The Russian Campaign.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 126, 21 October 1914, Page 5

The Russian Campaign.

THE SIEGE 4)F TJIZEMYSL.

' CEHMANS DIRECT THE DKFE.^OR

Received 20, 12.'20 a.m. Petrograd, October 20. ; The siege of Przeinysl continues utiSn- v terruptedly. The German stall ia directing Tigorous Austro-Hungarian dele®:# operations. ,■ I A ROMANOFF Itf I.^*o. Times and Sydney Sun Services. , " London, October 10. Prince O!og, the first prince of the house of Roni.utoff to lay down his life on tho batt'elicld, was buried at PetTOgrad with imposing ceremony. CERMAXS MAY INVADE POLAND. . Time* and Sydney Sun Services, xl Received 20, 8.6 p.m. London, October 20. It is reliably Rtated that Germanscontemplate entering Poland. CERMAXS FALL INTO A TRAP. TEMPTED TO CROSS A RIVER. \ TWO THOUSAND SOLDIERS SLAUGHTERED. Petrograd, October 10. Hundreds of German prisoners aw reaching Warsaw as the result of the fivo days' fighting between Ivangotod and.Yiberoflf.

The Russian commander, YustnofJ, learning th:it Hip Germans were preparing to cross tlie river, baited a trap with several guns in an exposed position, and during the night he concealed some field guns nearer the river, whither he hurried hie infantry, while four quickfirers were hit in the busiies on the riverbank. j Tho Russians allowed 2000 GcrmajU to board their rafts, and, when they were landing, fired shrapnel, causing great havoc on the packed rafts. Many; Germans jumped into the water and attempted to swim, but tho Russian sharpshooters picked them off, all the 2000 j being either shot or were the victims of the bayonet charges with which the , Russians finished the action. The men on the other bank were unable to tlrf, fearing to kill their own men.