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Show PRZEMYSL SET ON FIRE BY THE RUSSIAN CIS Town Being Bombarded With Heavy Artillery, Austrian Efforts to As sist Fortress Futile TERRIFIC BATTLE IN EAST PRUSSIA Germans Give Account of Campaign in Poland, Austrians Claim Big Victory PABIS Oct 7 2 10 p m A. Havas agency d spatch from. PetrogTad says Poland After sett ng the c ty of Osso states that Przemysl the strong fortress of the Austrians fifty one miles west of Lemberg is be ng bombarded by Bus s an heavy art llery The damage s cons derable houses be ng set on fire by burst ng shrapnel All efforts of the Austr an field forces to ass st the fortress have been unsuc cessful and the r troops have retreated to Vlotslavask RUSSIAN GENERAL STAFF STATEMENT PETEOU T Oct The Buss an general staff today issued the following statement On the East Pruss an front er the Germans hav ng brought up re nforce ments from Koenigsberg cont nue to oppose a tenac ous res stance on the bat tie front of Vlad slavoff and Batch ka profit ng by the defiles lakes and marshes n the reg on of Tchernoganja Beyond tie Vistula advance guard battles have occurred n the region of Opatow and Sandom In the Carpath ans west of the r ver Sanck an Austr an detachment was defeated and inach ne guns and pr soners captured At Sal va, t venty k lometers from the c ty of Munkateh, we have cap tured an art Uery park and numerous convoys AUSTRIANS CLAIM A GREAT VICTORY LONDON Oct 1 45 p m It b that a report from Lemberg Gal c a niaros county Hungary that Austrian forces have been heavily engaged 'with Buss ans s nee Monday at a no at sear Tecso telegraphs the Amsterdam corre spondent of Beuter s Telegram com panj The Buss ans retreated The bat tie came to an end near Kr esfalva w th complete victory for the Austr ans Tecso is about twenty miles southeast of Huszt on the railroad and Kr cs falva s about the same d stance east of II szt Marmaros county s in the ex off c allv announced from Huszt, Mar treme east of H ngary between Gal cia The Amsterdam correspondent of Beu ter s Telegran co npany says unoff c al news has reached Amsterdam from Budapest to tho effect that Austr an troops have attacked the Kussian forces u Marmaros co uty H ngary and that tie defeat of the Buss ans s imminent I iustr an reinforcements have been d s oatched to Bcszterzenazod All the passes are occup ed by the Austr ans GERMANS TELL OF POLAND BATTLES BERLIN, via The Hague and London Oct 7 4!op m The German forces on the front er of East Pruss a have assumod a strategic def ens ve move ment They abandoned tho bombard nent of Ostowetz fortress n Buss an anl Transyl an a wetz on fire w th shells thev were able to ret re w th the r s ege guns and a pontoon tra n They destroyed the ra j roads to the front er and are now hold ng n che k s per or Buss an forces from heav ly ntrenched pos t ons near Drostken The fight ng at A g stowe and 9ul wak was most sanguinary The ma ch ne c ns finally turned the scale of battle n favor of he Ccrmans but the a ghte of the Genna art lerjmen was terr flc One German battery lost all ts men and ca alrymen had to be d afted to ser o the guns The cavalry men held out u t 1 they had onl three o nds of amm n t on left They then ret red with the B ss an nfintr onl '. a furlong awa Bad weat e han per d the n o ements (Continued on Page TwoO SAYS CllZA WILL VISIT THIS COUNTRY (Continued from Page One ) ta This p an if sucessful would also be available for Majtorenas forces In sp e of the conjtant effort of both s des to ha e e ther wounded or un wounded Mex ca s r oss the border nether s de so far has epor ed an but t fl ng injuries Ma torena yesterday said e had one wounded H 1 has re ported nothing except minor wounds caused bv his own fire, Todaj the fifth of the ostens ble e ece, saw t e first effective gunfire Mato rena s five inch fieid p ece throw ng t ee s el s into t e town The post offl e and a res dence were damaged The piece is reported to fee hand ed by a German art! le-yman a eaptain Maplow H 1 con n es to rece e supplies and ammunition and he has mounted four teen guns Their fire however is in effective |