Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-20
SSSTRONGHOLD,
NOv0 GEORG|EVSK,
SE|zEDBY GERMANS
10000 of Cars Soldiers and
Vast Store of War Ma
teriaI Captured.
KAISER GOES TO FRONT
TO THANK HIS SOLDIERS
Field Marshal Won Mackensen
Drives Enemy Behind Koterka.
kulva, Says Berlin. Z
TEUT0N1C MENACE GROWING
Grand Duke Nicholas May Abandon
All Efforts to Form New Line
With Brest Litovsk
as Pivot.
KAISER GOES TO FRONT
TO THANK HIS SOLDIERS
TEUT0N1C MENACE GROWING

LONDON. August 20.-Novo
Georgievsk, the strong Russian
fortress northwest of Warsaw,
which the Russians continued to
hold after they abandoned the
Polish capital, has been taken by
the Germans.
More than 10000 men were
captured with the fortress and an
enormous stock of war materials,
Berlin announces. Emperor Will
liam has left for Novo Georgievsk
personally to thank Gen. Won Bes-
eler and his troops, who took the
stronghold.
The left wing of Field Marshal
Won Mackensen's army has driven
the Russians behind Koterkakul-
va, southwest of Brest Litovsk,
German army headquarters an
nounced today.
The Austrians and Germans
are pressing on to the last of the
outlying fortresses standing be-
tween the Russian capital and the
invaders, ..ss.-...
Kovno is now definitely in the
hands of the Germans. The flank
ing movement of Field Marshal
Won Mackensen grows more
threatening hourly, and it would
not be surprising if Grand Duke
Nicholas should abandon all ef-
forts to form a new line with
Brest Litovsk as the pivot.
From Brest Litovsk to Osso-
wetz, which seems to be with
standing the assaults of the heavy
German guns better than any
other fortress, fierce fighting
continues. with the advantage in
favor of the invaders.
Riga has again become the CEN
ter of struggle OH land and sea.
Petrograd states that the Rus
sian warships protecting the Gull
of Riga were compelled to draw
in closer, owing to the superiority
of the German squadron.
Capture Was Foreseen.
The capture of Novo Georgievsk has
been foreseen since the fall of War
saw When the general Russian re-
treat was made from the Warsaw
salient, Grand Duke Nicholas. the Rus
sian commander-in-chief. elected TO
leave a garrison in the fortress rather
than evacuate this position, as 1t was
recognized that the only question was
how long the defenders would be able
to hold out.
The grand dukes decision apparently
was due to the strategical position OF
the fortress. So long as the Russians
retained it they were able to stop com
munication on the Vistula river. Novo
Georgevsk is nineteen miles northwest
of Warsaw, and is situated at the
junction of the Vistula, Narew and
Wkra rivers. On account of it's posi-
ton it was described by an Associated
Press correspondent who visited 1t
yesterday a second Vicksburg.
Invested for Two Weeks.
For nearly two weeks the fortress had
been completely invested by the Germans
and several Of the outlying forts were
ca aptured earlier this week.
Noro Georgevsk was strongly defend
ed and was said to have been equipped
with sufficient ammunition and food sup
plies for long period. Its speedy cap
ture doubtless represents another triumph
for the great German and Austrian siege
guns. Iieces of the heaviest caliber were
brought up for the attack.
Fighting Near Brest Litovsk.
BERLIN, August 20.-The continued
advance of the German and Austro-Hun-
garian troops on the 18th in the move
ment to encircle Brest Litovsk is de-
scribed by the correspondent of the Ale
gemine Zeitung at Austrian press head
quarters. The desperate resistance Of the
Russians was broken at many points and
they were forced to retire to prepare de-
fenses in the immediate vicinity Of the
The right wing Of Field Marshal Won
from the south.
An Austro-Hungarian army corps
was pushed across the Bug east OF
Dobrynka. Arcnduke Joseph Ferdi-
rands troops advanced from Janow
and narrowed the circle. Northwest of
Brest Litovsk the Germans forced q
across the Bug at several
points.
Civil Population Suffers.
The Russian retreat from Peland 10
reported to b attended by unprsesdsatsd
and indeseSfbabis misery amoA6 the
,ivil population. German olaosrs re-
g.