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Show I! PANIC IN EASTERN 1 PARI OF GERMANY I Copenhagen, Nov. 13 it is reported report-ed In Berlin that a general panic Is prevailing in East Silesia Civilian: Civili-an: are ffleeing in great numbers to Berlin. Dresden and other towns. The general commanding at Dresden Dres-den has Issued .in urgent warning against spreading rumors, which al-r'-nch have caused considerable excite ment and damage Vienna i n London), Nov. 14. 1:05 ,i m It is officially announced that the Russians have occupied Tarnow. .luslo and Krosno, three towns in Ga-licia Ga-licia London. Nov. 13, 9:40 p. m. While the battle in West Flanders con tinues to hold public attention bi'-aus' of the desperate character of the I fighting, the number of men engaged jnd the territory at stake, military j :m:i now look upon Kast Prussia as i Lin center of gravity of the war lu latter field ot operations a tre- 1 I mendoua battle is developing. Tho Russians are pushing vigorously great enveloping movement They I are engaged with the Germans alonn a wide curve of 160 miles from BtaJ-luponen BtaJ-luponen In the northeast, throngh Ool dap and Kruglanken, which is well ! within the tangle of lakes, down to Soldau In the southwest Threaten Danzig. Military observers say the Germans apparently have checked their retreat in Poland and by counter attacks arc endeavoring to creat? a diversion. They say however, thai the Russians ar not to be turned from their plan, which Is believed to be an attack on Dauzig Thev argue that the Germans Ger-mans must either allow East Tnissia to be overrun a second time or brlnt? up reinforcement and that they can hardly weaken their army along the 1 Polish frontier, for this would leave i Poien and Silesia open to invasion I The allies, naturally, are hoping au offort will be made to relieve East I Prussia at a sacrifice to tho German irmles in Belgium and France. In any fighting in their own conn-try conn-try the Germans will have the advantage advan-tage over the Russlaus as they have a network of strategic railwavB to move their troops quickly and they use motors to a larger extent than Uheir opponents Military men are I watching developments In this terri ! tory with deepest Interest. I Vienna admits the Austrian have ! evacuated eastern Galicla. but an official of-ficial statement says the Servian resistance re-sistance has been broken and the Austrian? have crossed the Danube. Irivlng the Servians back into their nw n country Vienna also reports that the Aus-trians Aus-trians nov. have turned their attention atten-tion to the Montenegrins and are endeavoring en-deavoring to force them back According Ac-cording to a Montenegrin report they have failed Accounts from thi? part of the world are so contradictor, however, that the only thing; clear Is that th Austrians, by sending south reinforcements, reinforce-ments, have virtual cleared their Country of the enemv |