Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-10-13 | Page 1 | Siege of Przemysl Raised by German Troops

SIEGE OF PRZEMYSL RAISED BY GERMAN TROOPS Austro - German Force Relieves Przemysl Rapid March ; Vienna Report Declares Muscovites Mus-covites Were Beaten in Battle. FIGHTING BEGINS ON VISTULA RIVER Detachments of Russian Cavalry Pass Through Defiles in the Carpathian Carpa-thian Mountains and Emerge Into Plains of Hungary. PETROGRAD, Oct. 12. The following fol-lowing official statement was issued tonight by the chief of the general staff: "On October 11 fighting began on the left bank of the Vistula in the direction of Ivangorod and Warsaw. "There is no change at other points on our front. Detachments of Russian cavalry, cav-alry, having passed through the defiles in the Carpathian mountains, moun-tains, have emerged into the plains of Hungary." LONDON, Oct. 12, 10:30 a. m. A dispatch from Amsterdam to Eeuter's Telegram company says: "A telegram from Vienna states it is officially announced that the Austrian Aus-trian rapid advance has relieved Przc- j myslj Galicia, of the Russians. Tho I Austrians have entered tho fortresses at all points and whero the Russians ' attempted resistance they were beaten. ' Tho Russians fled in tho direction of the river San, attempting to cross at , Siniavko aud Lehaysk, where a great number were captured." LONDON, Oct. 12, 7:10 p. in. A Central News dispatch from Rome says that a message to the Messagero from Petrograd states the Russians abandoned aban-doned the siege of Przemysl in order to put themselves in a strategical position to meet the Austro-Gcrman army. Commanders Removed. VENICE, Ort. 11', via Paris, 6:-13 p. m-A m-A dfspat'-h from Vienna a nnounfp the sudden removal of the rommunderB of five Austria rt army corps ;i nd the appointment ap-pointment of Om-r;i) Svelo.;ir HorHevie as the new commander of the third army, j The commanders dismissed re fin - i erals Baron fliesel von Git siinen of the Eighth army corps. Kolossvary von Kolos- ' var of the Eleventh army' corpn and i Mrixner von Zweiejistann of the .Seventh ' army corps, and the cornmn nders of the Sixth and Seventeenth army corps. The newly appointed com ma rulers re: General Arz. Sixth corps: Griesler. Seventh Sev-enth corpp : Scheu'diemstu'-l, El-lit h eorps: Liubicio, Eleventh corps, and Kjdtek, Seventeenth corps. It If officially official-ly stated that the con una nd ers v-Wrr-ii on their own request he.-ause of reason of health. The newspapers of Vienna make no comment on the changes. Writers Interned. LONDON". Oct. 12. A dispatch from: Petroyrad says six ilussian and Jive foi -eien war cut response have bwn accorded ac-corded permission to join t he Kusshi n forces at Die front. Thev have hac y Joyous seruJnff hv G ;nul Puke Ni chol;i the Russia n comma nd er In c i mf. hu( they have he-en rnrefnliy d!spa1r),e to a les exciting 011 of r-l .servat ion tha n that of Poland. Lmhcnr, jn Galicia. s thdr destiny ti'ui. On sayinc lafwell to the "oi-re---pon.j-ents Grand l;ke Nh holas 'inphii -i -, the "prcat ulity fT the. pre.-v in cvP,.rt and wort hv J,;: no" hut lie rVj'. ): quenched the rising hope." of -,: anJi-er.ee anJi-er.ee hy tnyine: "I recret that I "hMl not he ni,:e u, shoTV you all I si"C"jid like to. for in tHr (Continued on Page Two ) ! BUSSURS FILL BACK TO STH POSIT! (Continued from Page OneJ ilf,r'n S, spc,Viall-v R'-andiose. absolute si-w si-w m, , eSa,."tl,n" -u ,"im;"'-v f-rct dealing of success! 01 '-a!"r fl "Uy The grand duke then informed the cor-Lember5!US cor-Lember5!US U,at Uu'y w,'ie Soing to