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Show GEI1S MEET WITH REVERSE 01 EIST FRONT Saxon Cavalry Division Re cently Sent From France Suffers Losses at Hands of Russians LANDWEHR CORPS AGAIN DEFEATED Muscovites Making a Fierce Assault on Przemysl With Big Guns, DankTs Army Surrounded.- PETROGBAD Sept 20 The of fiaal statement from the chief of general staff issued tonight says that the Russians are bombarding the fortress of Przemysl whose artillery has opened flie The statement follows The Austrian troops which attempted at-tempted to check our advance In front of Baranow and Hanlchow in Galicfa, were repulsed with heavy losses Siege artillery is now hombard tag the fortifications of Jaroslau Fighting is going on against the garrison of Przemysl, who have replied with artillery fire The Eussian troops crossing the forests are finding batteries aban doned by the Austrians LONPON Sept 20 In a d spatch to the Times a correspondent at Petro Brad tars The ''axon cavalry d v s on wh ch recently arrived n East Prussia from France has suffered "very heavy losses Near Sandomir Russ an Poland the Kus ans, have aga n defeated the broken remnants of the second German tandVehr corps under General Wo rsch Here evidently the Austr ans had pre pared to cross the Vistula r ver The Be zure of Krsheshov wh ch is the point where the Austr ans would have cros ed the river is of great m pcrtance Krsheshov s a small town on the San r ver between Jaroslau and the confluence of the San and the V s tula Consequently w th the occupa t ou o' Krshe'shov the Euss an front widens apprec ably and is enabled to cross the r ver at several po nts s mul taneously a considerable force Relentless Pursuit Javoro where the Russ ans cap tured 5000 prisoners and th rty guns s f fteen m lea east of Jaroslau Thus the Euss ans are approach ng Jaroslau also from the east and threaten to emerge at the rear of the fortress after cross ng at Krsheshov t The relentless pursu t of the Aus tr ans continues The Euss ans are forg ne an iron r ng around the Gal c an strongholds where the remnants of the Austr an arm es are .seeking shel ter The Petrograd correspondent of the Fxchan"e Telegraph company sends the follow n" by way of Eome '''hi- E ss ans have completely cut off General Dankl s army wh ch forms the extreme left of the new battle front from Przemysl to Cracow (&a 1 c a) and prevented h s lunct on w th the forces under the command of Gen eral von Auffenbere While General Dankl s retreat ng n a desrerate at tempt to reach Cracow fort i ations the Euss ans are atfvanc ne from Han Ion n an endeavor to cut off that ct eat as well |