New Britain herald., 1915-08-30
GERMANS HEADED
 FOR LAST RUSSIAN FORTRESSI POLAND
leutonS Take Town Of LipSk by
 Storm, Which Is Only TWen- . ty Miles From GrOdnO
CHARS. FORCES ROUTED
 EAST OF NIEMEN RIVER

Kaiser's Troops Capture 1,6OO Pris-. oners and Seven Cannon-Macl<en- sens Army Victorious South of Ko- brin-German Trenches Damaged In Argonne by Explosion of Mines and French Artillery Fire. Grodno, last of the great fortresses in Poland held by the Russians, now / Beems to be the objective of a Ger man drive. Berlin today reports the capture by storm of the town of Lipsk, about 20 miles to the west of the fortress, the Russians being com- pelled to surrender.
 General Won Eichhorn has defeated the Russians in a battle east of the ~Niemen, northeast of the fortress of Olita, recently taken by the Germans, capturing 1,6O0 prisoners and seven cannon, the German official state ment announces
 Mackensen's Forces Win.
 The defeat by Field Marshal Won Macknsen's troops of Russian forces which made a stand south of Kobrin while retreating in the marshy dis tricts east of Brest-Litovsk is report ed.
 German trenches at several points In the Argonne region were seriously damaged late on Sunday by the ex- plosion of mines and the pounding of the French artillery, according to to- days official rport from Paris.
 British Steamer Sunk.
 The sinking of the British steamer Sir William Stephenson of Newcastle, 1,500 vessel, presumably after hav- Ing been torpedoed by German sub- marine, is reported from London.
 Teutons Take Lipsk. . Berlin, Aug. 30, via London, 4:10 D. m.-German forces have made a further advance on the Russian for tress of Grodno, the only one of their fortified positions near the German border which still remains in possess sion of the Russians. Official an- nouncement was made here today of the capture of Lipsk, in northern Rus rsian Poland, about twenty miles to the west of Grodno.
 Text of Statement.
 The statement follows:
 ''There are no special incidents to report from the western theater of war.
 Eastern theater: Army group of ~,Tield Marshal Won Hindenburg-the troops of General Won Beseler are cfo in ho inc the bridgehead south of Friedrich stadt In an engagement east of the Niemen the army of Gen. Won Eich- born reached a point northest of Ol- ita An additional 1,60O prisoners and seven cannon were captured. In the direction of Grodno the town of Lipsk, on the Bohr river, was taken by storm and the enemy forced to surrender. The Widra, a tributary of the Sukelka, was crossed by our troops. The eastern border of the forest directly east of Bialystok has been reached at everal pointh.
 Russians Driven Back.
 "Army group of Prince Leopold .In the Bielobiezn Forest fighting goes on for possession of the crossing over the upper Narew. German and Aus tro-Hungarian troops under General Won Woyrsch drove the enemy out o1 his position at Sucholdol, on the east. ern border of the forest, and at Seer ezowo, and are now closely pursuing him.
 "Army group of Field Marshal Vor . Mackensen-In order to render pos sible the retreat of their rear guard divisions through the marsh district the Russians made a stand once more yesterday on a line in the Koddubnt district south of Kobrin. They wer defeated, although they brought bacl sions which previously had been fal @ling back
 Rrussian Lines Pierced.
 London, Aug. 30, 11:45 a. m.-Re ports from the eastern front indicat ing that the Austrians and German are engaged in an effort to clear tn last corner of Galicia still held b. -their opponents, have excited grea stnterest here The Russian lines o1 the upper Bug and the ZlOta Lips have been pierced, but it is not ye clear how serious a resistance is bein offered to the vast envelOping move ment from the south.
 Having lost Brest-Litovsk, Gran' Duke Nicholas cannot afford to hol the River positions in the south il the face of an important movement for to do so would endanger hi -.armies. The opinion is ventured b. ~some English critics that this lates move may conclude for the presen the great offensive effort against tn
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