Eastern News

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4, 3 September 1915, Page 5

Eastern News

PURSUIT CONTINUED.

GERMAN PROGRESS REPORT. United Press Association. (Received 11.25 a.in.) Berlin Septemh 2. A communique states: General von Hindenhurg stormed the village ol C/.arnoko on the Wilna-Grodno railwav.

In the north the German Landwehr ■stormed Fort I north ot the Dom-hrowo-Grodno high road, capturing the garrison of lour hundred. Later, the Baden troops captured another fort and the Russians thereupon evacuated the rest of the fortifications of the outer line of the western front of Grodno.

Von Himlenhufg’s troops east of Bialowieska occupied the crossings of the Swisloc/.z and Makarowce after a hard struggle, making prisoners of 3070.

Prince Leopold won his way out of the North-eastern border of the forest at Bialowieska and secured the crossing of the Jasiolda in the marshes north,of Grozana by means of a surprise attack.

General von Mackensen continues the pursuit. The whole line was crossed on the -Mucha wiszz section.

THE STRYPA SUCCESS.

RUSSIANS CAPABLE OF ASSUMING OFFENSIVE.

(Received 12.10 p.m.) ' Paris, September 2,

A communique hails the Russian success on the Strypa, and adds: This victory shows that,the ‘Russian armies are .masters of the conditions of their retreat as long as it may continue, but. that they are capable of assuming the offensive whenever the circumstances are favorable. I ■ ! 1 '■■ K ' U ‘ mi 11 r 1—- ! i>7 i.' ’ RUSSIAN PROCESS REPORT, i 1 . ’ j nh il.: t—-M —i r’lii' -u i,* j United PpEss Association, i ; , | Retrogra(|l> ; September 2.

A comiWunifiUQ say.v: > We captured four guns on the right of the Vilica. The enemy occupied Gray, where 1 desperate fighting continues. A Russian regiment, surrounded by the enemy, broke ■'■•through;’ ’annihilating’" il" GWuiaii battalion. Wei .repulsed a series jof vigorous repeated German at- ■ tacles. westward of Grodno. We are holding the enemy in the Lntzk reg-| ion and, Galicia, .while withdrawing to a‘ less, extended front, inflicting .heavy hiss’es. The total AustrorGermans taken prisoner number seven tlion-s'a,ntlv-‘vritlr .* adllitmclreck officerkJS CThW enemy’s juiost ,stubborn; attacks ip Abe RadKickhbff. yXblbG’hefiv and Bonrkanow districts were everywhere repulsed with enormous losses. Fighting in the districts of Bonrkanow and Bontehateh was remarkably fierce. We repulsed numerous attacks with the bayonet. The enemy, at some points .being unable to stand the hand-to-hand fighting* retreated to the trenches, leaving many prisoners. FROM DAY TO DAY. London. September 2. The Times’ correspondent at Retrograd says the positon is fluctuating from day to day. The enemy’s northern movements at present have reverted to the direction of Riga, and attention is concentrated at Friedriebstadt, which is a vital point situated not far from tTie railway opening the path to both Riga and' Dvinsk. The seizure of the Mitan-Krenzgnrg section of the railway, which is forty-five miles long, enables the Germans to bring up reinforcements from Milan, On the other band, in the Dvinsk region, we have assumed the offensive. The enemy’s crossing of the Niemen at Olita. and bis advance on Orany, disclose an intention to isolate our Vilna and Grodno groups, thus hindering onr retreat from the Niemen line. It is hoped that the enemy opera tug in the region of Bialystok and Bieresk lias not succeeded in intercepting onr retreat from Grodno to the trunk line. In the vicinity of Mosty and Lida the Russian rearguard is offering a desperate resistance on a twenty-mile front, between Bieloaiezb and the Suprase woods, in order to afford time for regrouping in the rear.

Serious importance is attributed to the event on the front between Vladimir. Volynsky, and Butzk, where the enemy is operating In great force. Apparently General Mackensen’s army has been transferred there to undertake an important offensive against tbe trunk line from Kobe! to Kieff.