The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25
GERMANS REPORT
FALL OF DVINSK
Hard Fighting Continues Along
Entire Eastern Front from
Riga to Rumania.
RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE IN SOUTH
Cars Forces Driving Teutons Back
Across River Stripa-Germans
Advance in North and Center.

London, Sept 1.-THE capture OF
the Russian city OF Pinsk. about 100
miles east OF Brest-Litovsk, was an
nounced today at the German army
headquarters
Stern battles are being fought all
along the eastern front from Riga to
the Rumanian border. and while the
Germans continue to advance slowly
in the north and center, the Russians
in the south are repeating their sue
ceSses against the Austro-German
armies, which now are being driven
back across the River Stripa in Ga
hcia and have been forced to retire
westward, north OF the Galician from
tier
Keep Teutons Busy.
While these Russian victories nat
urally are welcomed in Russia and
the allied countries as an evidence
that the Russian arms still are able
10 take the offensive when well sup
piled with ammunition, there is no
inclination to exaggerate their i'm
portance. The engagements, however
keep the Austro-Germans busy and
make it imperative to send reinforce
ments southwark, which could be used
to better advantage in the north.
where operations of much greater mo
ment are being directed by Field Mar
shall Won Hindenburg.
To the south of Wilma toward Grod-
no. the Russians are Offering stubborn
resistance and have the Germans firm
iy held. Something of the same kind
has happened in the center; Prince
Leopold has been delayed in his ad-
vance Field Marshal Won Macken-
sen has passed his forces through the
Pripet marshes and is now in posses
sion of Pinsk From this point south
ward the Russians are advancing and
have re-occupied a number of villages.
But they are not likely 10 push their
advantage much further as TO do so
would make their northern flank vuI-
nerable
Car Calls More Troops
A good deal of importance is at
tached to the decision of Russia to call
to the coloTs the reserves of the terri
torial army. This fresh call would
mean the possible addition of S,OO0,O coo
men to the Russian armies.
With Russia now well supplied with
munitions, her allies, who have been
supplying her. now are able to turn
their attention to their own armies
and in consequence there is no cessa-
ton in the artillery engagements
ments which have been so marked in
the west for several weeks past
Germans Slowing Up.
London, Sept 16.-FTeId Marshal
Won Hindenburg's drize toward the
Dvinsk-Vilna Railway is not progress
ing as fast as his previous enterprises
Of similar kind have done, and ex-
cept at one or two places about mid
way between these towns where his
cavalry have cut the railway, he is
still being stubbornly opposed by the
Russians.
SIaVs Attack in caIicia.
Along the rest OF the line the Ger
man advance also has slowed up.
while in GaIicia the Russians still are
attacking. and, according to unofficial
reports from Bucharest and other
places, the Austro-German armies are
falling back across the Dniester river
Just north of the Galician border the
Russians also are on the offensive and
are making an attempt to recapture
the Fortress OF Dubno, which the Aus
TRANS took last week
This offensive on the south, it is
believed, will have an effect on the
rest of the front, as reinforcement
must soon be sent there or the leu
tonic allies will run the danger OF be
ing outf1anked. Despite this, the Aus
TRANS have sent achievements
against Italy and have at some parts
OF the line assumed The offensive The
country is so rough, and the Italians.
since they declared war, have been so
successful in capturing important pO-
sitiOns for defense, that an advance by
the AustTians cannot for some time
threaten the defenders The opera
tons, however, are likely to take on
more interesting character
West Artillery Battles Go On.
The heavy guns continue their bonn
hardment along the western front, and
in the Vosges another battle is in
progress for possession of HaFtmans-
Weilerkopf, which has changed hands
often in the last few months