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Show CZAR CONTINUES TO WIN BATTLES London Aug. 81, 4 50 a m The Chronicle s st. Petersburg correspondent correspon-dent sends the unofficial report that the Russian forces, hotly pursuing the Germans succeeded during the con-' con-' fusion in entering the city of Koenlgs i herg, east Prussia, on the heels of the I enemy and securing command of the town and fortress London, Aug 30, 11:40 a. m. Desperate Des-perate fightlne: continue? along the Austrian frontier, says an official statement issued at St. Petersburg and telegraphed here by the corres pondent of the Renter Telegram com pany. "In east Prussia." continues the Russian war office, "the garrison and fortresses of Thorn and Gradenz, east of the Vistula, are taking part with a large number of siege guns. We have taken 3000 prisoners in the operations east of Lemberg, capital of Galicia ""ear Podgorz, just south of tho Vistula, the enemy lost 3000 men and we captured four guns, a numier of caissons of ammunition and nine guns abandoned by the Austrians when they crossed the Zolokia. North of Tomacheff we took 1000 prisoners and surrounded and detached the Hungarian Hun-garian fifteenth division east of T-ma-cheff, entire regiments surrendering Fierce Fighting, The enemy is making hla principal efforta in the direction of Lubin (in Russian Poland ninety-five miles southwest of Warsaw), where the fighting is fLerce." Grand Duke Nicholas, commander in chief of the Russian army, declares, says the correspondent, that the Polish Pol-ish selkos. in view of their disloyal conduct and their use of explosives and flat-nosed bullets, have no claim to be treated with magnanimity, and therefore will be considered not an combatants, but as criminals under the military law. The Russian newspapers announce that German railway, are preparing to transport troops from their western west-ern front apainst Russia. Scattered encountera in eastern Galicia have developed Into a general gen-eral battle extending 100 miles from the southern districts of Lublin, in Russian Poland, to a point beyond Lemberg, In Galicia, says the St. Petersburg Pet-ersburg correspondent of the Iondon Dailv Mail He adds: "In east Prussia the Germans have been driven further back. Their losses loss-es were particularly heavy at Muhlon, twenty-two miles southwest of Allen-stoin, Allen-stoin, and it is only a question of a few days when the Germans will bo driven heyonrl the Vistula. "Panic now reigns in Danzig, the population of which is fleeing to Berlin." |