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Show I- o 1 BATTLE RAGES FIERCELY; RUSSIANS STOP THEGERINSIN i EAST PRUSSIA i General Rennenkampf Is I Able to Make a Stand After Retreating J for Days FORTIFIED BRIDGE l TAKEN BY STORM i Great Naval Port and Arsenal Ar-senal m Danger, More I Troops Withdrawn From I French Border 1 I Spe a Cab e by A raogenwnt w h Ijondon Da y Tt tp aph and In erna onal Neva Serrice LONDON Sept 18 The Be ter !Telegran onipany has rece ed from Petrograd an off al statement ssued by the Ene al staff wh ch savs IOn the front n Ea t Pruss a Gen eral Rennenka-npf has ,def n tely ar letted the Ccrmau off ens e at several points jj The Gern ans aie fall ng back all I ij alone the An tr an front Pursuit of the enemy con nues Ij Tho Rus ans ha e aoproached the deicns e pos t ons ot S n ava Jaroslav afrd Przemjsl l!i Sandomir Taken j NLW 1 ORK ept IS Colonel Gole j 3C?vski mil tarj attache of the Ri.ss an j embassj todaj "a c out at the Kuss an consulate here the fol owing off c al j, 1 spatch wh ch he said he had rece ed ' irom Petrograd Along the whole front our pursu t I of the ustr an rear guarl s be ng sue j. cessfully cont nued Ae ha e taken t Random r (In Russ an Poland fifty i seven m les so thwest of Lubl n ) ! The stro gly fortlf ed br dge head I at ICtozeshow on the an r ver was taken by a dasl ng feat of our lead ng j' battalion Keep ng the retreat ng enemy f on the n n th s battal on crossed the bridge close on the heels of the Aus h tr ans and enter ng the town s mul f taneously w th the took po sess on of it . Is ear Jaworow ( n Gal cia thirty ; Males northea of Pizemsyl) the bag i gage tra ns ot the ! xth and Fourth ! A strian corps o er th rtv guns 5 000 i pr soners and enormous art llerv stores vjere tal en i 1 t' In East Pruss a ODly unimportant UBl skim sh ng was reported |