Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-08-27
CAR LOSES
FORTRESS
OF OLITA
Germans Capture Ninth
Important Stronghold
in Three Weeks.
GRODNO ONLY STRONG
POSITION SLAVS HOLD
Surrender of Last City on Line
Expected Before Week
Ends.
BY the Associated Press.

ny Cne AeSoclhted Prese.
BERLIN, via London, Aug. n CS:S0
.. m)-The Russian fortress of Olita,
on the Niemen river, thirty miles
south of Kovno, has been evacuated
ofhcial announcement to this effect
was made here today.
The text of the statement by Ger
man army headquarters follows:
Western theater of war:
I'm Champagne and in the Meuse
Hills French works were destroyed
by mine explosions. In the Vosges
a weak advance by the French was
easily repulsed.
Eastern theater of war
Army group of Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg: Battles at Bausk and
Schoenberg, southeast of Mitau and
in the region east of Kovno con-
tinue. We took 2,45O Russians prison
oner and four cannon and three ma
chine guns were captured.
Olita Evacuated.
Southeast of Kovno the enemy was
defeated The fortress of Olita has
been evacuated by the Russians and
was occupied by us. Further south
German troops are advancing toward
the Niemen. The crossing over the
Berecowka tributary, east of the Os-
sowetz, has been won. The pursuit
Is being carried on along the entire
front between the Bobr and Such
awo1a on the Berecowka and in the
Biefovie2h forest On the 25th and
2sth the army of General Won Call
WITT took 1000 prisoners and cap
tured FIVE machine guns.
THE army Of Prince Leopold of
Bavaria Is continuing its course. Its
right wing has reached a. point
northeast of KamIeniez- Litovsk.
"Arrny group of Field Marshal Won
Mackensen:
Northeast of Brest- -Litovsk our
troops are approaching the high road
from Kamieniez- Litovsk to Mysozy-
oze Southeast of Brest- Litovsk the
enemy was driven baolsy-9crossa. the
tributary of the Ryta."
In all the wide sweep of Russian
territory south of the Baltic prov
inces which has ben covered during
the great Austro- German offensive
movement the fortress of Grodno is
now the only strongly defended posi-
ton remaining in the hands of the
Russians. Alta was on the prin-
cipal Russian line of defense, mid
way between Kovno, already In the
hands of the Germans. and Grodno.
II is about fifty miles southwest of
the important railroad center of
wilma. which Is on the direct trunk
line to Petrograd.
Ohta is the ninth important Rus
.sian fortress TO fall before the in
Vaders' in the last three weeks.
BY the Omitted Press.
BERLIN (via, The Hasue), Aug. a..
More than 900 prisoners, several
thousand cannon and enough rifles
to supply several army divisions have
been taken by the Austro- Germans
since the fall of Warsaw.
In the three weeks following the
fall Of the Polish capital the Slavs
have been driven hack more than 100
miles on their center. All their first
line defenses have been captured, and
the fall Of Brest Litovsk and Bielos-
tok leaves only the fortresses of
crodno, of the second line, still in
the hands Of the Grand Dukes troops.
Grodno's surrender to Won Hinden-
burg is expected before the end of
the week.
The Slavs in the north are now
hurrying their retreat upon wilma.
There is no indication that they will
attempt stand there and all dis
patches received here today lead to
the belief that the whole Russian
line will continue to fall back to the
Dvinsk-Pinsl1 line, counting upon the
swamps and the forests to halt the
German Advance.