Eastern News

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 90, 17 August 1915, Page 5

Eastern News

RUSSIAN OFFICIAL REPORT.

United Press Association. Petrograd. August Id

The Russian front is from Kovno through the Smvalki region, along Robr,) across the Warsaw-Petrograd railway and the Bug, to fifty miles westward of Brest Lisoksto, and is now almost straight, with a slight outward eurye. Novo Oorgiev.sk is invested, but is confident that it can give a good account of itself.

lighting in the direction of Jacorabstadst and Dvimsk increased in intensity on Friday and Saturday. German attacks between the Xarew and the Bug were successfully repulsed. The enemy on Friday and Saturday strengthened his offensive against oni position along the Siamlitz-Lukow railway. We stopped the movement and captured six hundred Anstro-Germans and some machine-guns. The enemy bombarded the fortifications of Novo Georgievsk with heavy guns, and made, a series of partial attacks against different sections of the fortress. These, generally speaking, were repulsed. Onr advance guards captured two lines of German trenches southward of the Dunajec.

A GERMAN REPORT. • ii ■ f i

Amsterdam, August 16

General von Bulow, in the Kingiscliky district, pushedback the Rus-j shins to the north-eastwlml, prisohering 2350. In the south, from Kovno. we repulsed the enemy and prisonered 1000. Our troops are drawing nearer the fortress. The Russians between the Narew and the Bug continued a stubborn resistance. AA e forced the Nurzek crossing on Saturday night, and General von Schultz on Saturday prisonered 10(H), and General von Gall* witz captured 3550, including fourteen officers, and ten machine-guns. The ring round Novo Georgievsk is no narrower but we gained on all the fronts. The enemy again tenaciously resisted Prince Leopold’s advance. We pierced the enemy’s positions northwards of Losice and Micdzyrzeczs, the enemy retreating to AVayrseh. Between August Bth and 14th we took prisoner four thousand, including 22 . officers, and nine imachine-guns. ( lhe Russians on the line from Rozenka, hprthward; of Vilodava, to south-westward of Slawatyeze and Miedzyrzeezs. again attempt- : ed resistance, but under pressure of our speedy attack they continue to retreat. I i l

ASSOWIECZ-BREST4LIVOTSK.

BIG ENEMY CONCENTRATION.

(Received 11.15 a.m.) Petrograd, August 16

The' main masses of the enemy ale on the front line of Assowiec/. to Brest' XHovsk, j where forty to forty-fivh army, corps are concentrated. The enemy isj trying to precipitate }(.(decisive battle before the Russians have deployed on positions to which they are retiring, and have put' themselvejs in a proper state of defnee.