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Show BERLIN PEOPLE WILD OVER THE GREAT VICTORY BERLIN via London, Dec. l U 10 p m The prop e of Bert n were aroused to enthusiasm tocta bv the an noun eo ent of a great Austro Oerman i tory o er the Russians in Poland Vn official bulletin to thla offic waa i sued shortlj after noon With n half an hour extra editions of the papers appeared and the whole clti Uterall flash 1 to bunting American or vho a few dae ago commented pon the nondisplaj of flags scarcelj re on zed the Ft eets which e eryvhere we -e ga with the German black white and red and the Austrian orange and black, at many places inter tw ned At the re htag whe-e a Red Crc3 meeting was n session word was received from the pa la e that the yatet Ictorv of the war had been w n The schools will close lemor ow so that the children mav assemb o celebra e the e ent The fi st 1 nation of tie nature and extent of the Ru s an defeat was received he e lat even g and circulated in offl cial quarters, but nothing was known of it g nerally until the official bulletin was published It has been understood that the Russians were in a precarious posi tion but it was not hinted that a dec sive result was at hand The official bulletin issued vesterday reported that the opera uors were proceedln normallv which phrase is the usual termination of the of ficial report It is known now that thoti sands of Russians have been taken prla oners. i |