GERMAN ATTACKS IN GULF OF RIGA

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2544, 19 August 1915, Page 5

GERMAN ATTACKS IN GULF OF RIGA

RUSSIAN ADVANTAGE ON LAND ASSAULT ON KOVNO AND NQVO-GEORGIEVSK By Teleffrapk—Press Association— ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) a- i ■£ u. n 11 i i, „ , LondT., August 7. A renewal of the German attacks on the Gulf of Riga has revived tho belief that the enemy hopes to secure a foothold on these shores. -In the meantime. tho Russians have continued to press their advantage on land A systematic change of front is proceeding between the Vistula and the i-rt ol l, l, ®j Varew t]lo , retirement is. being conducted so methodically and skilfully that, the enemy has failed to intercept or disconnect any Russian units It is generally recognised that the position is stronger; the front has been straightened appreciably; A period of inactivity may succeed tho completion of the Russian witharawal before the resumption of the offensive. FIGHTING GROWING IN INTENSITY. m, rut 11, Amsterdam, August 17. The German newspaper "Lokal Anzeiger's" correspondent on tho eastern . front says that the ••Russian resistance is increasing in violence as the Austro German armies approach the Russian defence area. Tho'battles are increasing in intensity, and perhaps a retardation of the Anstro-German advance mav hn expected. J ; INHABITANTS EVACUATING BIELOSTOK. The inhabitants aro evacuating Bielostok. Petrograd. August 17. Refugees from'Loiniia state that a three days' bombardment preceded the German occupation. The inhabitants took refuge in basemento and cellars owveral houses wore burned or blown up, and scores of civilians killed asd wounded. RUSSIAN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE ißec. August is, 10.20 p.m.) nm • i dmi "" " y , ' ± Petrograd, August 18. Uihciai.— Ihe enemy s attempts to, advance in the Riga and Jacobstadt districts on Sunday and Monday have failed. , "Stubborn fighting continues in the Dvinsk district, all the German attacks being repulsed. > ' ,The fighting at Kovno is extremely desperate. Tho enemy on Sunday and Monday, after careful preparation by his heavy artillery (including 16-inch guns), launched a series of violent attacks in full strength, with a view to storming the fortifications on tho left bank of tho Niemen. Towards the evening they succeeded in carrying a small fort and breaking into the inter- , veiling spaces between some of the other forts on the western sector. ' en- y e re P" lsc d on Sunday a series of fierce German attacks in the directions of Biolostok and Bielsk. > "The enemy's offensive between the Nurzec and the Bug has been successruliy contained. ■ . "The enemy in the Vlodava region is endeavouring to'establish himself on the right bank of the river. . "There is severe artillery firing in the Novo-Georgievsk region. Thoenemv brought up guns of tho largest calibre, and delivered attacks on Sundav nicht principally against the fortifications between the Narew and the left bank of tile bkrwa. GERMANS SACRIFICE ENORMOUS NUMBERS. (Rec. August 19. 0.45 a.m.) A Geneva message states that the Germans sacrificed" < an'°enomomr num ber in aneftort to pierce the Nurzec line, and-extricated their surrounded division northward of S.edlece, with ho greatest difficulty. The Russians near the Bu K attacked Prince Leopoldl with such fury that-tho Prince's casualties in intensity thousand. The Russian artillery fire latterly increased GERMAN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. ■. «• , , , . Amsterdam, August 17. A German communique states: "Wo made prisoner 625 Russians near Kunischky. We stormed the forts south-west from Kovno, between the Niemen and Jesia, capturing 4500 Russians and' 240 guns. "Generals von Scholia and von Gallwitz pushed back the enemy in continuous fighting, taking prisoner 1800 men and capturing ten machine guns "Wo stormed and captured one big .fort and two 'intermediate fortified works on tho north-west front of Novo Georgievsk. "Tho armies of Prince Leopold of Bavaria and General von Mflckensen are victoriously advancing." AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL' COMMUNIQUE. (Rcc. 'August 18, 10.-0 p.m.) . i i Amsterdam, August 18. An Austrian official communique states: "General von Arz has reached Dobrynka', twelve miles south-west of Brest-Litovsk. "The Archduke Josef is advancing on Janow. "General von Kaevss drove the enemy back across the Bu" in the Konstantynow region. . ■ ° "German cavalry are fighting in conjunction with the Austro-Huniiarian troops on the Lower Bug. ' . * *