RAPID ADVANCE OF THE RUSSIANS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2257, 17 September 1914, Page 5

RAPID ADVANCE OF THE RUSSIANS

A BAY'S MARCH FROM PRZEMYSL DDE IN AUSTRIAN CAPITAL NEXT MONTH i mu t> m ~ • ' , . . fetosrad, September 16. _ The Russians, without firing a shot, occupied Czomowitz, 0110 of the principal cities of Austrian Galicia, 164 miles south-east of Lemberg and harms a cosmopolitan population of 70,000. e> t, . " (ftec. September 16, 5.4 C p.m.) • ' London, September 16 The belief obtains at Rome that tho Russians have opened the • way to Budapest and Vienna, because the fortifications oil the Austrian frontier are badly manned and armed with antiquated guns. The Russians expect to reach Vienna about the middle of October.—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) • ; ■ Russia has instructed all volunteers ill tho Tar East to assemble at Harbin, an important centre in Manchuria, at the junction of the main line of the'Manchurian railway with the branch line to Port Arthur; and about 350 miles by rail from Vladivostock. 1 (Rec. September 16, 9.36 p.m.) .. . , _ _ ■ Petrograd, September 15. • Umcial.—ilie Russians crossed tho Lower San unopposed occupied Gro-V dek, 18 miles west of Lemberg, and are now a day's march from the fortress of Przemysl, 40 miles due west, and the headquarters of the Austrian 10th Army Corps. AUSTRIAN'S HEAVILY DEFEATED ON SERVIAN BORDER. «« . , ! . ~ , , . Nish, September 15. . ufhcial.—Ninety-six thousand. Anstriana attempting to cross the River Drina, near Racha (on the Servian border at the junction of tho Save and and Drina), temporarily succeeded, but were, finally repulsed by bayonet oharges, leaving behind a howitzer battery, a field battery, and six machine guns. Tho 79th Regiment lost thrca thousand men, and further casualties totalled ten thousand. 0 » REFUGEES FLEEING INTO VIENNA. (Rec. September 17, 0.35 a.m.) n London, September 16. tountless refugees are fleeing t° Vienna, dangerously reducing the food supply. The papers hav6 ceased to print tho names of the dead and wounded, admitting that they have not sufficient space. The Austrian Press explains the defeat to the Russian numerical superiority of a quarter .of a million.