BOMBARDMENT OF CZERNOWITZ

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2321, 1 December 1914, Page 5

BOMBARDMENT OF CZERNOWITZ

'—\ ' . AUSTRIANS ABANDON THE CITY SURRENDER OF CRACOW DEMANDED Petrograd, November 29, The Austrians have abandoned Czernowitz (the capital of tlio Galician Province of Bukowina, on the eastern frontier of. Hungary). The Russians occupied the town after a fierce bombardment. ) PANIC) THROUGHOUT NORTHERN AUSTRIA,London,' November 29. r A! trustworthy traveller from Vienna, says that there is panio over the whole of Northern Austria. The people declare that the ultimatum to Servia (which led to the war) was made in Germany. Austria adopted Germany's scheme, on the'assurance that it would be carried out without, war. The Austrians wish- for peace, and are willing t-o yield Galicia. The Polish Party demands the surrender of. Oracow before bombardment, in order to spare the city. RUSSIAN. TROOPS ON. THE DANUBE,. London, November 29. . It is reported that fifteen Russian regiments and seventy barges of ammunition and stores have arrived at Radujevatz, on the Danube," in Servia.— ("Times" and Sydney "Sun'' Services.) ' THE OFFICIAL .VIEW FROM BERLIN, Amsterdam, November 29. An. official message from Berlin states t "The situation on the right bank of the Vistula {s unchanged. We repelled attacks in the region of Lodz. Our counter-attacks' were successful.." 1 - GERMANS HOLDING A FORTIFIED POSITION, (Eeo. November 30, 7.45 p.m.) ! ' Petrograd, November 29. Official.—"Between the Vistula and the Warta, the Germans continue to maintain a fortified position along the Strykow-Zgierz-Szadek-Sdunskawola line. The fighting was .very stubborn, in the Strykow-Zgierz district, where we captured cannon, machine-guns, and several hundred prisoners. "We engaged the enemy on the Glwno-Bielaway-Sobota front. The Germans are countfli-at tacking on tlio left bank of the Vistula. - "Prisoners describe the German losses as- enormous. Many of their battalions'lost all their officers. "The Austrians eastward of Cracow have been defeated and pursued. We captured twelve hundred in the Carpathians. "The Russians in several districts in tho vicinity of the Mazurian Lakes and the Angerapp River (East Prussia) drtive back the Germans to their fortified positions." . ; The Strykow-Zgierz-Szadek-Sdunskawola ;line, about 34 miles from flank t-o flank, forms, a rough somi-circle jusi west of Lodz, running noTth-west. North of Strykow, a few miles, is Glwno, which, with Bielawn and Sobota, form a similar rough arc just westward of Lowicz, with a front of 10 miles from flank to flank. Loivicz and Lodz, with -Flock, are the principal strategic points commanding the western approach to-Warsaw. - - 1 SAISER GOES TO POLAND. '' (Rco. November 30, 9.10 p.m.) : . , Amsterdam, November SO. 'An official message from Berlin states that the Kaiser is now at the Eastern front. - ■y ■ v DESPERATE PLIGHT OF THE GERMANS JAMMED BETWEEN THE WALLS OF A CORRIDOR, . (Rcc. December 1, 0.10 a.m.) , Petrograd, November 80. TJie "Novoe Vremya" says that tho enemy, pressed on all sides, is striving to force his way to Strykow through a steadily narrowing corridor The Russian occupation of Brezmy prevents escape via Koluszki and Strykow. The wall of the corridor has moved westward, and along it, between' Breziny and Glowno,'the Cossacks are attacking the German flank. Despite the enemy's high valouV and tactical skill their efforts in this region are destined to prove futile. Entire battalions of half-frozen and Germans, separated from their units in the Lodz district, have willingly surrendered. ' It is estimated that Austrians taken prisoners since November 9 in tho Rabka-Cracow district number 68,000. The "Daily Mail's" Petrograd correspondent reports that the surrounded Germans, except ; oiie captured division, broke through the side of the Russian trap, but aro,still imperilled. GERMAN LOSSES ESTIMATED AT 100,000. (Rec. December 1, 1.6 a.m.) London, November 30. The "Daily Mail's" Petrograd correspondent-states that the Germans killed in the ten days'battle between the Bzura and Lodz is estimated at 100,000. . ■ . .