Eastern News

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 100, 28 August 1915, Page 5

Eastern News

THE GERMAN ADVANCE.

ACCOUNT QF THE OPERATIONS

[United Press Association.] (Received) 10.10 a.m.) Amsterdam; August 27

A German communique: states : General Yon Hindenburg continues fighting near Bausk, capturing 2450. His forces threw the Russians back-south-east oIV-Kovno and occupied the • fortress of Olita, which the Russians evacuated. ,The advance continues in the Xiemen district. We captured a crossing at Berezowka, eastward of Ossowiece,.pursuing the enemy on the entire Suehowolao front: and' in • the Biazowielk forest. General Von Calwitz made prisoners on Wednesday and Thursday of thirty-five hundred. Princp Leopold is still pursuing, his right wing fighting, for a passage across the Lesnapra'wa, north-east of Kamienice Litovsk. General von Maekensen. north-cast of Brest Litovsk. approaching the Kamienfoe-Myszczyee Road, repulsed the Russians across the Hyta; south-eashvard of Brest Litvosk. ••' ; THE RUSSIAN POLICY. COUNTRYSIDE STRIPPED BARE. FORTRESSES LEFT HEAPS OF DEBRIS. f HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF. (Received 12.40 p.m.) Petrograd, August 27. It is candidly admitted that the Russians are not attempting the defence of Brest Litovsk . and Grodno, and are retiring without enemy pressure to another,fine. During the past weeks, the Russians have been stripping the country in their rear of machinery and live stock supplies. The fortresses wevo left more h.eaps of debris. As the battle line goes eastward, the condition .progressively more favorable to the Russians, who are repeating the policy which was fatal to Napoleon, and are not accepting the risk of a decisive battle, jlntil their equipment in armament and munitions is restored, they are content to check the enemy at every opportunity.