, 1915-08-11

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After the announcement Of the capture of
Warsaw Berlin issued the following state
meut: ''Ihe Germans under Generals Won
Scholz and Won Gnllwilz have advanced IN
the direction of the road between Lomzn,
Ostrov and Syszkov and fought n number of
violent engagements, the brave and desper-
ate resistance Of the Russians on both sides
of the road between OstrUy and Rozan being
without success.
A Petrograd official communicate states:
can extremely desperate buttle was foughto on
Thursday on II sector of the Ole river, where our
troops vlgor ously counter-attacked the enemy
who crossed the stream at several points. West
of Warsaw and south Of Bloni road we sue
c~essfully repulsed the Germnn attacks, the
enemy suffering enormous losses in his adj
vance to our wire defences, where he was
stopped by our fire. At many points locnl
successes ending with q snort pursuit ena-
bled our troops to occupy wlthoui mhdrance
a new and advantageous front on the eft
bank of the Bug and in the iii ecton OF Via
dimir, WoIynsk and Kovel. In the IvNngo-
rod district our troops, unmolested by the
enemy crossed to the right bank Of the Wis
tuln, blowing up the bridges behind them
Refugees from Warsaw. who have arriyeda at
Moscow, say that Warsaw was denuded Of
everything useful to theGermans. The factories
were stripped Of machinery and all wal stores
were removed to tht interior. The Govern
ment of the city was left to the Polish popu-
lation.
The Russians are preparing to evacuate
Riga, the arrival Of the Germans ten miles
south thereof having already caused civilians
to depart.
The correspondent Of the Times" at Pc
troglad states that the War Office has not
nu, horized an official note Of any kind to be
issued regarding the desirabiIity OF an Allied
offensive IN the West.
Berlin and Vienna official bulletins agree
that Iyungorod was captured on Thursday.
The Germans have broken through the line
from Novo Georgieysk and advanced in the
direction of the Narew river.
A Petrogrnd official communique states
that Noyo Ge0rgieysk is prepared for a siege
and has already been invested.
Advices from Rome state that 10000 Ger
mans are reported to have been sent to the
Tyrol to aid the AustriHns and are concern
trQted Mt Innsbruck and Trent, guarding
the railway TO the interior Of AuStslu, which
is threatened by any Italian victory III the
fighting on the Isonzo. 1t is reported that
German artillery is in position at RoveredQ
which place the lt8llahS are now DOmDArd-
ing. Germany has not declared war against
Italy, nor has the latter gone beyond a de-
clarntion of war again t 4 Austria.
The Germans IN the Vo4ges have sue
ceeded in gaining a foothold ON the Lingc-
kopf, this being admitted IN Il French official
bulletin. under cover of n terrific artillery
fire lasting most of The night. The Germans
charged up the slopes and captured a part of
the trenches on the crest, a French counter
attack failing. At Col du Schrutz ANN, a
height dominating the Feeht vail y, a Ger
man assault carried one French b.ockhouse,
but Paris claims that it was regaInod 10y Il
counter-attack in winch the Germans sui
fered heavily.
The Admiralty announces that SIX mer-
chuntmer, aggregating 1857 tons, we're ter
pedoed and ten fishing vessels, ~aggregatinS
G84 tons, were sunk during this week end
mo fourth instant. The total arrivals and
departures of steamers being 1853. Six
lives were lost on one of the trawIers and
among the vessels sunk was the steamer
's1lidlnnd Queen.
A Reuters despatch from Christiania states
that Germany has informed Norway that the
sinking of the Norwegian steamer "Minerva"
in May last was due to circumstances which
led the commander of the submarine to be
lieve that the vessel was British, she h S