BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 17 October 1914, Page 7

BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL NEWS.

A GIGANTIC BATTLE.

BETWEEN RUSSIAN AND AUSTRO-

GERMAN FORCES

"Progress of allies con-

firmed

AUSTRIA'S NEW ARMY.

OT GABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPY&IGHT.

{Received Oct. 17, 1.30 p.m.)

PETROGRAD, Oct. 16

A gigantic battle between. Warsaw and the Dneister has commenced on a front of 280 miles. There are half a million Austro-Germans between Warsaw and Ivangorodj 700,000 from Ivangorod to the San river, and 450,000 "between the San and the Dneister. ThQ*. Russian forces are estimated at two and a half millions. PARIS, Oct. 16. Official. —Yesterday's progress is confirmed. ROME, Oct. 16. Having called out all between the ages of 20 and 47, the Austrian Government .is to-day summoning youths between 17 and 20 to provide a new army for a supreme effort against the Russians in Galicia and the Servians on the Drina. ' ■