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Show BOTH SIDES ARE CLAIilVICII GERMANS AND RUSSIANS i CELEBRATING ADVANCE; MADE IN POLAND. In Belgium and France the Allie, Carrying on Their Offensive Of. ations and Claim to be Mak ing Progress. Berlin is celebrating the news-Poland news-Poland of what is termed "one t; greatest victories in history." j headquarters announces that the sians have been clearly beateo that the Russian offensive again. lesia and Posen has been broifc general retreat of the Russians L land, with the Germans in pur;. claimed. In contradistinction to this, t:. est official bulletins issued at ! grad declare that the Russian ct and vanguard troops "are chasit; ergetically the beaten German the direction of Mlawa. Both sides claim the capt.: prisoners, the Germans a very number of them. Direct from Warsaw comes that a great battle is in progres; ty miles to the westward; ths German wedge has established in a strategic position and tar. perate fighting is in progress reinforcements pouring in to Germans and Russians. In Belgium and France the are carrying on their offensive tions, begun a few days ago, i and steadily. Progress is no; the French official statement a is believed that the infantry cl two sides of the western battle have come to grips at many ; the number of wounded ini: the desperate nature of the sir Austria follows up the Gern; nouncement of a victory in F by the statement that the Hv. are retiring along the whole fr both Galicia and Poland, and it:: sible that this may mean the drawal of the Investing forces o! sia from Przemysi. The German field marshal, V Goltz, according to late dis;. has been appointed military g of Constantinople anu acting n. of war. A German admiral :.-to :.-to have taken over the minis-marine. minis-marine. I The former imperial German cellor, Prince von Buelow, no ; bassador to Italy, referring to t man bombardment of the E coast towns, says: "This is s the prelude of what the Germ: is soon to undertake, which n-tonish n-tonish the world." j |