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Show Great Masses of Cavalry In ' Grips Near Belgian Frontier Paris, Oct. 7, 2:10 p. m. A Havas agency from Petrograd says that a report from Lemberg, Galicia, states that Przemsyl, the strong fortress of the Austrians, 51 miles west of Lemberg, is being bombarded by Russian heavy artillery. The damage is considerable, houses being set on fire by bursting shrapnel. All efforts of the Austrian field forces to assist the fort have been unsuccessful and their troops have retreated to Vlotslavsk. Paris, Oct. 7, 2:45 p. m. The Messagero publishes a dispatch from Ancona, Italy, on the Adriatic, telegraphs the Rome correspondent of the Havas agency, which I declares that four Austrian torpedo boats and two Austrian torpedo boat destroyers have been lost off the coast of Dalmatia as a result of coming in contact with mines. 0 The Ancona dispatch adds that a majority of the members of the crew of the six vessels lost their lives. I |