New Britain herald., 1915-08-27
RUSSIANS FALLING BACK, EvACuA7E
 OLITA FORTRESS
Teutons Capture 5,95O Prisoners and Much War Material in
 Fighting Around Kovno
FRENCH DROP BOMBS
 ON GERMAN FACTORY

Kaiser's Airnen Attack Clermont-E En-
 <Argonne-FrenchC Capture Trenches
 in Argonne-Turks Repulse Attack
 of Allies at dul-Bahr-Another
 British Steamer Sunk-Greece and Entente Reach Trade Agreement. The Russians, falling back under | German pressure along the line from 1 the east of Kovno southWard to Gredno, have evacuated the Fortress of Olita, 30 miles south of Kovno. The retreat of the Russians toward K the Niemen in the region to the south of lolita is being harrassed by Field ] Marshal Won Hindenburg's forces. \ Gen..Von Gallautz reports the capture M of 3, 800 prisoners and five machine { guns
 . as. More Prisoners Captured. < In the fighting to the southeast of Mitau. in Courland, and east of Kov no, 2,45O prisoners, four cannon and three machine guns were taken.
 Material advances are claimed for the Teutonic armies operating in the vicinity of Brest-Litovsk, the capture of which by the Germans was an- nounced yesterday
 Bombards German Factory.
 A French aviator has dropped ten shells on a German factory for mak- } ing asphyxiating gases at Dornach, Paris reports. a - French aeroplane squadrons have ' bomarded the railroad stations at )eMuelheim in Baden and at Ivoiry [ and Cierges in the Argonne. They also have dropped explosives on St. Baus- sant and Essey, Woevre districts. German airmen have made an at tack with bombs on Clerm ont -En-Ar- gonne. #|' French Front Strengthened. The French front north of Sonder- mach in the Vosges has been straight eIe,d by the taking of several trenches which the Germans tried in vain to recap pture, the French war office l claims. Another strike of coal miners lr South Wales again threatens to cause l Q coal shortage in the British Isles. Already 25,000 miners have gone out. The miners are dissatisfied with the arbitration award following the re- cent strike.
 Turks Repulse Allies. Latest news from the Dardanelles comes through the war office at Con- stantinople which reports the repulse of weak attacks against the Turkish Tleft wing at Seddul-Bahr
 The sinking of the British steamer kPa4mgrove, presumably by a Ger )man submarine, is reported by Lon- (don. The crew was saved.
 The first reported act of the Ven- |izelos ministry in reaching an agree
 ment for greater trade privileges be- tween Greece and the powers of the
 quadruple entent, with prohibition
 against re-exportation by Greece to the central powers Or Turkey. is ~commented upon in Paris as augur- ing well for further negotiations.
 Russians Evacuate Olita.
 Berlin, Aug. 27, Via. London, 3:3O r. m.-The Russian fortress of Olita on the Niemen river, thirty milees scuth of Kovno, has been evacuated Cficial announcement to this effect A as made here today.
 Tn all the wide sweep of Russian territory south of the Baltic provinces which has been covered during the great Austro-German offensive move ment the fortress of Grodno is now the only strongly defended position re- nlaining in the hands of the Russians. Olita was on the principal Russian 1 line of defense, midway between Kov- no, already in the hands of the Ger mans, and Grodno. It is about fifty miles southwest of the important rail- road center of Wilma, which is on the direct trunk line to Petrograd.
 Olita is the ninth important fortress to fall before the invaders in the last three weks.
 Teutons in White Russia.
 handon, Aug. 7, 1:17 p. m.-The ? Austro- invaders have not only pressed their opponents into old Russia, beyond the political borders of Ancient Poland, but have pene- trated well beyond the district Of Russia proper, inhabited by the Poles This enormous advance has now reaehed a stage in which the troops of Emperor Nicholas are fighting for existence on the soil of White Russia which for the first time during this war is feeling the effects of nvasion
 The main object of the German at tack around Brest-Litovsk for a num- Der of days has been the railroad run ming eastward from the fortress tow ard Moscow. This line, with a branch running in a southeasterly direction provided the means for Russian evac-
 uation of the fortress. The Austro- Ger1lan advance against this railroad has been so slow that it is believed
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