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Show Allies Driven Back By I Forces of Gen. Von Kluck I SB 1 1 Antwerp, Belgium, Oct. 5, via London, 4:03 p. m. According to official announcement made here today, the situation of the fortified positions around Antwerp re- IE mains today without change. H ! RUSSIANS DEFEAT GERMANS IN PRUSSIA I INVASION OF HUNGARY BEGUN BY RUSSIANS; COSSACKS DARING COUP m . . . ALLIES ARE PUSHING MOVEMENT TO ENVELOP GERMAN RIGHT WING Violent Fighting in Progress Midway Between Arras and Valenciennes Germans Vainly Hurling Themselves Against Different Points in Allied Lines in Effort to Discover Weak Spot Attempt to Strike Decisive Blow Against German Right Wing to Be Made. JOFFRE CLAIMS FRENCH ADVANTAGE Magnitude and Stubbornness of Contest Surpasses Anything in History Series of High Lands on Allies' Left Master Key to Situation Heavy Forces Pushed Up to Secure Control Germans Entrenching in East Prussia Against Russian Hosts Gathering on Frontier Four Million Men Fighting, Paris, Oct. 5, 3:05 p. m. The official communication was given out in Pans this afternoon. "On our left wing to the north of the Oise, the battle continues con-tinues with great violence. The result remains indecisive. We have been obliged, at certain points, to yield ground. "Along the remainder of the front, there has been no change. "In Russia, after a battle which lasted ten days, the German Ger-man army which was operating between the eastern Prussian front and the Niemen river, has been driven back along the entire line and made its retreat, abandoning a considerable quantity of war material. This army ha3 evacuated completely complete-ly the territory of the Russian provinces of Suwalki and Lonja." Paris, Oct. 5, 2 : 30 a. m. A Havas agency dispatch from j Nish brings the following official statement from Servian war office: "Servian troops in Bosnia have approached Sie fortifications fortifi-cations protecting Sarajevo (the capital) . The Austrians who 1 occupy the heights on the right bank of the Drina are suffer-ing suffer-ing from a lack of provisions, j . "On October 2, near Klenak on thc Save, thc Austrians attacked their own troops." Petrograd, Oct. 25. Emperor Nicholas, commander in j chief of the Russian armies has arrived at the headquarters of the active army. This information was given out today from general headquarters. Tokio, Oct. 5, 1 : 45 p. m. It is officially announced that , German infantry at Tsing Tau delivered a surprise night at tack against the Japanese but were repulsed. The Germans had 48 killed and the Japanese five killed and eight wounded. The cannonading on land and sea in the vicinity of Tsing Tau continues. Four Japanese shells hit the German gunboat litis, which retired to the inner harbor after the exchange of shots. London, Oct. 5, 10:10 a. m. A dispatch to the Star from Rome, speaking of the Russian invasion of Hungary, says: "Having captured all the Carpathian passes, the Rus sians have commenced the invasion of Hungary, advancing to A the south and they have occupied Hiszumezo. Then the Cossacks effected a daring coup. They crossed the river and cut the railway at Cziget, thus isolating the remainder of Hungary." Hun-gary." London, Oct. 5, 10: 26 a. m. A dispatch to Reuter's Telegram company from Berlin via Amsterdam gives an official of-ficial statement issued at the German headquarters on the evening of October 4. It says: 'In the western theater, the battle of the right wing and in the Argonne district is proceeding successfully. "The operations off Antwerp and in the eastern theater have been carried out according to plan and without fighting." London, Oct. 5, 1:15 p. m. The fact that fighting is in progress in and around the town of Doual, midway mid-way between Arras and Valencean nes, on the railroad to Mons, is tnken in London to show how surely the allies in northern France have pushed the forward movement which they hope will envelop General Von Kluck, commander of the German right wing, in a net of steel. For the last week, the Germans, so far as can be ascertained from the few facts known in London, hav? been vainly hurling themselves against different points in the allied line In an effort to discover a weak mesh In the net t the present time in the view of General .Toffre: com mander in chief of the French forces, the process of attrition ha6 gone far( enough to justify the resumption ot offensive movements on the part of the allies, as It announced in the latest communication from French headquarters. Attempt to Envelop Germans. Apparently the intent now is to attempt at-tempt something decisive against the German right wing and If possible bring to an end this contest which i'or magnitude and stubbornness is without precedent in history. The series of high lands stretching north and south along the allied left are the master kevs of the battle and a considerable con-siderable force from over seas and elsewhere has been pushed up to secure se-cure control of them German Trenches Captured At Solssons, the German trenches alread) have been captured, but the Germans continued to fight fiercely and are still attacking at this point as elsewhere along the entire line of battle, which their latest official report re-port asserts is going in their favor just as confident!) us General Joffre maintains the contrary- In the eastern theatre of the war the Germans would appear, according to English observers, to be conteni-platlng conteni-platlng a period of defense before undertaking un-dertaking the offensive. Thoy are busily engaged between Thorn, in east Prussia and Galicla in entrenching entrench-ing themselves against the Russian hosts gathering on the other side ot the frontier It is calculated that there an. no fewer than four million mil-lion men fighting In this eastern arena and a repetition of the long and arduous siege buttles, which have been such a feature of the struggle in France, seems a certainty Russians Pushing Forward. The Russians continue to push eastward east-ward on Cracow, evidently with the hope of getting thence to Rreslnu. and the go on stretching their tentacles tenta-cles out southward toward Budapest Cossacks are well in on the plains or Hungary'. Even Budapest admits that they have crossed the river Theiss, which was regarded as one of the main obstacles to their progress. By getting across the railroad at Szlgeth. ' they secured the second line leading l to the Hungarian capital They had already seized the Lemberg-Budapest line at Unghvar The Austrians, on the other hand claim furthor victories against their smaller enemy invading Bosnia but they are. silent on the subject or Sarajevo, which, according to Sen vlan and Montenegrin statements, la surrounded by their allied armies. Parle. Oct 5. 