The Eastern War.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 135, 31 October 1914, Page 5

The Eastern War.

ENEMY'S RESISTANCE BROKEN. AU STRO- UE RMANS IX FULL RETRIiAT. G.ERMANS REPULSED .IX EAST PRUSSIA. llreeivcd 111, 12.50 a.m. l'etrugmd, October 29. Ollicial.—We. have liru];<'n the l'esis,anee of tlic last units of Ciie enemy who vere altem pting to maintain ihemsclvfes lurtii of Piliea river.

All the Austro-German corps beyond ; the Vistula are in full retreat. The in-1 dications are that the Germans force :

was cut in two. j The Russian cavalry entered Radiom. i Several thousand Germans were taken ! prisoners, and a number of guns and ten machine guns were captured. The Germans for four days made fruitless attack's in East Prussia, near Baka-

ENEMY ALIENS MUST QUIT. Received 31, 12.50 a.m. 'Petrograd, October 29. T!ie authorities have notified the German and Austrian residents to quiet Russia within a fortnight. » FOREST FIRE EIGHTS FOR RUSSIA. AUSTRIAN ARMY SUPPLIES EXHAUSTED. London, Oct-ober 29. Berlin reports that a new" Russian army crossed the Vistula north of Ivanjorod. | A correspondent writes that during the fighting opposite Ko/.enitze the Germans filled the thick woods with troops, including heavy artillery Several small bodies of Russians stalked the German lines and fired (lie forest. The wind aiding the conflagration spread with terrible rapidity. A thousand Germans were suffocated or burned to death. Few got away. Trieste report* that the majority of the Austrians guarding the Trent from tier have been sent in liot baste to Calieia anil Servia. The results of the levy en masse in Austria, are unsatisfactory. Reservists summoned to the eoiours are expected to provide their own boots. Winter stores are completely exhausted. Amsterdam, October 2!). An official statement from Vienna says that the Austrians southward of Ivangorod are engaged in a desperate battle, with the Russians, whose numbers are vastly superior. i