IN THE EAST

Taranaki Daily News, 23 August 1915, Page 5

IN THE EAST

FALL OF NOVO GEORGIEVSK. 20,000 PRISONERS TAKEN. JOY IX GERMANY. Berlin, August 20. Official: The Germans have captured Novo Georgievsk. Amsterdam, August 20. An official message from Berlin says that Novo Georgievsk, the enemy's la"st bulwark in Poland, has been ca'ptured, after a stubborn i.-.-i*tamT. The whole garrison and an enormous stock of uai material Mas raptured. Tin- kaiser has gone there |„ r'atherlund's thanks to General ion Bisscler and his troops. Twenty thousand prisoners were taken. The fall of Novo Georgievsk has occasioned scenes of unprecedented enthusiasm throughout Germany. ITALIAN EXPERT OPINION. GERMANY CANNOT WIN IF RUSSIA IS NOT CRUSHED, Received August 22, 4 p.m. London, August 20. The Daily Telegraph's Rome correspondent says that Italian military ex■perts declare that Kovno is another proof of the worthlessness of any except mountain fortifications, and predicts that Russia will not hold any other fortresses. He does not believe that the Germans intend establishing a fortified line on the east front, enabling them to concentrate their attention on the west front. Germany realises that she never will bo victorious unless she crushes Russia, and the Allies ought not to desire an early stoppage of the Russian retreat, wliiioli I'm disastrous for Austria, especially. The fact that Austria for several weeks has not sent reinforcements to Carso and Isongo proves that she cannot • move troops from thfl naat tr.Oßj^