Through Renter's Agency.
Peking, Nov. 8.
The following telegram has been handed to Reuter's Agency by the Russian Legation Petrograd, Nov. 7.
Stubborn and almost uninterrupted engagements have taken place on the river San and south of Przemyal over the last three weeks culminating, on the 6th, in the general retreat of the Austrian forces.
On the evening of the 4th the Austrians made a last attempt: to repuleo the Russian troops, which had crossed the San|home throughout the previous night. The enemy attacked over an extended front, sending forward dense masees of troops one after the other. These were repulsed with enormous losses. On the Sth the enemy began to withdraw from the San river in the direction of the! Suklin Passes of the Carpathians, south of Przemysl. The enemy are also breaking off the action, but the Russian troops are energetically pursuing the enemy.
This is the crowning result of the battle which started at the begin-
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