at Tarnopol was
due entirely to the superiority of the
Teutonic artillery. it is declared.
There is no lack of war stores, accord
ing to war officials, and the Russian
supply of shrapnel is sufficient, but
the army was unable to take the often
sive against the heavy guns Of the
Germans.
In their latest Zeppelin raid over
England the Germans apparently have
succeeded at last in striking at the
heart Of London. The inference may
he drawn plainly from various dis
patches which have passed the censor
that the German aerOnauts dropped
bombs on the old city of London prop
er in the region which contains the
hotels, business district and the old
landmarks famous the world over. In
this district there are normally thou
sands of American tourists at this
time OF the year, although their num-
mer on account of the war
Twenty persons were killed and
eighty-six others injured in the Yep
peIin raid.
Almost simultaneously with the an
nouncement that Emperor Nicholas
personally replaced Grand Duke Mich
olas as commander of the Russian
forces, the fighting along the eastern
frontier, despite the beginning of the
autumn rains, has been resumed with
the intensity which characterized it
throughout the summer on both wings
in Courland, in the north, and in Vol
hynia, Podolia and East Galicia. In
the south the Russians are making
determined efforts to regain the initia-
tive while in the center the Austro-
Germans continue to increase their
advantage. Thus Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg and his commanders in
Courland are still being denied their
objective - the Dvina river while
Field Marshal Won Mackenzen and the
Austrian general at the other end of
the line are engaged in opposing the
Russian offensive. In the center, on
the other hand, Lieutenant General
Won Eiehhorn and Prince Leopold Of
Bavaria are pushing forward and, ao-
coTding to the Berlin report, have &C.
cupied Wolkowysk, an important rail-
way junction Immediately east of
Bislystok 1t is for these railways
that the Germans are now fighting,
as when the autumn rains turn a great
part of the country into an impassa-
,ble mOrass they will need every line
= OF railway to keep their armies sup
piled with provisions and munitions.
The news that Emperor Nicholas
has placed himself at the head of his
army, which he announced In tele-
gram to Raymond Polncare, president
OF France, and the visit paid by the
French commander in chief, General
Joffre, to the Italian army, fore
shadow, 1t is believed in military cir
cles, stirring events on both the east
ern and western fronts, in which the
armies of all the allies will cooperate.
The menace to Riga, an important
Russian seaport in the Baltic, is be-
coming more serious. The Germans
sttll hold the bridgehead 1T Friedrich
Stadt, the occupation of which effec-
lively cuts off Rigas railway com.
munication to the south, while Ger
man aircraft are active in the gulf,
perhaps presaging another naval clash
as part of a concerted German move.
ment from land to sea to complete the
isolation of the city and force its
abandonment by the Russians
According to an unofficial Russian
dispatch received by way of Copen-
hagen, the Germans claim possession
of the gulf, the Russians having aban-
doned Ragoe, the northernmost of
three islands just outside the gulf.
The Italians claim to have captured
several Austrian positions on the ca.
dore frontier, while on the rest of the
A0stro-Italian frontier only artillery
actions have occurred This long-dis-
lance fighting appears also to be a