Russian Frontier.
THE FALL OF SANDOMIR, . STRONG AUSTRIAN POSITIONS CAPTURED. AUSTRIAN'S RETREAT -ACROSS THE VISTULA. Received 10, 1.30 a.m. Petrograd, November 9. The Austrian* on Monday strongly entrenched themselves at Sandomir in three lines, with wire entanglements, ■carrying alternating electric current. The Russians, by a series of magnificent assaults, carried all throe lines at the point of the bayonet.
The Austrians on Monday evening were strongly reinforced, but the Russians repulsed their attack. They approached Sandomir by night and stormed the defences of the town hrthe mornJT4 with the bayonet.
The Austrians left many wounded, and retreated, burning the Vistula bridges.
farther iu:s,sja:v -scccesses. ootixuxc tile (!]■;■!•:x.sive. JRiKji.'i.vcd '.), ! 1.50 p.m. i'ctrognul, November 8. Rinwian e;;valry damaged tlie Pleschen vailv.-iiy station.
The Russians in East 'Prussia captured the strongly fortified district of Virbullou, and reached Stallup/jnen.
Russians continue the .offensive in Galieia, capturing .on the S.m 125 ofliieers and twelve thousand men, svme quickfirers. They took a thousand prisoners southward of Pj-vmy.sl.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 142, 10 November 1914, Page 5
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161Russian Frontier. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 142, 10 November 1914, Page 5
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