The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-18
DWINSK DRIVE COSTS
RUSSIA 1,449 MEN
Won Hindenburg Forces Cars
Troops Back at Several
Points.
PETROGRAD CLAIMS GAIN
special Cable Despatch 10 The srN.

Special Cable Despatch 10 TIM srN.
LONDON. Oct. 1.-THE German War
Ofce In its statement to-day claims the
burs's troops Of lao Russian soldiers
and nine officers west of Dwinsk and
south of Smorgon. AS these two places
arc In two entirely different and widely
separated sections of the theatre OF war
In western Russia the precise i'm
p%ortance n effect of these reported
captures cannot be Judged.
Dwinsk, the important fortified city
and railroad junction, connected by rail
with Riga In the west. wilma in the
south and with Petrograd and smolensk
In Russia proper. has been for long the
s~tubbornly fought for objective of the
Germans. Smorgan is about half way
between the wilma and Molodetschno
sector of the Minsk-Kovno railroad.
South of Smorgon" must be necessarily
in the wilma Molodetschno-Lida triangle,
where H~indenburg tried but failed to
entrap the entire Russian wilma army.
Severe fighting appears to have been
renewed in the DwinsK-Riga-Mitau sec
tor. Here the Germans claim to have
thrown the Russians out Of their posi-
tons over the Missa.
The Petrograd official statement on
the other hand claims "A success at Great
Eckau. between Dwinsk and Mitau.
where the German statement says Rus
sian attacks were repulsed.
Il.snntrha. s.n,, ...,x 49,
Russian military observers, pointing TO
the extraordinary fertilization work
undertaken by the Germans In the
region OF Jacobstadt. now resembling
permanent bulwarks. believe the resump-
ton OF the operations in the Riga Sec
ton are calculated by tho Germans TO
divert the Russians from the Dwinsk
front and from the southwestern and
southern theater, now gaining more and
more In significance because of the Bal
kan developments.
The Daily Mars correspondent at
Odessa telegraphs that "A new order has
been issued TO the Russian southern arm
les directing them not to spare ammuni-
ton. The munition supplies, he adds.
are now fully organized and the output
IL several times greater than IL was tour
months ago.
The German War Office issued the fol-
lowing statement respecting operations
In Russia.
The Russians were driven back over
the Missa. north and northeast Of
Great Eckau. Strong Russian attacks
before Dwinsk were repulsed. We took
min officers and LAO men.
From the army group OF Prince
Leopold OF Bavaria there is nothing
TO report.
The army group under Gen. o
Linsingen threw the Russians over the
Styr near Mulczyce.
The following official statement was
issued by the petrograd War Office to-
night:
Southwark Of Rig the enemy cap
tured the station Of Harrozen. but the
Russians Immediately recaptured IL.
At Great Eckau We pressed the Ger
mans into the region II James. At the
railway station OF Neugut. southwark
of Riga, hghting is in progress. cur
aeruplanes threw bombs upon trains
and the enemys rear service.
At Jacobstddt a bumbardment is in
progress.
At Dwinsk the enemy attacked.
-Four attacks We're made OF Schloss-
berg, westward OF IlluNt.
An attack on the village of Posi-
lima was rcpulscd. At Shishkovo.
northward Dt Lake SNouieu. attacks
were ropulsed and the Germans killed
o. captured. Between Lakes Drlsiaty
and Dcmnon lighting is in progress.
At ErukliShky and Got.my the Ger
mans are rendering resistance.
At the village of Ustje. westward of
Lake Boginskoit, W. broke through the
eucmy's position and crossed the river
DriSNiaty.
We seized the village Of Kaiilo-
N1chy on the Styr, aboN" Chartorisk,
also the village II Westkarpilovka,
westward of Dcruzllro.
\ despatch f'om Tetrograd says a
state of WAL has been declared for Mos
COW by an imperial ukase.
This action Is believed to he the re-
suit of recent riots and disturbances.
several violent clashes having occurred
between civilians. especially students,
and the police.
There are also indications thai, the
manufacture Of war supplies. n great
deal Of which comes from his important
Russian city. has not been proceeding AT
the rate ncceSsitated. The continued in
flux Of refugees from western Russia
also has hampcred the normal progress
OF affairs in Moscow.