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Show STATEMENT ISSUED BY RUSSIAN STAFF PETPOGRAD Bept 6 The Russ an genera staff tonig t issued the follow ng off c a con n un cat on Along tl e whole of t e Austrian I ne the Russ an troops on Sep ember 4 pro ceeded w th an energetic offensive move ment The st an center suffered most from the Russ an attack. In the reg on west of Krasnystaw the Austrian Forty f fth regiment of infan ry wh ch 1 ad been comp ete y sur ounded was for ed to su render together w th its command irg off cer and forty four officers in a 1 1600 men. The German division wh ch was march ng to 1 e p the Aust ians was at tacked on t e left bank of t e V stu a ver Russ an t oops have occupied the S ryj river reg on i The Russ an cavalr a ready is among the passes of the Carpath an moun a ns On the east Pruss an f ont we have had noth ng b t s ght skirmishes w ch are, w thout s gn f cance Another off c al communicat on issued under date of September says Tl e Russ ans have ommenced a gen eral offensive movement between the Vis tu a and Bug rivers The Aus rians id ot expect a vig o ous offens e at Lemberg and hoped o re st it. The Rus ans estimate they seized a ear s pro s ons there The Ga clan prisoners at Lemberg we e set at I berty The Czechs ha e ctused to ma ch against the S avs Wounded who have returned to Petro grad saj he Germans in the r f ghting re y main i upon a t ery and give way before bajonet attacks |