New Britain herald., 1915-08-07
Fort Dembe, Part of Warsaw Qualifications, Falls Into the
 Hands of KaiSer'S Forces
RUSSIAN TROOPS
 PROBABLY TRAPPED

Soon Fall Before Drive of Teutons- Italians Capture Monte San Mi- chele, & Position Which Threatens Gorizia, .
 Tiic threat of danger % the Rus sian troops who evacuated Warsaw and are supposed to be still making . f,.eir way eastward into Russia, seemed today to be greatest from the north.
 The advance of the German forces iS the territory southwes, oi Dvinsk Is set forth at considerable detail in news Jespatches from London, and this military movem ent. supported by 4 a.lroai connections from Libau and Skavi,. constitutes, i;l the opinion of British observers, real menace to the for ces of Grand Duke Nicholas.
 An indication of the cxyenr of the German progress in tho Baltic prov inces of Russia. is found !n q despatch .rora Copenhagen whic,, saysf that the 1, city of Kovno, some fifty miles to the west of Wilma is being evacuated by the Russian municipal officials as well ss by the civilian popuiation. Fur thcrmorc Riga, at the mouth Of the river Dvina, is expected to pass to German possession at any time.
 Greece Holding Out.
 A news despatch from Athens indi- cates that Greece is holding out against the Allies in their evident . effort to win this country, a key to fhe entire Balkan situation, to their side. The adherence of Bulgaria and Kunania is dependent largely on the attitude of Greece.
 Italian forces are reported to have captured Monte San Michele on the Austrian frontier, 3 position which threatens Gorizia. Six British Ships Sunk.
 A London despatch announces that eix fishing boats have been sunk by a German submarine and Danish steamer set on fire.
 The official statement of the French war office recites the continuance of sshand grenade fighting and artillery Y exchanges The engagements q with grenades were very spirited in the Afgonne and German attack on Hill No. 213 was repulsed.
 Swedish Minister Denies Rumor.
 The rumor in London that Sweden might take part in the war, fighting against Russia, has brought state- ment from the Swedish minister in the British capital that Sweden's deter naination to remain neutral is as firm as ever.
 The correspondents in Warsaw of two Berlin newspapers telegraph that the inhabitants of the Polish rapital welcomed the incoming German sol- diers with every sign of enthusiasm and rejoicing. Very little damage was done to the city proper, according to these despatches.
 }, Germans Take Fort Dembe.
 Berlin, Aug. 2, via London, D. m. Fort Dembe, comprising part of the Warsaw notifications on the right bank of the vistula river, has been captured by German troops, occord Ing to an official statement given out today hy the Germany army head. quarters staff.
 Trying to Envelope Russians.
 London, Aug. T, 12:05 p. m.-Hold- Ing the bridge heads at Warsaw over the Vistula River, the most formid able military obstacle in eastern Eu- rope, Germany and Austria-Hungary having conquered the river line and with it invaded Russian territory for an average depth of one hundred miles along a front from the Baltic to Bukowina, are now throwing thei1 z forces forward in an endeavor tf accomplish what Russia's allies have DO feared the complete envelopment of the Russian armies
 The British press passing it's opin. ions on Petrcgrad despatches and the lack of reports to the contrar, from either Berlin or Vienna, is in clined to the view that the forces O. Grand Duke Nicholas retired from Warsaw virtually intact; but ther, Is an increasing disposition not ts minimize the seriousness of the sit nation as 1t still exists, and tn. anxiety of the quadrup1e power seems to be manifested in renewe, pressure to bring the Balkan state ;. in line on the side of the enten4 ( powers.
 Sweden Now Restless
 Qniescent Sweden is now restless and even so conservative neWspape as the London Morning Post find cause for comment in Sweden's grow Ing hostility to Russia as stimulatet by German success in Poland.
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