Russia & Austria
THE ADVANCE IN AUSTRIAN TERRITORY.
(Received 9.5 a.m.)
St. Petersburg, August 28., The Rusians are nearing Lemberg,
Lemberg.—The capital of the crown, laud of Galicia, Austria, lies 468 miles north-west of Vienna by rail, and is 185 miles from Cracow. It has a population of 206,000 which is rery mixed in character, 11 per cent, being Jews, 70 per cant. Poles, ten per cent. Gormans, and most of the remainder Ruthenians. Lemberg is tli© fourth city of the Austrian Empire, coming after Vienna, Prague, and Trieste. It is situated on the small river Peltew, an affluent of the Bug, in a valley in the Sarmatian plateau, and is surrounded by hills. The town is the headquarters of the Austrian 11th Army Corps. The fortifioatous of the town were transformed into pleasure grounds in 1811. There are three cathedrals and a university.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 10, 29 August 1914, Page 5
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143Russia & Austria Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 10, 29 August 1914, Page 5
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