New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-31
GERMANS BRACE
FORCES FOR NEW
COURLAND DRIVE
Beseler Moves to North
Russians Driven Into
Pripet Marshes.
INVADERS CENTRE
EFFORTS ON GRODNO
London Observers Declare Halt
Must Come with the
Autumn Equinox.

London, Aug. 30.--Checked recently
b the stiffness Of the Russian stand
at Riga, q menace TO the German rear,
Won Hindenburg's forces are ready for
new drive along the Dvina in Cour
land. Berlin announces that the troops
Of Won Beseler, the battering ram Of
Antwerp and Novo Georgievsk, are sta
toned in the region surrounding the
bridgehead south Of Friedrichstadt.
Vienna, toe, hints of fresh offensive
in the north.
In Southwestern Russia, in the Brest-
Litovsk region, the Austrlans and Ger
mans are chiefly concerned in driving
Grand Duke Nicholas's armies further
into the Pripet marshes. evidently with
the hope Of repeating the early success
of the Germans in the MaZurian Lake
region of East Prussia.
To the northwest, in the sector lying
only a short distance TO the east of
the East Prussian frontier, Berlin re-
ports an advance Of the Teutons and
the capture of the town Of Lipsk, lying
just west of the Fortress Of Grodno on
which the aims Of the Germans now
/ are evidently centred.
With the opening of the autumn
months the military observers are d.
recting attention to the fact that the
Russian equinoctial storms are due to
begin about October 81. They assert
that they are the danger limit TO mill
tary operations in the eastern field. II
Is recalled by some of these observers
that the autumnal equinox marked the
/ ,svrr IN,
pGign. The first warning was light
snowfall. preceding the equinox, but
soon afterward heavy SHOWS fell and
with them came disaster TO the invader
GERMAN OFFICIAL.
The official statement giveo on, at
Berlin says:
Army group of Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg: The troops Of General
Won Beseler are stationed in the re-
giOn surrounding the bridgehead
south Of Friedrichstadt. In an
engagement east of the Niemen the
army of General Won Eichhorn
reached a point northeast Of Olita.
An additional 1000 prisoners and
seven cannon were captured. In the
direction of Grodno, the town of
Lipsk, on the Bobr River, was taken
by storm and the enemy forced to
surrender The Widra. a tributary Of
the Sukelka, was crossed by our
troops The eastern border Of the
forest directly east Of Bielostok has
been reached at several points.
Army group of Prince Leopold: In
the Bieloviezh Forest fighting goes on
for possession of the crossing over
the Upper Narew. German and Aus
Hungarian troops under General
Won Woyrsch drove the enemy out Of
his position at Suchodol, on the east
ern border OF the forest, and at
Szereszowo, and are now closely pur-
suing him.
Army group of Field Marshal Won
Mackensen: In order to render pos
sible the retreat Of their rear guard
divisions through the marsh district
the Russians made a stand once more
yesterday on a line in the Koddubno
district south of Kobrin. They were
defeated, although they brought back
and threw into the battle some d.
visions which previously had been
falling back.
AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL.
The following official statement was
given out by the Austrian War Office
tonight:
The armies Of Generals Pfsnzer,
Baltin and Bothmer have advanced
to Stripa. At several points the en-
envy attempted to arrest our pursuit,
but was everywhere repulsed. Espe-
cially stubborn resistance had TO be
broken at the lower KOropice rivulet.
The troops of General 9oehmE Err
molli encountered strongly manned
positions east Of ZlocZow and on the
line running from Bialy-Kamien
across Toporow 10 Radziechow. The
enemy was attacked and repulsed at
several points along this front.
In Volhynia our forces advancing
toward Lutsk gained ground. Swi-
niuchy and other places stubbornly
defended by the enemy were taken.
Austro- Hungarian troops fighting
in the Bieloviezh region defeated lhe
Russians near Szereszowr and are
pursuing them toward Pruszany.