Eastern News

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 18, 20 September 1915, Page 5

Eastern News

VILNA CAPTURED. T/he Higji Commissioner reports :—- " lotion, September 15), (6.15 P-'» l - , *b?en captured bj the Gevjmjnria. ■.. H . ....._ ,* ;~. ~■| . ! it </ii :'(!.■• )i |..i Ti i i'm I ■•!■•' ..». •i I • t-i''- •• mii ■• { . ! : I' i . ii' ■^— ———— ■ i.I iI ■ i.l i ..Austrian!! Ref'eat in south , (United Press Association.] •» • (Received;B.s. a.m.)- --.. -»»j Petrograd; September 19. Reports state that, w e repulsed attacks faOrth of lllukst. 1 ' We buried mauv'Gei-mu'ns 1 lyiog 1 in lieaps ! in front $3gS enta rl ig]empiUs;';; tfe frifeg great losses at ttie' railway station at Yelopva,, west, of lllukst. ~ , s « ■iT}i ) e / !^espa^,4 ,u ' i "pi' ,t - iU * ks region of,■ south rcsortedj tft sapping oy.ijig.to the deadly Ijaature of ,tjie Russian fare.;. ; The Germans seized the station at Vileyka. There /isi intense fighting in Middie-Vilia near' Vilna, where the enemy is obstinately endeavouring to, break into the town. During serious fighting in the Orany sector, the Germans under cover of fog captured the River Chara and threw pontoons across sduth of Sloneo. Geneva telegrams from Lemberg confirm that the Austrian* are retreating in disorder ahmg tlio Volhynia front. It is considered that a great Austrian defeat is inevitable. The. Russians on the right side of the Strypa continue the pursuit. Our artillery is causing terible Austrian losses.

AUSTRIANS WITHDRAW FURTHER WEST. RUSSIANS SUPERIOR IN VOLHYNIA. Unhid Prim Association. Vienna, September 19. A communique states : The Russian offensive on the S.vpa hm broken down. It admits lighting against superior forces is proceeding in the Volhynia triangle of fortresses. We are withdrawing portions of the front to positions further West. GERMANS' WINTER PLAN, London, Septembed 17. General von Billow has announced that after forcing the passage of the ]>wina lie will pass the autumn and winter in Riga, in order to march upon Petrograd iu the spring. GERMAN ARMY CORPS' PRECAR lOUS POSITION. United Press Association. Petrograd, September 19. Semi-official: —The fighting is assuming the character of a general battle, unequalled since the battle for Warsaw. The German cavalry in the Vilna region were forced to turn to the south, owing to the'.blow the Russians struck at the line between Svientsdany and Molodechnu. Fifteen ' of the enemy army corps in the YilnaOrany region are iu a precarious posi-. tion, particularly near , Svientziany, where they ai> threatened with envelopment.

r Military experts say that thirteen. Gorman cavalry divisions are operating in Svir'tziano region with guns, and Jaegers in motors. Their '.'manoeuvres have broken the contact between the Russian forces between'Dvinsk and Vilna'. At the latter place uninterrupted cannonading fjnd frefluent bomb-throwing are Three German aeroplanes were ,'.in;ougb£ down ~ recently. The evacuation .of Government.institutions is -complied!,".and thousands ( of wprkmen jjhe factories. ( ( A further, .communique reports: The enemy have crossed to the right bank of, the, Schaar, attacking the. .village of Si;h«ar,,.,iWe .again ■ had great success at Derajqnn. ..pushing out the enemy to the village of t ßudakrasnol. which we stormed, capturing four guns and two thousand prisoners. Tn the region tqf Strypa, north of Butchava, we captured fourteen officers and eight hundred men. On the whole front,',sohth of the region of Rovno, we continue to successfully leheck 1 the' erfeniy's development by > local counter-attacks'.' Enemy detachments 1 reached 1 the 1 railway line" between' 'Novo Wiliesck ! a'iid fiowolode'yhnm, and there 1 "'l.s 1 considerable cavalrv fighting m this district. 1 ' \S .. ..." ~,! '..:, !..,<■ I </ »,: ,vr,. I ... ~., . Uj j '■■■■»:! i.' . ■■.• in « GERMAN PROGRESS REPORT. United Pkess Association. Amsterdam, September 18. i A German communique claims the capture of a portion of the advanced positions near the Bridgehead at Dvinsk. It states that the Russians are retreating between Vilna and the Xiemen, where 5406 were taken prisoners. General Mackensen also took 2000 prisoners towards Pinsk. AUSTRIANS IN TROUBLE.

United Puess Association

Amsterdam, September 18

The Tageblatt's correspondent at the Eastern front admits that the Austrians on the right J>ank of the Strypa were compelled to retire ten miles before superior forces, and thereupon the left wing was forced to withdraw eight miles, Advices, from other sources states that the Austrian* are retiring in disorder from the whole Volhynia front. RUSSIAN VICTORY IN THE SOUTH CENTRE. ENEMY RETREAT IN DISORDER. ~ (Received 0.50,a.m.) London, September 19. The Germans claim to have captured Vilna. A Petrograd communique says: A general attack on the I.7th in the Rovno-Kovel section drove back the enemy who retreated in disorder leaving numerous prisoners whereof over eight hundred were taken at Corodiche, eighteen hundred in the forest south of Thonman. We inflicted considerable defeats on the enemy on the right bank of the Sereth. '

CAVALRY CLASHES IN THE NORTH. THE COSSACKS' OPPORTUNITY. (Received 10.10 a.m.) Paris, September 19. General Naudeau telegraphing from Russian headquarters reports that the cavalry of the armies in the north rapidly grouped and participated against the enemy's cavalry. Flashing combats between these mobile masses are now taking place ' throughout the whole of the Lakutsk region, extending east and north of Vilna between the two main parallel railways, the AVarsaw-Petrograd lind and the Heidlitz-Biiloyo line. $ EICHORN'S SWEEPING ATTACK. 1 RUSSIANS RETREATING ALONC NORTHERN LINE. (Received 10.10 a.m.) Amsterdam, September 19. A German communique states: Von Eichorn's sweeping attack against Vilna led to complete success. The Russians have been compelled since yesterday to hastily retreat along the entire front owing to Von Scholia's and Von Gallwitz's encircling movement and simultaneous sharp attack. Vilna, although strongly fortified, has fallen into our hands.