THE RUSSIAN FRONTIER.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IV, Issue 204, 13 August 1914, Page 5

THE RUSSIAN FRONTIER.

CONFLICTING REPORTS. St. Petersburg, Aug. 11. Owing to several Russian successes on the frontier the Austrians are evacuating Radziwill. near Brody. The Hague, Aug. 11. The German Legation states that the German forces have driven back the Russian frontier forces, destroyed a cavalry brigade at Soldau and scattered a- division near Jnstcrburg. East Prussia is free from the enemy. The German losses were slight. Czeostoehow, Kaliseh, Wielun. Kilharty and other Russian frontier places have been occupied by the Germans whom the Poles cheered, Ihe Russians Law evacuated Ibifr skin Poland.

BULGARIAN MADE GENERAL. (Received 13, 10.15 a.m.) St. Petersburg, Aug. 12. General Dimitrieff has arrived at Peterhof and has been appointed General of a division. REFUGEES CRUELLY TREATED. (Received 13, 8.55 a.m.) Stockholm, Aug. 12. Six thousand expelled Russians have arrived. They declare they suffered barbarous treatment.

BRITAIN AND AUSTRIA. NO HOSTILE ACTS YET. London, Aug. 12. Mr. Acland stated that no declaration of war or act of hostility had yet occurred between Great Britain and Austria. IN BELGIUM. A BRUTAL~OUTRAGE. BELGIAN PEASANTS SHOT. Brussels, Aug. 11. The Germans near Verviers, a town near the Belgian-German frontier, ordered the inhabitants, of war age to assemble, chose seventeen and shot them. Thirty peasants at Berneau were similarly shot, including a priest, against the wall of his church. The fugitives state that the Germans fired on many villages after giving the inhabitants half an hour to clear- out.

A German aeroplane at Namur was brought down by rifle fire and two military aviators captured. The Belgians concealed themselves behind thickets in the field, and captured considerable numbers of invaders. .

Bogaerts, a Belgian lancer, is be ■ coming famous. He .sallies forth alone with his lance, generally killing and wounding one Uhlan, whereupon the rest surrender. Bogaerts has al ready secured fourteen prisoners, killed three Uhlans, and wounded several without himself receiving the slightest injury. It is reported that 3500 rifles were found in shops in Antwerp labelled bacon. PRINCE LIPPE AND SON SLAIN. Brussels, Aug. 11. , The newspaper “Peuple” states that during street fighting at Seraing a hundred Germans hastily retreated before a superior force. When they 1 eformed they discovered that Prince William of Lippe and his son bad fallen. The Germans demanded their bodies, which were buried in Seraing cemetery. BRAVE DEFENDERS. Brussels, Aug. 11. After the conscripts at Herstal (north of Liege) had left the women and old men defended the national small arms factory. Armed with revolvers and ether weapons they repulsed several Uhlan patrols. When their amunition was exhausted they barricaded the houses and poured boiling water on their attackers. The factory is still uncaptured. GERMAN SPIES. OVER RUN THE COUNTRY-SIDE Brussels. Aug. 12. Three thousand Germans are awaiting court martial in Belgium for espionage. It is reported that hundreds have been shot. Spies are found in every direction, disguised as priests, boy scouts and women. ‘ A batch of German officers were arrested disguised in Belgian uniforms. Brussels. Aug. 12. A slight fire broke out in the church of St. Antoine at Lalcuviere. near Charleroi, while mass for the Belgian army was being celebrated. A panic broke out and fourteen women were killed and fifty injured.

» FIGHTING IN THE BALKANS, THE SERVIAN*ADVANCE. (Received 13, 9 aim.) Athens, Aug. 12. The Servian Legation states that the Servians have arrived before Serajevo. MONTENEGRIN VICTORIES. (Received 13, 9 a.ni.) Paris, Aug. 12. Advices received state that the Montenegrins have occupied Mount Tarabasch. Rome, Aug. 12. A telegram has been received asserting that the Montenegrins have occupied Scutari. PORTS BLOCKADED BY AUSTRIA. (Received 13, 8.40 a.tn.) London, Aug. 12. It is officially announced that Aus trians have blockaded the Montenegrin coast. Vienna, Aug. 12. It is officially announced that ships of friendly nations on the Montenegrin coast have been granted 24 hours to depart. KAISER WOUNDED. BY ACCIDENT OR ASSASSIN. AN UNRELIABLE REPORT. (Received 13, 12.25 p.ni.) New York, Aug. 12. American newspapers are endeavouring to get messages through from Berlin by high-power wireless to New York. The only message so far received is to the effect that the Kaiser was shot through the right thigh at Aix to-Chapelle. It is not stated whether, it was an attempted assassina tion or an accident.

Little credenqe can be attached to the report.