RUSSIA

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 79, 22 August 1914, Page 5

RUSSIA

ALONG THE AUSTRIAN* FRONTIER. INVADERS' SERIES OF VICTORIES. _. „ . London, August 20. , ry are calmly nojH'ful. A great struggle is on tinAustrian anl Gmrmaa frontiers. They •nve the enonnoits advantage oi enjoy - ins the support „f the population on the Austrian side of the frontier, who ;uv offering the I u&dans kind servics U'rnple supplies. The member* of the family Bcniiirr are the Crane Dukes Cyril, Doris, !>imiiri. Nicholas ; iid Peter the Princes J<vbn, Oleg, ]go r ~nd .Alexander. St. Petorsl/urg, Aup-*t 21). It is officially stated that three Austrian infantry regiments with four batteries attacks Km-nik (I'of.iii.i). 'i'lie light lasted a!) iLiy. The Russians wt 're reinforced ;.nd captured ~i\ officer* and 250 men. Tr»* Austria ns Wtilv retreated at ji'gin after t-ull'erii;;; -evere losses. Tim Russian- vivo occupied Giurhinntn (Germany), capturing t we've and main- prisoners. The Russian outposts near Lumsk defeated an Aiic'.ran patrol, killing and wounding *i\iv and -capturing 120. London, August, 20. It L-LotTu-iuih stated that* -liie Russian cavalry iflfinlsed an Austrian eavally division TriiSil hwivy loss near Satanoff, on tho frontier of the provinir of Podolia, South llu-sia, afte- a live hour.-' engages l/nt.

HEAVY FIGHTING. USE OF EXPLOSIVE BULI.ETS ] ALLEGED. ] Received *2l, f>.lo p.in. j St. Petersburg, August 20. In the atta, -k on Yladimirvolyri<*k, there were desperate and repeated assaultfl all day, and only two out of ;in At»irian companv survived. It Is allejj<«; fliat the Austrian* nsc-d i explosive bullets. The Red Cross is retaining samp!.*. RUSSIAN MOTORS FOR GERMAN" ROADS. Times and Sydney Sun Services Received 21, 5.45 p.ui. London, August 'JI. During his last interview with the Russian military authorities before the. war. Prince Ilohenlohe was surprise! that the Russians were requisitioning many automobiles. He remarked: '-Your roads are ton iiad!" The. Russian response was: "lint yours are good!"' RUSSIANS' OWVARD MARCH. Received 21, 11 p.m. Paris, August 21. The vicinity of Warsaw has been cleared of Germans for a radiu? of sixtyI four miles. [ Russians entered Bukovina last SaturI j St. Petersburg, August 21. After three Jays' fighting, the Russians captured Lvek, a German town alwut ten miles inland from the frontier.