RUSSIA

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 80, 27 August 1914, Page 5

RUSSIA

RUSSIA'S OVERPOWERING LEGIONS. INFLICT A SERIES OF DEFEATS, ' IN EASTERN PRUSSIA. Received 26, 1,1.10 p.m. . Tt ; 0 r- "i, rg ' Ug ' 28 (morning). «-o i offi oially stated that the R U3 . , ' aVC °® u P iod Angerbnrg, a town „ -n" p south -west of Gumbinnen. The Germans in East Prussia are re- ' f treating by forced marches. Part of ' d r-r. 18 C T ei i tnWing at Kocmgac 3?' j? m 2. abandoned a previouX fortified position on tho River AncerraD <• without, firing a .«!,<«. - The road i^ i I sacks" cartridges, "shells, and knap- . ! TJie . Russians fought successful and . 6an guinary engagements north of Neiderburg ( a town in East Prussia, 24' ■ miles south of Koejiigsburg), with imi portant forces of Germane. I . In t, 'o same region the 20th Germah l Army Corps, consisting of three din- 1: - sions, occupied a fortified position at Irankenau. The Russians on Sunday ' o";) forcef l the entrenchments , and attacked the fortifications, using iiand grenades and bayonets. The Russians on Monday morning en- ' ft?! le , ft ? ank of tlle Germans, : who fled, abandoning several cannon and j quickfirers. CONVERGING UiPON IMPORTANT JUNCTION. WILL SOON COMMAND WHOLE OP ' EAST PRUSSIA. Received 27, 1 a.m. > I m „ St ' Petersburg, August 20. ■ iJie Kussian advance in Germany is J designed to avoid difficult groups of 1 i lakes and marshes and narrow fortified i i passages which will impede the Ger- - I mans in the event of retreat. The Russians are converging upon Friedlajid (a town 26 miles south-east of Koenigsburg) and Eylau (in the same region). They already control the junction of several German strategical rail- ' ways, and when they penetrate a little = further will command the whole of East Prussia. A BALACLAVA CHARGE. RUSSIANS EMULATE THE LIGHT* ' BRIGADE. HORSE GUARDS CHARGE A , i j BATTERY. 1 1 , GERMANS RUN LUCE RABBITS. Received 27, 1 a.m. St. Tetftisburg, Aug. 20 (morning). A central feature of the fighting at :Gumbinnen was a Russian "Balaclava ...» charge." The Germans held a village, from which they were pouring a murderous . fire. The Horse Guards were ordered to silence tlie guns. \ i The first squadron rose straight at tile battery, which, firing point blank, mowed down the Russians. The second "■ squadron followed, and would have shared the same fate had not a third ' i squadron charged the flank, sabred tho gunners, and routed the Germans. An eye-witness states that they ran like rabbits. Officers and men discarded their , swords and helmets in their anxiety to i 1 escape the Nizhni Hussars, who are .■* famous swordsmen. f ' k The Russian casualties included re- • presentatives of the best-known families , in the Empire. ( r POLES AGAINST GERMANY. GREAT ENTHUSIASM IN POLAND. - Times and Sydney Sun Services. St. Petersburg, August 25. ! Poles in the Russian Empire have declared themselves partisans of the En- , .< tente, with the idea of fighting against the Germans, with the French and English. Their action has excited the vj greatest enthusiasm. There are 40,000 Poles in the Russian army. •>, ! ON THE RUSSIAN FRONTIER. AUSTRIANS DRIVEN! BACK. - \j St. Petersburg, August 26. J( *| The Russians occupied several pas sages south of Tarnopol (Galicia) and defeated an Austrian cavalry division at .■ . Prongnoudan, capturing two batterie# and 200 men. . 1 *'f