Show Austrian Force Is Entirely Annihilated PETROGRAD Via n London Jan C C. C i p p p. m m. Tho m.-Tho The Tho n says that thata i in a n recent sortie b by the Austrian garrison I which 13 is defending the date of ot which Is not given Riven resulted In the complete complete com com- annihilation of the the Austrian Austrian force torce The Tho sortie wan preceded b by extensive i cavalry renaissance nce Th Then n Austrian In Infantry Infantry In- In fantry advanced ad ll In force In tho the direction direction direction tion of r a forest near neat the city The Russians Russians Russians Rus Rus- opened fire fire- but hut tho the Austrians rushed forward and gained the cover of the tho woods They continued to push forward forward for tor- ward and the Ruel Russian lan permitted them to toad ad advance close cloo to their positions before making a n. s serious effort to halt them With the fighting thus thu at close range tho the Russians opened up liP a terrific fire from rifles and machine guns It Is said that not ono of or the force which made the sortie regained the fortress fortress fortress fort fort- ress those who were nut not killed or wounded being captured an important junction point of the mountain roads from the Turkish frontier fron from frontier tier to Kars and rr itJi 5 apparently re rc removes removes moves mo whatever er menace menaco to those cities was presented by bv tho the Turkish invasion According to the opinion of military men here bere tho the attack on Sari Kamys was a secondary in in importance to the wido wide enveloping movement nt of tho the Turks which was designed ned to cut off the Rus Bus Russians signs near the tho border and place Turkish Turk Turk- i ish bh h forces between tho man maud the Caucasian Caucasian Cau casian capital B By December 27 the tho Turks had established themselves in the tho village of Upper Sari but ut on the the they were routed there with the loss lota of 0 O oO officers cers and 1500 men Meanwhile Meanwhile Mean Mean- wb while the tho Turks had occupied to the northward miles from the themselves frontier fronti r and They were attacked by bJ the nus Russians ians on January 3 and driven out put out after alter hard fighting which resulted in in great losses on or but both r sides side Notwithstanding file snow now and the cold the tho battle battlo bathe is 18 is said to have ha severe OT 1 this rt region ion were unable unable- to off offer r further resistance Ono One of the corps with all an of the stair staff officers was captured and the oth other r was tras transformed into scattered scattered scat scat- t Jre remnants |