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Show GERMAN REPORT ON WARSIIUAIION CLAIMS OF SUCCESSES IN POLAND, PO-LAND, GALICIA AND FRANCE COME FROM BERLIN. Enemy Perplexed by Rapidity of Preparations in Russian Poland and Galicla and Tried Vainly to Resist Re-sist the Attacks. Berlin. It was officially stated in Vienna Wednesday that our troops were attacking the fortified position of the enemy on the line Stary-Sam-bor-Medycka, the line of battle extending ex-tending into the Carpathians. We occupied oc-cupied Coronyia after an engagement lasting four days and we are pursuing pursu-ing the enemy in the direction of Wyskow. Minor engagements with retreating hostile divisions which occurred in the valley of the Vlsso were successful. success-ful. Our cayalry has already entered the fortress of Prezmysl from the. west. The enemy was perpexed by the rapidity ra-pidity of our preparations in Russian Poland and Galicia and tried' vainly to resist the attacks on the fortress by detaching troops to the west. They were unable to resist the advance of our army and the Fifth and Sixth Russian infantry divisions, attacked by us at Lancut, fled in the direction of the river San. A Cossack cavalry division and an infantry brigade in strong positions east of Dynow were defeated after brief resistance. The destruction of the Russian cruiser Pallada has caused a great deal of satisfaction among the neutral neu-tral press. The government of the Cameroons reports that at the beginng of September Sep-tember the health and spirits of the white population were excellent. The natives were quiet. The- Turkish press draws special attention to the sinking of the Russian Rus-sian cruiser Pallada by the German submarine TJ-26 and expresses satisfaction satis-faction over the event. It states that this achievement will considerably raise the spirit animating the German Ger-man army and have a demoralizing effect in the French and Russian armies and navies. |