RUSSIAN ADVANCE ON THORN AND POSEN

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2278, 12 October 1914, Page 5

RUSSIAN ADVANCE ON THORN AND POSEN

HUGE CAPTURE OF PRISONERS PREZMYSL REPORTED TO HAVE FALLEN (Bee. October 11, 10.30 a.m.) Petrograd, Ootober 9. The centre army, composed of a million men, mobilised at Warsaw, ha» advanced to within thirty miles of Thqm and ninety miles of Posen. Thorn is one of the principal German fortresses on the Vistula. ''\ Posen is the capital and principal fortress of German Poland!" It. lies about forty miles from the'frontier of Germany. ' ; . . (Rep. Ootober 11, 4.20 p.m.) . ' Petrograd, October 9. Official. —The Russians have dislodged the Germans at. Vladislavoff, hav? captured the positions of Bakalarshewo and Lake Gantcha, and have occupied Lyck. The Russians have taken ten thousand_ prisoners and forty, guns in the latest fighting on the East Prussian frontier. • • ■ ■ -, " "" 'Vladislavoff, or Vladislawow pr Neustadt, lies on .the Russian • frontier about half-way between:-the points where it is crossed bjj.the Kovno-Konigs-burp; railway ami the River Niemen. ■ Bakalarshewo lies on the frontier opposite Suwalki, in Northern Poland. ""■■■• . .' Petrograd, October 9. The "Daily Mail's" correspondent at Rome states that it is reported thai! tho Russians' have-taken Przemysl. ' . ■■ •■■■ . .THE TSAR RETURNS FROM THE FRONT. ' ' ".'.' (Rec. October 11, 3.10 p.m.) . . :. ■;;;■• Petrograd, October 10. The Tsar, who has been at the front, has returned to the Imperial Palace at Tsarkoyo Selo, near St. Petersburg. (Rec. October 10, 3 p.m.) * ' . '' •' ■ London, October 9. '■The Times" correspondent at Petrograd says the Tsar's.visit to'the front may be taken as a further indication that the Germans arc up against a stonewall. ■' .... A Russian General has expressed surprise at the Austnans sending their valuables from Vienna to Prague, for safety. He declared: "They were making a mistake, don't intend to fritter away opportunities. Our objective is Berlin, and our road is via Prague."—("Times" and Sydney; "Sun"Services.) / . . . ■ • . AUSTRIAN GOYERNMENT PREPARING TO MOVE. (Rec. October 11, 9.35 p.m.) , Paris, October 10. Newspapers state that the Austrian Government is preparing to move from Vienna to Innsbruck in the Austrian Alps. ' HUNGARIAN TOWNS FULL OF REFUGEES. ' (Rec. October 11, 9.35 p.'m.) . Vienna, October 10. : Hungary has suspended the import duties on grain. ' The enormous influx of Galician refugees into Northern Hungary has caused terrible overcrowding. Kaschau, with a population of fifty thousand, is sheltering a hundred thousand. The prices of food have trebled, and the sanitary conditions are imperilling the community. (Reo. October 11, 9.35 p.m.) ' Paris, October 10. The "Matin's" correspondent states the Russians have occupied Marg« grabova. >'.'.'