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Show RUSSIANS INSIST VICTORY REPORT WAS THE TRUTH PETROGRAD, Sept. 12. via London. 7:28 a. m. The official statement, issued last night says: Enemy submarines have been reported re-ported In the Black sea neP iP of Crimea. Destroyers and rlnes Have been sent to puue the in. To sum op the situation the Austrian.- and Germans have been dashing dash-ing from one side to the other in an effort to strike a decisive Wo J- The German official statement of September Septem-ber 9 contradicts the Matement made in our communication or September 8 lhat we took numerous prisoners and captured thirty gun and machine R The great general staff considers It Its dutv to explain that it has always endeavored, within the limits of human hu-man force and the rules of military art. to present- each event in its reantv. avoiding any trace of partiality partial-ity Mistakes always are possible m trie conditions and excitement and oc-caaionallv oc-caaionallv of umertalniy wMcP lC; rompanv military action. Therefore, desiring to establish with .ertatnt out great success near Tarnopol and Tremhowla, which already is proved bv the actWns of our troops, the great general staff postpones Its definite reply re-ply regarding the trophies taken until un-til It haa received precise reports from the corps engaged. The reports of one of the armies engaged en-gaged on ihe 8th save that or the guns captuted from the enemy we hav alreav succeeded in taking within our lines six ten-centimeter guns and six fifteen-centimeter guns. The clearness of this document elone makes It Impossible to doubt our success. suc-cess. Reports from the commander-in-chief on the corresponding front dated dat-ed September 7 state tbat this stroke was planned beforehand hy the arm commander concerned, as the result nf Information supplied by scouts. This, therefore, refutes the charge that we made n fnle report regarding regard-ing the mopt Important event which has occurred recently In the ranks of the Russian army. |