RUSSIA'S STEADY ADVANCE

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 698, 26 August 1914, Page 5

RUSSIA'S STEADY ADVANCE

IN GERMAN TERRITORY. . London, Sunday. Tha French Embassy states that the. Russians defeated three German army corps at Gumbinnen, in East near the Rusiian frontier. It is officially announced that enormous losses were sustained by the Germans during the last few days. An official message from St. Petersburg states that in the early stages of the attack upon Gumbinnen, in East Prussia, the Germans attempted an enveloping movement. Later they asked for an armistice to bury their dead, but w«re refused. The Russians are now pursuing the Germans, who are withdrawing from the frontier towards Willenburg.

Telergams from Vilna, in Western Riasia, state that the Russians have occupied Insterburg, in Prussia, The Russians continue tn act on th 9 offensive in the Gumhinnen district, and are now engaging at least 14 German infantry regiments^ The Russians have captured a battery and many prisoners at Bilderweitschen, near Gumbinren. The Russians ara advancing on Lptzen in Eastern Prussia, south of Tilsit The array invading Prussia consists of twenty army corps, under the Grand Duke Nicolas, Generalissimo of the Forces. ' "

It is reported that large bodies of German resarves and second reserves are" fighting en the Polish frontier, indi39ting that tho firßt line of troops has been withdrawn and sent to the westward.