Russia & Austria

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 98, 15 August 1914, Page 5

Russia & Austria

CONCERTED MOVE ON TWO FRONTIERS AT ONCE. . Athens, August 13. | The Russian Legation states that the concentration of Russians on the Galician (Austrian) frontier has been completed, and an offensive n-jvon.ent j is imminent to coincide with i '-e £cr- , vian advance along the line oi* the Danube. TWO AUSTRIAN REGIMENTS i WIPED OUT. ! ..„ I London, August 14. J The Daily Chronicle's Milan corre-j spondent states that live thousand J Cossacks annihilated two Austrian | cavalry regiments from Lemb?rg| (Galicia), which had advanced, emboldened by the Russian withdrawal. The Governor of Ludlin got wind of the sally, and rapidly collected the Cossacks, who, supported by a field battery, prepared an ambush in the dense forest skirting the main road. The overflow from the Vistula and tne Wieperz had converted the countryside opposite the forest into a vast swamp. TTie Anstrians arrived in fhe evening. The Governor allowed the advance to oasis, and when the main body appeared the Sotnias and Cossacks charged front and rear. The terrific discharge of the qtiickfirers hidden in the jforest mowed down the cavalry in hundreds. The horses leapt into the marshes and sank to their haunches. The Anstrians were wiped out. MOULDING GERMAN OPINION. London, August 14. British newspapers were barred from Germany after July 31 for the purpose of blinding the people to English opinions. German agents, in London forwarded the news each/succeeding day that England was resolved or peace almost at any price. Brussels, August 14. If is suggested that newspapers should publish extracts of the war news and scatter them broadcast in 'the Rhine provinces, 'o.prevent the iGermsii dissemination -if false iietvs.