Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-24

been cut off from communication with
other parts of Prussia.
100, 900 Germans Engaged.
In the fighting from Monday to Fri
day eight German regiments Of the field
army and six landwehr regiments, total
ing about 10000 men, with 200 guns, took
part. Later the number was reinforced
to more than 10000 men. The German
forces available in Prussia besides the
Independent cavalry division. are five
army corps Of the field army totaling
21OCOO men, with $40 ield guns and
$50 HowitZerS, besides a considerable
number Of siege guns.
The army corps are the LIST at Kon-
igsberg, the 9Th ataResen. the 9Th 4at
at Allenstein. Besides these there are
ten landwehr divisions and twenty land
wehr brigades totaling $4,000 men, with
:.G0 guns. The total German forces in
the east, not counting the landstrum. are
about half million men, with / 100 field
guns and Howitzers and a large number
of siege guns.
"The country where the Russians will
advance is full of large and small lakes,
rivers, canals and marshes. These nat
ural advantages the Germans have
strengthened by large number of
Notifications, including the fortresses Of
Konigsberg. Allenstein. Danzic and
Thorn. But besides these the whole
country is strewn with Notifications and
permanent field works of every descrip-
ton largely armed with heavy guns. All
these military measures show the i'm
mense strategic Importance of east
Prussia.
Germans Enveloped.
LONDON, August n, 2:10 ANA
Times dispatch from ST. Petersburg, con-
firming that the Russian left has COM
pletely enveloped the remnants of the
Germans, leaving the lake region and
the line OF the German retreat toward
the River .Angerapp, in east Prussia, and
the Mazur lakes in Russian hands. says
that the Russians are even now sweeping
the environs of Insterburg and have oc-
cupied Darkehmen, and thus the line
between Thorn and Dansic is now within
the sphere of Russian operations.
II learn from an authoritative source,
says the correspondent. that the Ger
man forces engaged lost two-thirds of
their electives. Unless the Germans are
able to bring up strong reinforcements,
which Is doubtful. owing to the seizure of
the important railway and road commu-
nications by the Russians, the latter may
now proceed to the investment of Konigs-
berg.
THE fight of the inha abitants from Will
lenberS, ninety-one miles southeast Of
konigsberg is variously interpreted here.
Some of the military writers attribute ii
to the Russian advance on the Mazur
lakes; others believe it directly due to
another Russian movement from Poland
toward Allenstein, sixty-five miles south
of Konigsberg, which, II substantiated
threatens serious consequences for the
German forces in northern Prussia.
The Novoe Vremya critic points out
that the Russian army advanced six
teen miles within two DAYS on the
march from Bilderweitschen to Gum
binnen, which might be regarded as a
remarkable achievement even in times
of peace.
Russia Confident of Success.
LONDON, August "a, 5 ANA Times
dispatch from st. Petersburg says that
military observers there have made a
careful compilation of the distribution
of the German forces on both from
tiers, from which they gain the belief
that it is not possible for the Germans
to overcome the allied forces on the
western frontier at vital points. The
Russians believe there are no Austrian
corps in the west.
Regarding the Austrian forces op-
posed to the Russian advance they may
be said to comprise the whole army ex-
cept the units engaged on the Servian
and Montenegrin borders.
A Reuters telegram from ST Peters.
burg contained the following official
statement issued by the Russian gov.
eminent:
The Russian government denies the
report circulated in Germany that a
| revolution has broken out in the Can.
casus and that the frontier population
| has asked Turkey to intervene and
restore order.
Perfect order prevails in the Can.
| casus, where volunteers for the wa1
were SO numerous that many of them
| had to be refused. Several entire tribes
have requested permission to fight with
| the regular army"
| Sweden Rejects Wnman'x Suffroo.