, 1915-08-07

they are also making Il vigorous effort to
force a passage on the Niemem between kov-
40 and Grodno. This last is for the Russians
the most disquietin9 district on the battle
line, as the Germans are putting forth all
their strength. Beyond Cholm the AuStrO-
Germans are making some progress, but
their operations before Warsaw have npp0-
rentIy reached q standstill. Several AZ cell
timetre guns for the bombmdnent Of The
Russian forts have pissed Though Berlin for
the front. Few details reach London con-
cerLing the abandonment of Warsaw, but
apparently the time has not arrived for the
Russians to rtlinquish their increasingly pre-
clouS hold on the capital, no word of it's eva
cuation having arrived. From I|vangorod
eastward to Cho}m and beyond the Russians
have been complied to abandon the RAILWAYS,
but are fighting desperately to check the nd
vance Of Field AIarshu! yor Mackensen
nolthwurd into Poland, Il movement which
seriously threatens the Russian centre retir-
ing from Warsaw.
The Admiral commanding the Eastern
Mediterranean reports that n British sub,
murine, operating in the Son Of Marmora, has
|torpeloed a steamship Of three thousand
tons off the pier at Mudania, The explosion
being very heavy. \ small steam vessel
close to Korabo9La bay has also been torpe-
0CCNts "A Lupus AIVuH 0Cll9' Nul llOIlG B(lllIIA
that a gunboat had been torbedoed il The
Sea of AImmoru about this time possi| ly
refers to this occasion. Tolpedoes were
fired at lighters alongside the arsenal ut
Constantinoplo, causing heavy explosions,
but the results were not seen. The Z itlun-
Ik powder mills were fired Vt, but owing to
the darkness the le@ult was not uscertniued.
The railway was cut one mile west of Jara
burned ana bombarded, the line being
blocked temporarily, so that n troop train
was unable to pass. 1t WINS fired ut as it
steamed back and three carloads Of ammuni-
ton we're blown up.
The Admiralty reports that a BRtish sub
marine upon returning to its base brought
news Of the sinking Of u German torpedo
boat destroyer On July 26th near the German
coust, believed to have been of the G 1876
class.
A Petrograd official communiquG states
that a British submarine operating in the
Baltic has sunk il large German transport,
but. rs in the case of the bnttIoship "Pom~
ern", no details are given.
Dispatches from Athens state that persons
arriving from Constantinople report TINT
three thousand buildings, including II Ger
man hospital filled with wounded, were
burned last week.
The correspondent Of the "Times" at Myth
lene states That nn important iron bridge
connecting Gulatu with Constautiuople has
b en- blown up by a submarine.
General Sin Ian Hamliton reports as fol-
lows con Monday, on the right of the
position held by the Australian and Newton
land corps, Il successful attack was carried
out against Il network of Turkish trenches
which was beginning to threnten the safety
of an advanced post called the "Tusmnnian
post. The attack consisted of IL lombard
ment of the ueighbouring works md the
explosion of three mines under sections Of
the trenches. Some sections were occupied
at once, while another section was raised
with the bayonet. No Turkish couuter-nt-
tack was made and at least seventy Turks
were killed in and around the work The
result has been the gnin OF the crest Of Il
ridge materially imp owing our position III
that section of the line.
The Germans have again used fumes in
their attack in the Argonne region, a VIC
leut offensive being launched simultaneously
with the discharge of flaming liquid direc-
ted against he French lines. They succeed
ed in gaining a foothoId III the French'
trenches, but a counter-attack retrieved
most of the ground lost, according to Il Paris
bulletin. North of ArraS the French report