New Britain herald., 1915-07-27
TEUTQNnC FORCES CONTINUE ADVANCE TOWARD WARSAW Germans Attacking Defenses Eff teen Miles Northwest Of
 Polish Capital RUSSIANS REPULSE
 SEVERAL ATTACKS H rS..s
Forty Sailing Vessels Laden With Coal for Germany Destroyed in Black Sea Casualties in Fighting on Aus tro-Italian Line Heayy-A American Steamer Held Up bs Dutch Warship in Java Sea.

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 Steamer Held Up by Dutch Warship
 in Java Sea.
 The British army and the British navy nave lost, from the beginning ! of the war to July 20. nearly one year, a total of sso,ss5 men In killed, 5 wounded and missing. or these Tn the army.
 The total of officers killed in the army and the navy is t4,312.
 Teutons Continue Advance.
 2 The German advance on Warsaw continues today to be the most i'm portant developm ent in the field Of war It is being conducted with energy and the Russian resistance has brought furious fighting along a wide front.
 Nevertheless the latest reports in- dicate that the German movement tc envelope the Polish capital is pro gressing.
 German Attacks Repulsed.
 A Russian official report admits that the Germans are attacking the advance defenses of NovogeorHe fifteen miles northwest of Warsaw. but at the same time relates several instances in which the Germans have been either repulsed or unsuccessful l4n their attacks. Tnis is notable at Pull tusk, thirty miles north of Warsaw. At Ivangored also attacks by German troops have been successfully re- pulsed The battle is still raging on .Falmost the whole front between the -Eieprz and, the Bug rivers. Further more, Pefrogrsd announces the de- sHuction in the Black sea of forty sailing vessels laden with coal for 1ermany The casualties in the fight ing on the Italo-Austrian frontier have latterly been very heavy, accord- ing to d news despatch received by the Tribune of Geneva. Those on the Italian side include General Antoine Cantore, who was killed in battle while at. the head of his men
 An American steamer. the Mayer ick, has been held up in the Java sea , By a Dutch warship as suspect No Changes in West
 There have been no developments of any moment on the western front The French official report Of today re- cords few minor arrangements, but shows no changes of importance
 German Attacks Driven Back.
 Petrograd, July 2S..via London J uly Z 27a SOS a. m.---G Herman attacks-south- east of Pultuisk have been driven back. but they are battering at the advanced defcnsss of Novogergievsk, ; according to an official statement is-f sued tonight at the headquarters of the general staff Assaults against the advanced fortifcations of Ivan gorod also have been successfully re- pulsed, the Russians claim, while a3 terrific battle still is in progress on almost the entire front between the vieprz and Bug rivers. The text of the communication fol-. lows
 Tn the direction of Tukum to- wards Shlok (nnidway between Tu- kum and Rigal the eneriy's offensive which began Saturday was repulsed with the assistance of ships guns levi- ] dently on vessels in the gulf of Riga.)
 forth of the Niemen the enemy approached the Pornewiaz-Keydany front. AsO On the road to Kovno from , the sovGhwest there has been some fighting.
 Teutons Thrown Back
 "on the Narew front the enemy continues unsuccessfully to attack our positions on the Pissa river near the village of Sinvatki. South of Rozan, after a stoubborn encounter with the Germans who had crossed the Narew, we threw them back il, the region near the mouth of the Org as far as the village of that name.
 Southwest of Pultusk (north of WarsaNsJ the enemy's attacks were repulsed. Small engageme ents were begun with the advanced defenses of Noyogergievsk. 3
 Russians Repu1se Attacks.
 Ion the left bank of the yistn1a enemy attacks on Ivangorod's ad- vanced works were repulsed with sue cess. Between the yistu1a and Vie- prz the artillery duel continues. Between the Vieprz and the Bug the battle continues with great in tensity On 25th the enemy attacked along this whole front with the ex- ception of the immediate vicinity Of the vieprz.
 Successful Counter Attack.
 NortSi of Grubechow the enemy delivered an energetic attack with strong forces. but our troops re- pulsed most all the assaults and sue cessful1y eounter-attacked. There
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