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Show T0ISQ1 HAS BEEN TAKEN BY THEJUSS1ANS German Troops Near Myszi nec and Chorzele, Russian Poland, Repulsed by Muscovites GERMANS ADVANCE IN EAST PRUSSIA Right Wing of Austro Ger man Army Summoned to Surrender After Being Surrounded PETROGEAD Sept 11 Toman zow has been taken after a desper ate fight. The German troops near Myszlnec and Chorzele Russian Po land, have been repulsed with heavy losses The Russian troops have taken by assault the fortified position of Opole and Tourbine Buss an Po land and pursued the enemy a dis tance of twenty five miles Russian cavalry is still driving the rear guard of the enemy LONDON Sept 12 (4 a m ) Tele graph ng from Petrograd the corre spondent of the Morn ng Post says The Austr an ret rement on the Vis tula s be ng conducted w th a semblance of order but the case s very different w th the r ght w ng operat ng near Tomaszow The Austr ans here are rout ed and flee ng m the utmost d sorder Dr v ng n between the two w ngs the Buss ans have cut off th s Austro Ger man army and completely surrounded it on the front and flank The Buss ans have summoned th s r ght w ng to sur render The Buss an cavalry has got beh nd the retreat ng army w th guns and the s tuat on of the Austro Germans now s desperate To cross marshes and r v ers with cavalry and art llery hammer ng t fron the rear s more than any beaten a my ever accompl shed s nee Napoleon s t me Moreo er the Austro Germans ha e lost the bulk of the r sup ply tra ns and the men must be starv ng The Opole Tourob ne 1 ne of forty miles wh ch the Aust o Germans had strongly fortified m order to Becure to them a chance of retreat has been ta en thus removing the last obstacle to Buss a s pursu t southward The el max to th s operat on had nearly been reached for the Buss an cav alrj co ered twenty miles engaged w th the enemy a rear guard The Austr an amy, rest ng on the fort fie 1 center at Grodel st 11 ma nta ns tho stubborn fight but the end nust be near for th s force also for the arr val of fug t ves f on the rout of the Tomas zow army and the kno vledgo that the B ss ans have now got between them and the retreat ng left v ng of the or g nal 1 ne of battle cannot fa 1 to complete the demoral zat on of the forces wh ch have now been for ten dayB fight ng a defens ve act on aga nst an ever ncreas ng number of Kuss ans " The number of pr soners now in Buss a s so enormous that it s becom ne necessary to send them further afield A large number are be ng sent to ard S ber a Embassy Notified WASHLGTO Sept 11 The fort fied pot t on of the Austr ans at Opolo and Turob no ( Uages ly ng be t eeu L bl n and the San r e ) has been taken by our troops sajs a cable t r ght to the Buss an embassy here trom ts fore gu office On September 10 dur ng the pursu t wh ch followeo our success some of our 1 n ns in one day covered a d stance of t ntv d les f ght ng all the way Our a air s n the rear of the en en y Tomaszow has been taken by our t oops after a stubborn battle Ser ous fight bu cont nues along the I n from Eawa Buska to the r ver Un ester On thc east Pruss an front tl e Ger as otnet ad anco The r ma n eff see s o be d rected toward the reg on of the Mazur lake Near M sh net anl Hor ele our troops have re used the C errtidins nfl ct ng on th m hea losses The two last named po nts are on the eatt Russo Russ an frontier southeast of Ortlesburg Fled in Panic LODO, Set 11 12 oi I m Re ter s Telegraph ompanv has ads patch n ts corres) ond nt at Petro grid wl h savs that after the recent fi t c w th thc Aust an left w ng th cnemv s rear fled n such pan c that 1 (Continued on Page Eight) ' TDNHSZDW TAKEN BY- TIE CZAR S COHORTS (Continued from Page One ) regiments became nextricably mixed and blocked the roads and bridges Those furthest beh nd resorted to the strength of their arms to force their way hrough the men ahead of them The roads were 1 ttered w th over turned carts and the harness of the transports the horses evidently having been used as mounts by the men m re treat Many Eus an hospitals the corre spondent continues today narbor more Austr anj than Euss ans Invited Disaster A correspondent of the Bourse Ca zette the Eeuter man cont nues re counts that at Bendizin n Euss an Po land the Germans compelled some Pol sh miners to load the coal trucks of the r trains The miners d d so but con cealed high explos ves in the fuel The results were appall ng It s sa d that one m 1 tary tra n was destroyed and that an ammunition factory was wrecked Cossacks are cred ted w th having wrecked a German armored tra n carrv ng qu ck fir ng guns at a po nt nor h of Chenstokoff A small detachment ot Cossacks fired at the tra n wh le a b g force remained m the ear The Ger mans backed the train up and it as de ra led by the Cossacks beh nd t The cars rolled down an embankment and the Cossacks then attacked the enemv w th their swords The Germans were ann hilated the correspondent of the Bourse Gazette declares and the Cos sa ks captured the guns German Statement LONDON Sept 11 (9 02 p m ) The following offic al German statement was received here ton ght by the Mar com W reless Telegraph company In the eastern theater of war the battle has been recommenced and the Au'tnans hae ass in ed the offensive in the region of Lemberg Dur ng the nine days fight ng t s est mated the Bus ans have engaged o60 000 nf antry 40 000 cavalry loOO machine guns and 2000 field guns Claims Russian Defeat LOVDON Sept 11 (1 03 p m ) In a d spatch from Copenhagen the corre spondent of the Eeuter Telegram com anv says that Genera von Benecken orft und von H nd"nburg has defeated the left flank of the Eusslan army m east Pru a with h s eastern army, and thereby opened the way for an attack on the enemy s rear Germans Win at Lyck LONDC ept 12 1 5o a m A Reu ter dispatch from Berlin says The general staff announces that the Twentj second Russian arm) corps of Fin and has tried to force an entrance into east Pru s a t way of Lyck The Russians were defeated at Lyck |