Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-14
ATTACKS
MADE ON KOvNO
BY GERMANS
Field Marshall Won Hidenberg
Selected to Lead Main
Attack.
RUSSIANS AT SOME
POINTS HELD THEIR OWN.
Teutonic Attacks on West Front
in France Without
Results.

Won Hindenberg, upon whom the most
difficult tasks are imposed, has per-
scnally taken command Of thu Ger
man army attacking Kovno, and, ac-
cording to the German official report
issued tonight, has made further
progress in the fighting against the
Russians in that region.
The selection of Germany's nation
al hero for the duty of capturing the
fortress of Kovno, which stands be-
tween the Germans and Wilma and
the Warsaw-Petrograd railway, is an
indication of the importance which
the German general staff attaches to
this operation.
Evacuate kovno.
The news that the civilians had
commenced to evacuate Kovno, as
well as Wilma, led to the belief in
many quarters that the Russians had
either decided to give them up or
had no hope of holding the point.
Now, however, they are fighting hard
to retain both cities and in the latest
official report from Petrograd, 1t is
claimed taht the Russians have re-
pulsed the German attack, except at
one point, where a desperate artil-
lery engagement Is in progress.
Advancing Rapidly.
Further north, between POnieWesch
and Dvinsk where General Won Bue.
low, a week ago, was advancing rap.
idly toward the railway, the Germans
apparently have suffered a setback,
for the Russians now speak Of press.
ing them and declare they have reoc.
cupied t.1e town Of Toviny, which is
considerably west Of the point to
which the Germans had penetrated.
Developing Slowly.
South of Riga, also, the Germans
are said to be doing little more than
holding their own, SO that the talk OF
advance toward Petrograd seems to
be developing very slowly.
On the other hand, tle Germans
continue to drive in the Russians to
the northeast and east of Warsaw,
and with the capture Of Siedlce, are
within short distance of the Bug
river, one of the main supports OF
the Brest-Litovsk lines, which 1t was
believed the Russians originally in
tended to hold, but which the German
offensive to the northeast may pre-
vent
Continues His Attempt.
The German crown prince contin-
,les his attempt to pierce the French
line in the forest of Argonne. He
has had a few local successes, but
the losses he has sustained In the
series of attacks are declared to have
been very heavy. The Germans also
have attacked in ArtOis, but without
success, according to the French aa.
count. fN
Two Zeppelins last night visited
the east coast of England, dropping
bcmbs. Six persons were killed, %
injured and IA houses were seriously
damaged. ..
This is the sixteenth air raid in
England since the commencement of
the war and in all 76 persons nave
been killed and It's injured, while two
Zeppelins on their way home were de-
stroyed, and one of these, which took
part in last nights raid, is believed
to have been damaged by antl-alr
craft guns.
The ministry of marine tonight
made public the following official
communication: ar
yesterday morning, in the lower
Adriatic, the Austrian submarine
boat, Q-3, vas sunk. The second
officer and II men of the crew were
saved and made prisoners.
The Russian war Office, in an off,
cial communication, admits the evac-
uation of the towns of Sokolow. Sled
Ice and LuWok, to the east OF Waf-
saw. but claims chat the Germans
in the region Of Riga have been drlv'
en- back aud that near kovno, under
the pressure of the Russians, tnev
have abandoned their attack.
Reuters Telegram company las re-
ceiyed the following dispatch from
Christiania, Norway:
"The British auxiliary cruiser, In.
dia. was sunk by German suDma-
rine in Norwegian territorial waters,
according to the contention OF tho
Norwegian government
The India was torpedoed and sunk
by a German submarine on August
8.
Would Break With italy. i.
Reports have been received from
Constantinople that the Young Turks
held meeting at which Enver Pasha.
the Turkish war minister, argued the
necessity for breaking relations with
Italy and thus freeing Turkey from
the leading star the Italian ambas-
sador. and simultaneously adopting
severe measures against the Italians.
After a long discussion, It IL reported.
the meeting decided to postpone
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