RUSSIANS PURSUE FLEEING GERMANS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2275, 8 October 1914, Page 5

RUSSIANS PURSUE FLEEING GERMANS

FIERCE FIGHTING CONTINUES ENEMY FALLING BACK ON FRONTIER FORTS (Rec. October 7, 5.5 p.m.) ..tin. m. .. -r. London, October 6. 'The Times" Petrograd correspondent says the Battle of Suwalki is destined to live in history as one of tie fiercest of the war, and also the most important, -in view of the numbers engaged and the results achieved. The moral effects of the Russian victory are incßlculable.—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Service.) . . . Petrograd, October 6. • Official.—The pursuit continues successfully. The Germans are trying to made a stand between Wirballen and Lyck. . Wirballen. ia a Russian town near the frontier, on the main railway from St. Petersburg to Berlin, via Insterburg. ' Lyck is in Germany, on the railway from Bielostok, in Poland, and is 70 tales south-west of Wirballen. Suwalki, the scene of the great battle, lies about midway between the two points. EUSSIAN PLANS SUCCEEDING. PetrogratJ, October 6. Officials consider that the Russian campaign as first planned is succeeding. The.intention was that the Russian wings should first crush the Germans in the north and the Austrians in the south, and force ihe Aiistro-German armies to accept a final battle- on the south-western Polish frontier, at a point nearest Berlin, Vienna, and Budapest. " '

VIENNA PEEPAEING FOE EUSSIANi AEEIVAL. Rome, October 6. _, Austrian reports admit that tie Russians ndvanced through Marinaroa Szigeth and ocoupied Hossumezo. The suburbs of Vienna are being feverishly fortified. Houseß are being demohehed, guns mounted on tho hills, and trenches and breastworks erected. Similar preparations are being made at Budapest and other large cities. The bunks are sending the bullion into the country. The State treasures and archives are being removed. (Eec. October 1, 5.5 p.m.) . ■ . London, October 6. The Russians have installed their own system of self-government in Galicia, and are using every means to gain the confidence and sympathy of the population. They are succeeding, and even the Jews are returning to LemuoTg.— ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Service.)' GERMANS WITHDRAWING ACROSS FRONTIER. . (Rec. October 8, 0.15 a.m.) Petrograd, October 6. , Official.—The' enemy in East Prussia have received reinforcements from Konigsberg. Their fortified positions on the frontier are supported by numerous siege guns. Very fierce fighting is in progress at Baklarzevo, in the Suwalki district. Aviators' reconnaissances show that there is an uninterrupted movement of German columns and transport trains withdrawing across the frontier. ._ BakJarzovo, or Bakalarshewo, lies eleven miles west of Suwalki, and a mile or two distant from the German frontier.