7:20 a. m When the long drawn out battle in the north was resumed today there was a feeling feel-ing in many quarters that decisive developments de-velopments were Imminent Consequently Conse-quently this afternoon's statement oT the war office on the battle of the Aisne. unique in the history of battles, bat-tles, was awaited with the greatest interest. While the French realize that thi battle has not yet been won, it dof not seem to manv of them that It can now be lost. If the allies win no doubt Is felt that thej will pay for It, the sacrifice on both sides already being great The tone of the official communications have furnished the best reason for the hope on the part of the French, although the announce ment of the visit of President Poin care to the front was an additional factor for the confidence and opti mism felt in regunl to the Intent struggle. His action is generalh commented on as indicating that suc-. suc-. cess is at hand. Military Critics Comment. Despite the hope of the French tin-military tin-military critic. Lieutenant Colonel Roussett, declares the battle still can last for some time, pointing out that modern encounters last now as long as certain campaigns formerly did In 1859 the situation was settled In two months, while in 187n it took thirteen weeks, the fighting after Se dan and Metz being merely a contest for honor In the furious fighting now going on. Lieutenant Colonel Roussett says, neither adversary can claim what Napoleon Na-poleon called "the result ' Shifting of Battle Scenes. With the shifting of the battle scenes, the railroads are resuming traffic through a number of cities which had been occupied bv the Ger mans. From Epernay the news comes that the Germans respected the vines of Epernay in the important champagne district. Colonel Du Paty de Clam a celeb rity of the Dreyfus case, Is among the wounded In Paris. French Complaint Justified. Paris. Oct 5, 7:16 a. m. The PI garo says France has protested to Holland that German merchants are using their flag to carry contraband and that Holland, after investigating, announced that the complaints were justified it Is believed, says the Figaro, that a state of siege will be proclaimed lu Rotterdam to end the trade In contraband French Railway Potent Factor. London, Oct. 5. 4 34 a. m. -The correspondent cor-respondent of the Times at Bordeauv commenting on the battle in north ern France, says: "The time ha9 not yet come to re veal the composition of the allies" left which is now striking up toward the Belgian frontier but when the veil hiding the movement in the neighborhood of Amiens is drawn away It will be seen what a potent factor the French railway service has been In the battles of northern France." Invasion of Hungary. Rome, via Paris. Oct. 5. 7-18 a. m. News from Russian headquartet s says the invasion of Hungary through the Carpathians has two objects The. first Is to insure the left Hank of the Rubsian army operating against Przemyl and along the San river, and second, to open a now field of action In the vast Hungarian plains wher It can frighten the population, disturb the drilling of Hungarian reservists GREEK KING MAT GET INTO THE WAR Kine Constantine of Greece. Xing Constantine, of Greece. It is said in recent dispatches, will declare de-clare war and take sides with the allies if Turkey enters the melee and endeavors to help Germany and Austria Greece, Bulgaria and Rou mania, it is reported, have signed an agreement to enter the war if Turkey does. King Constantine gained much fame as a soldier in the recent Balkan war. and recruits and cut their railwaj communications, besides freely reeding reed-ing an Important portion of the army from the resources of the country It is recalled that during the Russian-Turkish war of 1877 an cxiUi tion commanded by General Gourko and mostly composed pi cavalry, did the same thing, crossing the Balkan mountains and entering Eastern Prussia. War News from Vienna. London, Oct. 5. 11 40 a. m A cor r'r.poinlent of Reuters Tele pram com panj at Amsterdam transmits the fot lowing report from Vienna, signed bv Field Marshal Potion k "The Servian and Montenegrin forces invading East Bosnia have compelled us to detach mobile forces to this region which Is far from the arena of the principal decision The fir.t action started in East Bosnia already has come to a successful termination. ter-mination. Two Montenegrin brigades after two days of severe fighting were completely defeated and repute ed. They now are in a panicky re treat across the border and the) must leave behind them their transport together to-gether with u considerable quantity of supplies. These forces had previously pre-viously looted Bosnia. "In the action undertaken in the northern part of the country half a battalion of Austrian troops captured a full battalion of Servians " Germans Are Optimistic. London. Oct 4. 9-10 a m The following German official statement was received here tonight by the Marconi Mar-coni Wireless Telegraph company: The situation throughout the entire en-tire theatre of vvar becomes daily more favorable to German arm? "The Austro-Hnngarian commander-in-chief, Archduke Frederick, and tins heir presumptive to the Austro-Hun-garlan throne. Archduke Charles Francis, have inspected the greater part of the Austrian northern army and expressed themselves well satisfied satis-fied with the splendid warlike spirit among the troops. "The Russian troops which crossed the Carpathians and entered the district dis-trict of Marmaros have been repulsed and driven back In disorder in the direction ol the Gallcian frontier" London, Oct. 8. The Holland-America liner Potsdam, which was diverted to Falmouth. October 2, while on a voyage from New York to Rotterdam with tlrst cabin. Becond class and steerage passengers, arrived yesterday yester-day at London |