The Russian Advance

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 118, 12 October 1914, Page 5

The Russian Advance

—i -x,^ OCCUPATION OF LYCIv. I SEVERAL POSITIONS TAKEN BY RUSSIANS. TEN THOUSAND CAPTURED. Received 11, 4.30 pjn Petrograd, October 10. Official.—The Russians dislodged the enemy from Vladislavoff, captured positions at Bakalajcvo aud Lakegantcha, and occupied Lyck. The Russians liuto taken 10,000 pris- 1 oners and 40 guns in the latest fighting 8 on East Prussian frontier. j fTT** ■ ~ » a THE ADVANCE ON POSEN. " a Received 11, 3.30 p.m. a Petrograd, October 9. The centre atmv, composed of a mil- t lion mobilised at Warsaw, lias advanced r to within 30 miles of Thorn and 00 miles a of Posen. I Received 11, 3.30 p.m. Ii Petrograd, October 10. The Czar has returned to Tsarkocsclo. GERMANS •UP AGAINST IT." i RUSSIANS' LINK 01" MARCH. J TO BERLIN, THROUGH PRAGUE. ' Times and Sydney Sun Services. ' Received 11, 3 p.m. ' London, October 9. - The Times' correspondent at Petro- s grad says the Czar's visit to the front may be taken as a further indication . that the Germans are up against a stone 1 ■wall. 1 A Russian general expressed surprise i at the Austrians sending their valuables , from Vienna to iPrague for safety, and declared: ''They are making a mistake. We don't intend to fritter away oppor- ' tunities. Our objective is Berlin, and i our road, via Prague." , ] PREPARING FOR CONCLUSION OF ' WAR. ' ALLIES MUST OVERTHROW GERMAN MILITARISM. Received 11, 4*30 p.m. Petrograd, October 10. The Novc.e Yreniva advocates a timely agreement between the Allies with regard to the means to bo employed to overthrow German militarism, Jest the conclusion of the war should take them unawares. "The sacrifices already made," eays the paper, '''will be vain if we leave intact the political organism which denies all saro itself the right to live. The fight against militarism means, de facto, a fight against the Kaiser, personifying the German Empire." PRZEMSYL CAPTURED. FLSII YARN FROM OSSOWIECZ. London, October 8. Tho Daily iLail'a correspondent states that it is reported that the Russians have taken Przemysl. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Tho Germans hurled 40.000 shells against Onsowiecz iu a four days' ceaseless bombardment. The shells falling in the river stunned the fish. The soldiers improvised sports, running along the banks and capturing fish between the shells.