COMPLETE DEFEAT OF AUSTRO-GERMAN FORCES.
FIRST PHASE OF BATTLE ON THE VISTULA.
ENEMY FORCED TO ABANDON THEIR ARTILLERY,
Wellington, October 23.
The High Commissioner, reporting to the Prime Minister by cable, states that it is announced on reliable authority that the first phase of the battle on the Vistula ended in the complete defeat of the Austro-German forces, who retreated 18 miles to the westward, where the conflict was renewed.
Rain made Poland one huge morass, and this forced the enemy to abandon their artillery.
GERMANS PRECIPITATE RETREAT FROM WARSAW.
RUSSIANS MAKE PROGRESS IN PRZEMYSL DISTRICT.
(Received October 24, 2 a.m.)
Petrogead, October 23.
It is officially announced that the Germans' precipitate retreat from the Warsaw region continues; and also that of the AustroGerman armies along the Ivangorod roads. Hard fighting is proceeding in Galicia. The Russians, advancing between irzemysl and the Vistula River, captured 30 officers and 2000 men, with many Maxims.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15748, 24 October 1914, Page 8
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