The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-09
GERMANS WITHIN
1s MILES OF WILMA
Capture WOlkowysk, Threaten
Railways Over Which
Russians Retreat.
HOPE TO FORCE A BATTLE
s,,c,oI cable D,.potch TO var suS.

SperiaI Cab,e Despdtch to Tar Sun.
LoNpoN. Sept. S.-The Germans cap
tured wolkowysk. an important railway
town thirty-one miles east OF Slonim
Yesterday and secured n footing In the
eastern suburbs OF wilma at a towr
called Nowo Troki. This place IL only
| thirteen miles from the centre OF wilma
which is one OF the major points in the
new line OF Russian defence.
on the road to Pinsk. east OF Brest'
Litovsk, the Russians are still holding
the Germans at the Jeslolda River. The
Berlin official statement to-day merely
saws that the battle In this region has
not yet been decided.
In Galicia as well the Russians are
apparently continuing to check the Aus
TRAN advance.
The official German statement to-day
says
Army group OF Field Marshal von
H~indenburg In the region OF Daud-
sewed (near F'riedrichsstadt) our d.
visions are making further progress.
Troops OF Gen. Won army
obtained possession Of "A few narrow
strips OF ground intersecting the lakes
near Novo Troki, southwest of Wilma
after some fighting.
Between Jeziory and Wolkowysk
our attack In making progress. VOL
kowysk itself and the hills east and
north Of II ave been captured, $500
prisoners remaining in our hands. to-
gether with four machine guns.
Army group OF Prince Leopold OF
Bavaria The enemy has been de-
fested In the region of Izabelin, south
east OF Wolkowysk. Further south
this division is advancing toward the
tributaries OF the Rivers Selwtanko
and Rubanka.
Northeast Of Prushany Austro-Hun-
garian troops are forcing their way
northward through the marshes OF
that district. More than 1000 prison.
ers have been taken.
Army group of Field Marshal Won
Mackensen: The battles on the
Jasiolda River and east Of Drogitschin
have not yet been ecide
southeastern theatre of war A
Russian counter attack at Tarnopol
was repulsed. Further south, in the
region west OF Ostrow, the enemy ad-
vance was brought To "A standstll by
IA counter attack.
To-day's Russian official statement
announcing the defeat of two German
divisions and the capture OF $50 SOL
diers, 80 German cannon. and "A num-
Der Of machine guns, is "A fabrication.
No German soldiers retreated one
step, and no cannon and no machine
guns have fallen into the hands of
the enemy. The counter attack by a
German regiment resulted in the ad-
vancing enemy being driven back a
considerable distance. one OF our
regiments took $50 prisoners.
The Austrian official statement ISSUED
at Vienna to-day was as follows
The enemy was forced to retreat
on a front hfty-six miles beyond lkwa
while our troops pursued him..
Severe lighting developed en- the
Sereth River. German counter at
tacks repulsed the Russians near
Tarnopol.
The correspondent OF the Tunes a
Petrograd telegraphs that the German
are apparently rushing operations to Sc
cure control al the north and south rail
way system from Riga to Dubno, an,
during the last twenty-four hours hav
made notable progress. The Russians
he says, are IN retreat from Grodn
toward Mosty Lids and exposed con
s'autly To- the menace OF intercoption an
development. TIE Germans also seer
to he following the Russians In the direC
ton OF Ba%ranuvitsChi.
The respondent mentions othe
points toward which the German ar
pushing the Russians, n believes tina
all operations now point to the objec
OF forcing "A decisive engagement b
means OF enyelop!ng and o|utfiankin