RUSSIANS TRIUMPHANT.
TWO HUNDRED MILE FRONT. * DEVASTATTNG A COUNTRY. ST. PETERSBURG, August 31. It is officially stated that, fresh troops have appeared oil the Prussian frontier, and are taking the offensive in some places. The combat southwards of Lublin, in Poland, is being carried on with unabated fury. The fighting near Tomas- ; y.rjw was particularly stubborn. The Russians captured many prisoners, [Jims, (iiiick-firers, and a flag. ROME, August 31. Viennese official reports say tfrat the K:>:siaus, in immense force, are devastating 1l»e whole region from the Vistula to the Dneister, over a front, of two hum I red miles. The Austrian* i. 4 only feis army corps, so resistance
cannot be continued elsewhere but in this region. . : It is stated that one Austrian army corps which was sent to Poland has been recalled to defend Cracow, which the Russians seriously menace.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 177, 1 September 1914, Page 6
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