CEASELESS BOMBARDMENT.
RUSSIANSJ&TILJL A HUGE BATTLE FRONT. ; PETROGRAD, October 16. The .Russians are ceaselessly bombarding; Przeinysl. Three thousand; Austrians made a sortie on Wednesday.'A Russian regiment allowed , the enemy: to approach within eUsy range/ and; then opened fire with mitrailleuses, annihilating it. v r ' -s« Fighting is proceeding 30 miles- west of Warsaw. The German advance guard was repulsed after severe engagement seven miles front the eitrf• " The Russian cavalry beyond the_ Carpatliians performed a great exploit. | One squadron intercepted a -troop train. The commander leapt on the engine and stopped the. train.' All the Hungarians . were slain, and large supplies captured. The High Commissioner reports: — ■ LONDON, October 16. ■ Official: There is no change in the positioii.in East Prussia. Fighting is proceeding _ from Warsaw j along the Vistula to Przemysl, and south to the Dneister. \
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 217, 17 October 1914, Page 9
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135CEASELESS BOMBARDMENT. Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 217, 17 October 1914, Page 9
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