AUSTRIAN ARMIES CUT OFF FROM THE GERMANS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2322, 2 December 1914, Page 5

AUSTRIAN ARMIES CUT OFF FROM THE GERMANS

RUSSIAN MARCH TO THE FROMER HEAVY SIEGE GUNS NEAR CRACOW ByTelesrraplir-P«B3 AssoclaUoa-CwyTlslit ~ ~ l , . . ~ , . . ,-.'■' : ' Rome, November 80. . A dispatch states that communications between tlio German and Austrian armies have been definitely broken off. The victorious Russians are marching on Breslail,.Posen, and Thorn with great rapidity. The dispatch adds- ''The Austro-German defeat is assuming colossal proportions, and will undoubtedly prove decisive. . ■. ' • i J ' ~_ ~ _;,' ~,,,_ • London, November 30. The "Daily Telegraph's" Petrograd correspondent says that' the prolongation of -the Lodz battle was due to the Germans' desperate efforts to bring up reserves.. ._.-.••■ A Vifenna report states that a Russian .detachment has occupied Ungaris (?) in Huucary. ;-,'.- [This .place name does not appear in the maps at our disposal. TJngar is the Germain name for Hungary, and the German association may be traced in such place' names as TJnfprison-Altenburg, Ungarisch Brod, and so on.] Breslau, tie capital of Silesia, on the Oder, is fifty wiles from the Polish frontier, and! over 100 miles south-west of Lodz. Posen, on the Warta, about ninety miles north of Breslau and forty miles from the frontier, is a powerful ring fortress, a Zeppelin station, and a great military depot. Thorn, on the Vistula, a fefjr miles from the Polish frontier, is a position of similar character to Posen. ' . ■

! RUSSIAN INVESTMENT OF CRACOW *LASOT BARRIER TO THE OITY. IS BROKEN.'i / London, November 30. The "Daily Chronicle" says that the previous reports of the investment of Cracow were premature. A Milan newspaper states that the last barrier to the city is broken. The Russians' heavy guns are bombarding a which is on fire. .("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) 1 London, • November 80 The winter will be the Russians' most faithful ally; the Germans have not prepared winter campaign clothing. ' BUKOWINA IW THE HANDS OF THE RUSSIANS. V Bucharest, November 30. The Russians have occupied the whole of the Crownland of Bukowina, capturing enormous quantities of arms, ammunition, and provisions. The Austrian Catholics have fled, and the Hungarian frontier is now entirely open. THE GERMAN DEBACLE AT THE BATTLE OF LODZ DESPERATE REARGUARD FIGHTING. (Rec. Deoembor 1, 8.40 p.m.) Petrograd, December 1. 'An Army messenger states that the Germans west of Lowicz are abandoning their wounded, and their rifles, ammunition, and transport in their retreat, but their rearguard is fighting stubbornly, defending prepared entrenchments. A German force which was endeavouring to escape north of Koluszki (16 miles east of Lodz) was cut off, and is now sheltering behind strong entrenchments, reinforced by two infantry divisions and ono cavalry division. The official report states that stub born fighting near Lodz continues, the Germans suffering great losses. Tlio Russians have captured several of the Austrian positions in the Carpathian passes, capturing quickfirers, and numerous prisonors. ' _ , Paris, Dccombor 1. "Lb Matin"' states that it is undo retoocl that thirty thousand German troops have been sent from Breslau to Cracow. INSPIRED BY THE KAISER'S PROMISES. (R(X. Decembor 1, 10.20 p.m.) London, December 1. The Daily Mail's" Petrograd correspowktit. rcportn that nwler the In. j juration, of a, misleading ord>r ; {row .the Kaiser, proßiisjng .that the, yras'

would be ended if Warsaw were taken, tho entrapped Germans hurled themselves against an encircling wall with tho desperation of maddened wild animals. Tho carnage was awful. The Germans were obliged to climb over heaps of their dead comrades to reach the Russian bayonets. "The Russians fought magnificently, but were not in sufficient numbers. The Germans avoided a second Sedan, but their retreat is perilous, owhig to the absence of roads. The Russians from Lodz and along the Morga River ■still threaten the flanks, and Cossack 6.persistently, harry tho retreat."