Show RUSSIANS DEFEAT AUSTRIAN SOLDIERS REPORTED TO HAVE MET WITH AN irreparable DEFEAT AT IN RUSSIAN POLAND german troops join with troops op rosing posing russian advance in east prussia but were driven back with heavy losses petersburg tho russian Ilus advance lit in all the theaters of operations continues successfully encounters have been reported in several places but the heaviest fighting appears to have occurred in the southern part of east prussia and lu in eastern ga gicla in east prussia the german troops after their defeat at Gumbin tien joined with the troops opposing the russian Ilus army that was advancing from the south on the line extending from the feldenberg Nel denberg through bortels burg to johannesburg arid and were driven back with heavy losses the germans attempted to defend the line from soldan through allenstein to Bischofs bischofsberg burg but after fierce fight ing which lasted through wednesday wed nes thursday and friday they were forced to abandon their position the russians occupying the garrison town of allenstein the report comes from sofia bulgaria that the austrians Aust lans rians have suffered an irreparable defeat at damose in russian poland fifty miles southeast of lublin |