RETREAT FROM WARSAW CONTINUES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2290, 26 October 1914, Page 5

RETREAT FROM WARSAW CONTINUES

RUSSIANS CROSS VISTULA . DESPERATE FIGHTING REPORTED IN GALICIA • ) , {Rec. October 25j 4 p.m.) Petrogratf, October 24. Official. —The Geripan rotreat from the Vistula continues without rest. The Russians capturcd a large quantity of munitions at Ivangorod. The Austrians are fighting desperately, south of Przemsyl. There is no chango in East Prussia. . (Rec. October 26, 8.40 p.m.)' Petrograd, October 24. The Austro-German army unexpectedly crossed the lowor courses of the San River in Galicia a couple of days ago. The' Russians made a bayonet charge and drove them into the river, and men, horses, and guns floundering in the water, were swept away. Several detachments of Russians have crossed to the left bank of the San., RUSSIAN MORALE SUPERIOR, . - (Reo. October 24, 5.20 p.m.) _ _ London, October 23. Mr. Stephen Graham, in describing the ejection _ of the Germans from Poland, says the Russians shewed themselves superior in courage, nerve, and military resource. They bad to fight against a better equipped and a hundred i times better educated army, with better science, but they won by virtue of the personal religion in the soldier and tho moral justness of the cause.— ("Times" and Sycluey "Sun" Services.' SAVAGE HAND-TO-HAND FIGHTING. (Reo. October 25, 3.40 p.m.) I ... PetrogKad, October 24. A wounded soldier relates witlli respect to the desperate fighting hi the region of Ivangorod. The Germans held a strongly entrenched position on tho liillrtop. The Russians, without waiting for artillery, reached to close quarters. Then It was "hell let loose," tho men stabbing, slashing, and clnbbin" with rifles, oven tearing at each other with their teeth. A gigantic Russian captain dealt death on every hand. A regimental chaplain, carryin"' a cross and ignoring the bur-sting shells, blessed the soldiers as they rushed to battle. The Germans camo in dense masses and the Russian artillery arrived and mowed down _ the enemy; then the infantry made another tremendous onslaught and dislodged tho Germans. BOMBS DROPPED ON WARSAW. (Rec. October 25, 3.40 p.m.) Petrograd, October 24. On Debitor tt a Owrons ftir-muij femrtm tnwbp a>t , KUiwy frnj, jnugdijw fttfcw&i mmm xrnm and