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Show IUSS1ANS IRE FIGHTING S DESPERATELY etrograd Reports Great Success of Czar's Troops near Tonopol; 8000 Prisoners Taken. IENNA REPORTS FURTHER PROGRESS zar's Troops Said to Be Retreating on Russo-Ga-lician Frontier on Front of About 50 Miles. PETROGRAD. Sept. S, via London, Lon-don, Sept. 9. 2:10 a. no. Near Tar-nopol Tar-nopol the Russians have defeated the third German division and the Forty-eighth reserve division with an Austria brigade, capturing 8000 prisoners and thirty guns besides a quick-firer, according to an official statement issued tonight at the war office. LONDON, Sept. S. 9:55 p. m. Alas Al-as t simultaneously with the announce-ent announce-ent that the emperor has personally placed Grand Puke Nicholas as eom-ander eom-ander of the Russian forces, the fight-g fight-g along the eastern frontier, despite e beginning of the autumn rains, has en resumed with the intensity which ar&cterized it throughout the summer - x both wing? in Courland in the north id in Tolhynia, Pedolia and East Gallia. Ga-llia. In the south the Russians are aking determined efforts to regain a initiative, while in the center the iiBtro-Germansi continue to increase eir advantage. Thus Field Marshal von Hindenburg ; id his commanders in Courland are ill being denied their objective, the vina river, while Field Marshal von ackensen and the Austrian generals j : the other end of the line are en-iged en-iged in opposing the Russian of fen-re. fen-re. In the center, on the other band, teutenant General von Eichhorn and rince Leopold of Bavaria have occu-ed occu-ed T"olkowysk, an important railway nction immediately east of Bialystok. is for these railways that the Ger-ans Ger-ans are now fighting, as when the rtumn rains turn a great part of the nntry into an impassable morass they ill need every line of railway to keep ieir armies supplied with provisions id munitions. 'USSIANS WIN GREAT BATTLE NEAR TARNOPOL PETROGRAD. Sept. 8. via London, ipt. 9, 4:25 a. m. The following was Is-icd Is-icd tonight at the war office: On the Riga-Dvinsk front he gen- f eral situation remains . unchanged. J German attempts to advance Tuesday In the region of the railway station at Gross Ekau (south of Riga) and Neuhut were repulsed. In the direction direc-tion of Dvinek there were only unimportant unim-portant adva nee poBt actions. The flght for the river Lautz continues. In ord er to occupy a more co vered position, our troops removed a little to the right of the Lautz. There have been -no important changes on the route toward Vilna. The Germans directed a violent artillery ar-tillery flra, accompanied by asphyxiating asphyxi-ating gas, against our troops occupying occupy-ing the outlets from the lakes In the region of Novo Troki. Near the town of Orany the enemy yesterday made attempts at an offensive. ierman Attack Stubborn. From Grodno stubborn German attacks at-tacks continue in- the region of the railway station at Druskeniki and toward Skidel. In the latter direction, direc-tion, repulsing the enemy, we Inflicted In-flicted on him great losses and took ' scores of prisoners. South of the Xlemen the enemy delivered de-livered extremely stubborn attacks In ' the region of Wolkowysk on both sides of the railway leading to Slo-nlm. Slo-nlm. On the roads from Lutsk to Rovno there lias been no change. In the region re-gion of Doubhok and Remeritz we occupied new positions on the rivers Tkwa and upper Goryn. 3aim Big Victory. In Gallcfa. near Tarnopol. yesterday we achieved a great success against the Germans. The German third guards division and the forty-eighth reserve division, reinforced by an Austrian brigade, with great quantities quanti-ties of heavy and light artillery, according ac-cording to statements made by prisoners, pris-oners, had been preparing for several j (Continued on Page Two.) RUSSIANS FIGHTING WiTH DESPERATION (Continued from Pa,e,e One.) davs a decisive attack. This was fixed for the night of Tuesday -Wednesday. Forestalling the enemy, our troops took the offensive, and after a stubborn fight on t he river Doljonka the Germans were completely defeated defeat-ed Tuesday evening. At the end of the engagement the enemy developed an artillery fire of most extraordinary intensity. Onlv i the impossibility of replying with the ' sa me weight of metal prevented us from further developing the success we had obtained. The Germans, besides be-sides suffering enormous losses in killed and wounded, left prisoners In our hands of more than 200 officers and XOUO men. We captured thirty guns, fourteen of which prSre of heavy caliber, many machine guns, gun limbers and other boot v. Czar Expresses Joy. After a brief pursuit our troops ocrunieil their former nocitlonq rtii the river Sereth. The emperor, having received a report of the defeat inflicted in-flicted upon the enemy, sent an order 'to express to his valorous troops hla Joy and thankfulness for their success suc-cess and the heavy losses Inflicted on the enemy. Fart her south In I he region, of Tremhowla. on the 7th. we dislodged the enemy from a series of villages, making prisoners over forty officers and nearly 2500 soldiers, and capturing captur-ing three guns and a dozen machine guns. Between the Dniester and the left bank of the lower Sereth the Australia Aus-tralia passed to the offensive In the course of the 7th, In the region of the village of Vorlatyntse. By flunk ai-! ai-! tacks one of our hn tie lions arrested I the enemy's offensive and took prison-i prison-i ers eleven officers and more than 1(100 I Austrian, with machine guns. I The foi t Him te withdrawal of our armies from the difficult position before be-fore the Vistula, where thev were surrounded by the enemy, is beginning begin-ning to nfeke Itself felt now by partial successes. |