RUSSIAN VICTORY IN GALICIA

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2302, 9 November 1914, Page 5

RUSSIAN VICTORY IN GALICIA

MOST IMPORTANT SINCE WAR BEGfti 3,000,000 MEN MASSED AGAINST RUSSIANS (Rec. November 8, 8 p.m.) Paris, November 7. Grand Duke Nicholas, Commander-in-Chief of the 'Russian Army, has sent a message to General Joffre, the French Commander-in-Chief, announcing a Russian victory in Galicia, which, ha says, is the most important gained in the Eastern theatre 6ince the beginning of the war. '■'.'■'.'■ Petrograd, November 6. Advices from Lemberg state that the Russians recaptured Jaroslav and took 6ix thousand prisoners, after furious day and night attacks by the Austrians. > Jaroslav is on the River San, about twenty-five miles north-north-west of Przem'ysl. STEADY PROGRESS BY RUSSIAN ARMY. (Rec. November 8, 8 p.m.) Petrograd, November 7. Official.—Between October 28 and November 2 we overcame the enemy's resistance in the region from Nowa Alexandria to Sandomier'z. The principal Austrian forces in Galicia were forced to retreat on November 6. During eighteen days bur successes along SOCvorsts of front broke down the enemy's resistance, and he is, now generally retreating. Nowa Alexandria is on the Vistula, 12 miles south' of Ivangorod. Sandqmierz is in Poland, on tho Austrian frontier, 50 miles south of Nowa Alexandria. '•..' ' , •NEARLY 19,000 PRISONERS TAKEN. (Rec. November 8, 5.5 p.m.) . Petrogradjv November 7, Official. —During the fighting, between October 23 and November 4, oil the ,Thorh-Oracow line, the Russians captured 274 officers, 18,500 men, tJiree . howitzers; 40 cannons,' 38 mitrailleuses, many shells, and large quantities of • arms and ammunition. '■' o .-' '. « ■ . _ . ENEMY RETREATING IN EAST PRUSSIA.. ■,'■•' , Peirogradj November 6. Official.—The Germans are retreating on the whole of the East Fmssiani front, and are only retaining fortified positions at Wegbolewo. The Russians, on the left bank of the Vistula, are continuing a vigorous offensive, aud are pursuing the retreating enemy.' The Russians continue to cross the San successfully. • N , . The Austrians are retreating.,. ■ . . Wegbolowo is not shown on tho m aps at pur disposal.. It is possible that tho place referred to may_ be Wershbolowo, or Wirballcn, Which lies on the •Russian side'oftho frontier, almost directly east of Uumbinncn. HUGE FORCE ON THORN-ORAOOW LINE. (Reo. November 8, 8 p.m.) " London, November 7. Tho "Times" Copenhagen correspondent states that three million Germans . and Austro-Hungarians are concentrated on the line from Thorn to Cracow,' a distance of about 210 miles. ' . '''■'''.',' WINTER HORRORS IN EASTERN CAMPAIGN. . Petrograd, November 6. Winter is adding new horrors to the warfare in Poland and Galicia. With the ground frozen the'belligerents'are unable to bury the enormous dead, and in the woods many wolves nave appeared. The Germans have looted all the winter clothing to be found in the towns they havo occupied. ' There have been frequent surrenders of whole Gorman dotachments, almost dead with cold ' and hunger.RUSSIAN ADVANCE IN. EAST PRUSSIA. (Reo. November 8, 10 p.m.) Petrograd, November 7. Official.—The Russians are successfully advancing on Rominte 'and Lyck, in East Prussia.' The German rearguard'were'driven out of Ulava,.on Wednesday with: heavy losses.' The Germans continue to'fall back'on the other side of the Vistula. A German column passed Czonstochowa, in Southern Poland, going westward. - The Austrians left many cholera victims in Jaroslav, Przevorsk, and the villages on the San River. . . - ENEMY WITHDRAWING WESTWARDS. ■ J, ■ , (Reo. November 8, 10.30 p.m.) '>'■' Petirograd, November 7. The Russians in East Prussia occupy a' line from ' Schirwiudt to' Lyck. Thousands'of German dead were buried in many districts. Because the ground is frozen'the Germans everywhere abandoned their wounded to the resources of the Russian Medical Corps which are heavily taxed in dealing with'them. The practice of not permitting an armistice for the removal of the wounded cause many deaths by exposure ' in" the night-time. v The German's in' Poland'are steadily withdra>viiiE to strongly fortified positions on tho Czenstochowo-Kalisch line,'where with■ Breslau in the rear the Germans have accumulated stores proposing to remain 1 on the defensive during the winter. .'All the towns which the Germans traversed were wreck-' ed, and railway bridges blown up. The Germans, in quitting Radom, shot all their • prisoners, including a Cossack officer who was compelled to dig_ his _own grave. The Pauline Monastery was held as a hostage for the inhabitants' good_ behaviour/ on a threat to burn the buildings. The monastery is famous in Poland and many pilgrimages are made to it. The German threat strikes' at the'religious sentiments' of the whole of Roland. The monks were expelled'and arrived in the Russian lines.' There is a report that the monastery was prepared as a residence for the Kaiser. Furniture was brought from Germany, and the rooms prepared for a staff of sixty. •.■•'■-- The' line from rSohirwindt to Lyok is about 70 miles long. Schirwindt js on the frontier, almost due east of Konigsberg.