RUSSIANS ATTACK AUSTRIANS IN WOODED GORGE.
AUSTRIAN® SURRENDER AFTER FIERCE FIGHT. j GENERAL COMMITS SUICIDE ON CAPTURE OF STANDARD. Petrograd, September 15. A wounded officer from the fight south of Zamose describes the Russians' attack on 15,000 Austrians, mostly posted in a deeplywooded gorge. The Russians shelled the gorge, tho shrapnel bursting with marvellous accuracy. Then the infantry stormed the position, although badly cut up by the Austrian guns. Another party of infantry stormed from the flank. Tho Austrians surrendered almost immediately. The gorge was filled with dead, lying in heaps on the slopes. The Russians named it the Valley of Death. The Austrian general commanding the division watched his men disarmed. Presently the Austrian standard was brought from the gorge. The general then drew his revolver and committed suicide. Earlier advices from Paris stated that the Matin had published a telegram from Petrograd stating that persistent rumours were in circulation that a large part of tho Austrian armies has capitulated.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15715, 16 September 1914, Page 8
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