The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-09-09
TEUTONIC RUSH
SLACKENS UP
Russians Putting Up Desperate
Resistance.
NO PROGRESS TOWARDS RIGA

Unable to Follow Up Their Drive on
the Russian Seaport, Which They
Expect to Capture.
London, Sept. 7.-Eyidence Of fur
ther determination of the Russians
to hold what little OF Galician terri
tory is still in their hands, and wher-
ever forced to retreat to render the
gains OF the Austro-Germans as cost
ly as possible in men and material. 10
given in the Austrian war Office state
ment issued in Vienna.
This statement tells OF q repetition
Of violent Russian attacks to the east
OF the Sereth river, though It adds
that "the enemy was repulsed every
where" A slackening of the Russian
offensive east of Brody and west Of
Dubno also is reported by the Aus
trian war Office.
The Germans apparently have not
been able to follow up by further pro-
gress toward Riga their capture last
Thursday OF the important bridge
head OF Freidrichstadt. In this par
ticular region there can be no ques-
tion OF the Teuton's determination to
dash ahead toward the great Russian
Baltic seaport and to permit no con-
siderations to interfere with their on
ward movement. IT is therefore to
be presumed that the Russians are
putting up a strong and stubborn re-
sistance, resolved to hold the port at
all odds. Dispatches from Copen-
hagen tell of a new entrance of Ger
man warships in the Gulf Of Riga,
driving Russian ships before them.
This is taken by some military OBJ
servers to mean that the Germans
are preparing for joint land and sea
Ter called "the battering ram" In rec.
egnition Of his capture of Antwerp
and Novo Georgevsk, is to direct the
land bombardment.
According to the official German re-
port there Is mo change from the
Baltic to the eastward Of Grodno." f"
This indicates that the advance Of
the Teutonic allies is markedly slow
az compared with their steady onward
dash Of the month past. Some mill
tary critics infer from this that Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg has decided
to give his armies on that front a
brief, but much needed rest by reduc-
ing the tempus Of the march. Recon
struction and further building of the
communications also is believed to
have to do with the new lull.
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg's
right wing is reported by Berlin to be
approaching the Niemen in its drive
on wilma. Advance Of Prince Leo
polds armies across the Ros and
through the swamps northeast Of
Prushovy also is reported by the Ger.
man war office, as is progress of Won
Mackensen's forces toward Pinsk.
In the Austrian Official statement
the capture Of the last Russian forti
ned positions south of the Iasiolda
river is reported and is regarded as
significant.
Dispatches from Petrograd state
that General Alexis Evert. who has
been in command of one Of the Rus
sian armies. has been appointed to
succeed General Alexieff as command.
er In chief on the western front of
the Russian theater OF war.
More complete details Of the aerial
bombardment OF Luneville, an open
town by German aviators on Sept. I
are given by the French war Office.
The German aviators dropped
bombs which killed many women and
children. besides injuring others.
As a reprisal. squadron OF forty
French machines SSw to Sarrabruck
and bombarded the factories and mil
itary establishments with apparently
good effect.
Artillery combats continued on the
entire west front. In the sector Of
Arras out batteries caused great dam
age TO the German trenches. In the
region Of Roye. in Champagne. on the
Perthes- Beaujour front, in the forest
OF Apremont and to the north OF Grey,
the artillery duel was particularly
lively. In the vosges at Schratzmaen-
nele and at Hartmannsweiler Kopf
heavy bombardment was seen.