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Show FLOWER OF ARMY j IS ANNIHILATED Hungarian Guard Attempts to Destroy Russian Infantry Cossacks Kill Whole Division. ONLY CORPSES ARE LEFT Division Commander Unable to Stand Defeat Commits Suicide on Battlefield. London, Sept. 28, 8:50 a. m. A dla patch to the Telegrnph from Petro grad says that on Sunday a spirited account of the destruction of the Hun gnrian guard, n cavalry division, in the battle of Grodek. appeared In the Rnssko Slovo. It follows: "A considerable force of Vustrlans fell on the advance guard of General Breiussllof, which was composed of In fantrv. Cossacks and light artillery The pian of the enemy was clear. He hoped to shatter our advance guard and then break through our center Our infantry and artillery had strongly entrenched themselves and In reserve were several Cossack detach ments. "At first the Austrian Infantry moved out of the attack. It was met with a deadly fire of cannon and ma rhine guns, aud wavered and fell back. Flower of Hungarian Army. "Thpn the cavalry was sent out The flower df the Austro-Hungarian army tho Budapest guard division formed of Magyars, bright-jacketed Hungarians, galloped furiously down in close order. It appeared aa if nothing could arrest their Impetuous course, not even the awful shrapnel fire of the artillery, which brought death and destruction In their ranks nor even the rain of bullets from machine guns. "The Magyars did not hesitate for a moment but continued to charge at our trenches One more minute and it seemed as if nothing would be left of our Infantry Whirlwind of Cossacks. "All at once tho thud of hoofs and the clatter of steel were heard and the Magyars met by a whirlwind of Cossacks For two hours tho Austrian and Russian Infantry watched with heating hearts the scene of terrlbl-3 carnage. "At the end of this time, of the fine Budapest guard division, not one man was left and the whole field was strewn with tho enemy's corpses, sev ered heads, hands and legs and dead horses. Commander Commits Suioido. "The commander of the division General Frohreich, could not stand the disgrace of defeat and shot him self on the battlefield. As was after wards explained, he had promised to bring to the Austrian emperor, on the latter's birthday, news of the complete destruction of the Russian army. By throwing his division onto the Russians, the Austrian general was fully convinced that next day he would be able to announce the I promised victory. "Before the battle the Magyars were ordered to don their parade uniforms." |