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Show GREAT BATTLES IN PROGRESS 01 EASTERN ERONT Russian Offensive Successful Success-ful at Some Points, but Austro-Germans Are Making' Headway. EVERY DAY'S DELAY AIDS MUSCOVITES Great Activity in Caucasus Is Expected to Follow the Arrival of the Grand Duke Nicholas. LONDON, Sept. 12, 9:55 p. m. A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Tele-graph company from Amsterdam says: ' ' Emperor William has dismissed General von Huege, commander of the eighth division, who was held responsible for the Austro-German check hy the Russians on the Sereth river, in eastern Galicia. "General Kluege. according to the German newspapers, retired from the service at his own request re-quest and with a pension." LONDON. Sept. 12, 9:40 p. m. There is still no sign of waning In the battles which are being rough: along the eastern front, that now runs almost directly north --and south from Riga to the Rumanian frontier. From Riga southward to the Galkian border the Germans and Austrian?, Aus-trian?, who are continually receiving te-inforcements te-inforcements and supplies of munitions by railway nnd river, are endeavoring to force their way to the Dvlna and the main trunk of ;be important railway lines. The Russians continue their offensive and, according to their accounts, with excellent ex-cellent results. The Austro-German offensive of-fensive is making slow but steady headway, head-way, particularly along the road to Slo-nini Slo-nini and Pinak. Elsewhere the German official reports' daily recount the capture of a few Thousand prisoners with machine guns. Kaiser's Big Effort. The Germans' big effort, however, it l expected, will be made against vilna and Dvinsk, westward of which town heavy engagements are' being fought. Having reached the Dvina at Friedrich-stadt Friedrich-stadt and driven the Russians across the river, the Germans are in a better position posi-tion to advance on Dvinsk, as there is no danger of any outflanking movement. The slowness of the operations probably is due largely to the condition of the country coun-try and the heavy roads. Every day's delay is giving the Russians Rus-sians i breathing space and enables them to make preparations for greater resistance resist-ance on chosen lines protected by marshes and swollen rivers. Activity in Caucasus. The Russians are increasing their activities ac-tivities In the Caucasus, and it is believed be-lieved that the arrival of Grand Duke Nicholas will be the signal for more Important Im-portant operations, which will lessen the burden of the allies, who are trying to force the Dardanelles. No report has been received from the latter front for upward of a week from the allies, although it Is apparent from the Turkish reports that there has been a considerable amount of flEThtillg. An optimistic rumor, however, is again afloat, probably due Lo the statement recently re-cently made by Lord Robert Cecil, under secretary for foreign affairs, that the allies are not far from a great success. Isolated Attacks. There has been little or no cessation of the artillery engagements on the western west-ern front. A few isolated attacks by German infantry have taken place, but, according to Paris, have been repulsed, and there have been further air raids and much bomb throwing. Diplomats still keenly await the outcome out-come of the Balkan negotiations. It i said that Serbia has agreed to cede Macedonia Mace-donia to Bulgaria if Bulgaria joins the oiiie ;.nr, that the latter has agreed, in case of victory for the allies, Serbia shall have Bosnia. Dalmatia, Croatia and Sla- vonia. RUSSIANS FALL BACK, BUT HOLD ENEMY IN CHECK PETROGRA D, Sept. L2, via London. Sept. 1 1 a . m. The Russian off ieial communication, issued by the war office tonight, says that because of (he salient of the armies on the Niemen it has been decided lo retire a short distance, still holding back the Austro-Germans' offensive. offen-sive. The text follow: Owing to llic salient of our armies on the Nicmen and to lh south of the Niemrn. it has been decided lo withdraw with-draw them slightly while continuing to hold the enemy's offensive, in this sector we had to sustain very strong attacks on tho 11 111 on the lower 7lwiaiika and the road leading to tht (Continued on Page Two.) pulsing enemy attacks, in which the Auatrlans suffered bfeatry losses, de-spitfe de-spitfe the fact that they received considerable con-siderable reinforcements. Here the enemy emitted a smoke cloud to the extent of two versts (a mile and a third) alone the front. In the fighting north of TarnOpOl our troops derived great advantage from the employment of armored automobiles, au-tomobiles, which advanced before our defenses, where they remained for hours firing on the enemy. Saturday morning our troops south of Tarnopol took the offensive. On the Sereth river the Anstrians continue con-tinue their retirement from the region re-gion of Klnstc towards the Dniester. Our pursuit continues successfully; we have captured many prisoners. In the Black sea. near Cape Tchaoudy. our patrol boats, exchanged Shots with an enemy submarine, which fled rapidly. In general, we continue, the e.ecu-tion e.ecu-tion of our planF. which daily improve the situation of our armies. In the regions of Riga and Fried-richstadt Fried-richstadt artillery duejH and eng;ige-nienfs eng;ige-nienfs by small detachments have taken place. At .Tacnbstadt :-ince Saturday we have been on the offensive. offen-sive. Obstinate fights have taken place on the river .Ttckstern. On the road toward 1'vinsk, on the west side, we discovered Sntu rda y a German offensive in t hree directions: First between the rivers Sntsia and Niemen. nort h of Bu wenfszk i : second, in the region of Bhoonicaxkl and third on the road from WHkomlr to Tetany. In Hie latter region, following a stubborn stub-born engagement with superior forces, our t roops i et ired i n t he region of La ke Dnsati. The Germans, who have hoen considerable reinforced, are continuing their advance. Between the Sventa and the Viliya the enemy Is also making a determined deter-mined attack along the right bank of the Villiya. his general direction being be-ing tow ard the railroad station of Potbrodze. Not h wtt hsa ndi ng t he extreme ex-treme persistence of the Germans, our troops have continued to hold them with their fire and by counterattacks. counter-attacks. On the front of Orany fierce fighting fight-ing continues. In the Skldel district feast of Grodno) where the enemy brought up reinforcements, we captured cap-tured one officer and inn men and five machine cuns. North of this district ther have been onlv f nsfgnifu a nt attacks, which we easily repulsed. Prisoners say that the Germans are excessively fatigued fa-tigued by the recent fighting and that their louses in the last three days In killed alone amount to lw men per company. GREAT BATTLES 01 THE EASTERN FRONT fContlnued from rage Ons.) Slonln and Baranovichi regions and aluo at SSelwa, RozIibnv and southeast of Kowow, On the lower Hel wU nka We repulsed fierce German attacks throughout Saturday. At Zelwa our fire destroyed an enemv be It cry and here the en-emy, en-emy, under cover of a most violent fire, continued attaokf on both eldee of the road until nichlfull. Capture 100 Teulons. On the Baranm Ichl road lio the enemy made another attack, supported by heavy artillery. Here we captured 4no Auetrlans and Germans, four machine ma-chine enns and ammunition wagons. The actions near Rozhany were of a Hah ter character. in the direction of Pi nek there has been no change, The enemy is endeavoring to ad-vanes ad-vanes from ili Kolkl regtcfn eastward, on both banks rf the Btyr. in the Rovno region ihe enemx', having been reinforced, la continuing his offenslvs in ihe Derazno district. We are holding hold-ing bin attacks. in the direction of Kremenets a i -tad; continue to lie n mdp on thS banka of the upper Qorynx without a ny success by the Ausl rlans, who have been couatantly repulsed with Rrea t losses. Of 200 AurX i la tin cap- t ured, forty surrendered voluntarily. Austrians Suffer Losses. in the region of Tarnopol the engagements en-gagements have been favorable to the Russians. North of Tarnopol we cup. t u red Baturds y ninety-one officers and 4200 men. Including Qermans, bins I ma'hlnc suns and much hooly In ie- |