The Eastern War.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 130, 26 October 1914, Page 5

The Eastern War.

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WHY RUSSIANS SUCCEED. ''i - AN INTERESTING COMMENTARY. "V' ■ .'l£ [ Received 25, 5.20 p.m. i£ ' London, October U. ' | \ Mr Stephen Graham, war correspond- * cnt, describing the ejection of Germans from Poland, says the Russians showed • themselves possessed of superior cour- vage, nerve, and military resource. They - , had to fight against a belter equipped and a hundred times better educated ' army, and belter science, but they won by virtue of personal religion in the "" ' soldier and the moral justness of 'the Q cause. . ,-5 '■ •/_ Jt "HELL LET LOOSE." ' ') GERMANS BEATEN FROM HILL-TOP : POST. ; FIGHTING AT CLOSE QUARTERS. '| TREMENDOUS ONSLAUGHT OF RUSSIAN INFANTRY. „<

Received 25, 3.30 p.m. . Petrograd, October 24. A wounded solider relates that des- ' , perate lighting occurred in the region of Ivangorod. "The Germans held ft strongly entrenched position on a hill- ' ■ top. The Russians, without waiting for their artillery, reached close, quarters, and hell was let loose, men stabbing, slashing, and clubbing with rifles, and even tearing at each other with their teeth.

"A gigantic Hussion captain dealt on every hand, and a regimental ohap- l" lain, carrying a cross,.and ignoring the bursting shells, blessed the soldiers as ,| they rushed into the battle. "The Germans eame in dense masses, ~ r and the Russian artillery, which by this '. time had arrived, mowed down the enemy. Then the infantry made another tremendous onslaught, and dislodged th« . Germans." '.;. BCWB-DROPmG AT WARSAW. ' ,'-• SEVERAL CASUALTIES REPORTER ''i Received 25, 3.30 p.m. Petrograd\ October 24. On the 19th a German airman dropped /, .fourteen bombs in Warsaw, killing nine ' ; and wounding 56, including several women and children. 7 IAUSTRIAXS CROSS THE SAN. > BUT ARE KILLED OR DROWNED.

I RUSSIANS SPEEDILY RETALIATE.' Received 25, 3.30 p.m. Pctrograd, October 24. An Austro-German force unexpectedly crossed the lower courses of the Saa * ■ couple of days ago, but a Russia* lmf--onet charge drove them into the and men, horses, and guns, floundering in the water, were swept away. Several detachments of Russians crossed to the left bank of the San GERMAN RETREAT CONTINUES. AUSTRIAN'S FIGHTING DESPERATELY. Received 25, 4.40 p.m. Petrograd, October 24. Official: The German retreat from the Vistula continues without cessation. The Russians captured a large quantity of ammunition at Ivangorod. The Austrians arc fighting desperately, particularly south of Prozenekl. There is no change in East Prussia.