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Show ROUT OF AUSTRIANS FORCES. Are Completely Beaten by Servians, Their Losses Being Heavy. Niah, Servla. A semiofficial statement state-ment reviewing the operations against Austria since the outbreak of the war makes no mention of the capture of Bemlln before reported, but says: "The Austrians have sent all theU' troops to the east to stem the ad-ranee ad-ranee of the enormous Russian wave. The small total force which it has at its disposal already augurs fresh successes suc-cesses for us. If by a miracle Austria Aus-tria escapes the catastrophe by which It Is menaced, It will be little Servia that has dealt the severest blow to Its prestige." The statement asserts that In August Au-gust Austria threw 350,000 men aeainst Servla 200,000 of these at the weakest point along the frontier on the Save and Drina from Ljubova to Sha-batz. Alter sanguinary fighting the tide turned on August 19, the Austrians being completely beaten and pursued along the whole line. The enormous losses of the 8nemy were due to the massed formation of the Austrians. They had 10,000 killed, 6,000 of whom fell at the river Tser. The prisoners, not including the wounded, number 40,000. |