BIG RUSSIAN VICTORY AT TARNQPOL

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2563, 10 September 1915, Page 5

BIG RUSSIAN VICTORY AT TARNQPOL

GERMANS SUFFER ENORMOUS LOSSES GRAND DUKE GOES TO THE CAUCASUS Br Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright • - (Rec- September 10, 0.25 a.m.) Official i— Petrograd, September 9. , ''TJ} a Rusa'ans haw gained a big victory at Tarnopol, taklne nrlsnnni. eight thousand men, and capturing thirty guns. 8 P sonsr "There were enormous German losses In killed and wounded." . Offldal.—"lie Ita, „m p,« on ,„, (i, a , Jm* srteTf? Ti " ** mBAtSSS* A FAREWELL RESCRIPT. U i s L 'c c^ n P ivfc a "th hig °of S t'W mand. ' You, under tholes of tfxe Z£ of ' ivm" ££ ery, inspiring profound conndence, and the good wishes of aN K , ta '" .country,, entrusted;to me by God, impels me to™ whf'th/ °v' Y penetrated to tlio interior of the Empire, to tako simrrmn Li eil em.v has the fatigues of war to safeguard Russian soil. Thowits' of tfr inscrutable, butm.v duty and desire determine me in my ret>lutiwifor¥h° of the State. The invasion by the enemy of the nortWstp™f,m,+ 1?°! necessitates the greatest possible concentration, civil and irilittfrln unification of command in the field, has turned' attention from the -Jtl M ' SSjjr" *r"* ,hi * th *" is -Wtr &£*a

GERMAN PLAN TO SEIZE RIGA-LEMBERG RAILWAY , UTMOST ANXIETY OYER THE GRODNO FRONT. ("Times" and 1 Sydney "Sun" Services.) The "Times" correspondent at Petrograd' says tlio^istnan'^^nTr 61 ' 8 " are carefully linking up throughout the oastorn theatre, the obiect h P w manS parently. to gam possession of tho Biga-Lemberg railway iu ordrn- + ap " effectively with tie transport problem, and provide means tn +~<.Lr j. cope to any point on tho seven-Fiundred-mile front. Tho derations PS themselves into two fundamental movements—one consisting r»f' le f° lvm ß swing between Grodno and Dvinsk, .intended to clear out tho warc J capture a segment of tho railway, the other to swing southwards on two with a similar object. Olio Grodno operations are causing the • V ? l ° huried ne back ßU?Ce kCakißS thr ° Ueh at OUO P GERMAN' OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. A German official communique states"Field J' « advancing m the Dandsewos district. u 'g 18 von Eiclioni has occupicd some of the land narrows south-west-"\Ve captured Volkcysk and the heights eastward and taking prisoner 2800 of the enemy." ' noitn-eastvrard,

AUSTRIAL OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. (R-ec. September 9, 9.5 p.m.) (r • i • , Amsterdam, September 9 An Austrian official communique states"During the on +1m Sereth front the enemy, with superior forces, broke from,the. bridge-head for tifications at Tarnopol and Striisow. German counter-attacks repulsed the Rn« sians at Tarnopol" 7 , vlls " GERMAN CASUALTIES SINCE MARCH 15. i, . , . . „ „ Londodi September 8. A Paris communique gives official lists of German casualties. Tlw Ginnls corps lost 539 officers and 23,692 men on the east front between March 15 and August. 31.WHEN THE GERMANS CAME TO BREST LITOVSK "WHOLE TOWN A SEA OF FIRE." (Rec. September 9, 7.30 p.m.) mI uri Rotterdam, September 0. The newspaper .Courant states thnt Brest-Litovak no longer exists." A correspondent who entered it .with the G&c&uua advancc j;unrd "writes;-- I '9%^

Russians did what they said they would do, and the wli6le torn was n sea of (ire. Although it whs dangerous amid the flames, 1 went forward to sen if at loast one street could be saved. The town wnis empty, except for one family. When the populace left tlio Russians ordered the houses to bo destroyed." _____ i INTENSE MILITARY ACTIVITY AT VLADIVOSTOK. (Rec. September 9, 8.50 p.m.) Tokio, September 9. There is intense military activity at Vladivostok. The wharves arc loaded with war materials from Japan, Jiurope, and America. Tlio transportation of ordinary freight on the Siberian railway is limited to twenty or thirty tons a day. 'The rest of the cars arc devoted to the transport of war supplios. Relations between the Russians and Japaneßo are daily growing more cordial. THROUGH THE POLISH MARSHES GERMANS GUIDED BY MASKEITTRAITORS. (Rec. September 9, 10.50 p.m.) Petrograd, September 9. The Germans, when progressing across the Polish marshes, used the railway. They constructed railways on. sleepers laid on narrow roadways,. sufficiently firm to allow of a speed of ten miles per hour, draining the marshes behind the advancing troops to prevent fever. Tho Germans are being "uicled through tho marshes by men who have evidently lived in and studied the district for years. There have been similar actions elsewhere. During tho march through tho Courland swamps mysterious masked men led the Germans. In ono case a German company w»b annihilated by tho Russians, who sought out tho masked guides. They found that tfliese had died under horrible torture. When tho mask was' flung off, their faces were found to be a mass of raw burned flesh. When mortally.' wounded tlio Germans poured acid on their faces, fearing that the neighbours of these men might recogniso them and discover the nests of the traitors.

INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT OP THE DUMA RUSSIA'S UNALTERABLE DETERMINATION^^"' 1 ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) ' . London, SeDtember 8. A Copenhagen newspaper contains the report of an interview with M. Rodzjanko, President of tho Russian Duma. He declared that, .'f necessary, Russia would continue operations for five, even ton, years, .to obtain her objectives. Petrograd and Moscow would be given up, and the Russians would retire behind the Ural Mountains if the necessity arose, but the war would continue unabated and altered until Russia was victorious. Her twelve million soldiers would) fight until the last drop of their blood had been shed. M. Rodzianko mentioned Constantinople as ono of Russia's objectives. N 'A' RUSSIAN PARLIAMENTARY. MANIFESTO. ' ■ , , , ' ' Petrograd, September 8. The lenders of the Parliamentary bloc have signed a common programme declaring that victory is only possible if the Government is supported by the confidence and organised co-operation of the citizens. The programmo provides for a Bill establishing autonomy in Poland, a conciliatory policy in Finland, the removal of tho disabilities of the Jews, enlargement of the trade union rights of artisans, a liberal amnesty for political and religious offences amelioration of tho condition of refugees, and extensions of local self-government.

RUSSIA'S GREAT RESERVE STRENGTH. ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) (Rec. September 9, 4.55 p.m.) ~ ~ . London, September 9. M. Lruppi, ox-loreign Minister of France, in a message to the "Matin," says that tho Germans are fabricating when they depict Russia, as being exhausted and incapable of re-taking the.offeiisivo. "Certainly," he says, "tile army ,'has sustained great losses, but fresh-soldiers are rising from the soil by millions. I caw at Odessa battalions of now formation, drawn from a single class, which has furnished a contingent of 1,200,000. ° The munitions crisis is over, and though tho progress of the productions of munitions is slow, it is incessant, and daily gro\Vs in activity and method. The Russians are served by immense forces, while their harvest this vear is superb. •> \