New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-13

while the Dwina- Niemen front is grad
ually moving westward" 81,
A Petrograd dispatch in "The Morn
ing Post" says; 49,, ,,..
From Riga right away to vladimir
Wolinsk hosts of Germans continue
their advance. The Russians are eNsI!
where making sturdy defence, lhhle'
ing on the invaders the maximum ..
possible losses as they steadily "b"'
in retreat"
Five Corps Brought from west
"The Germans are said to nave
brought FIVE more army corps
the Western front 10 fill the eounpN
ments on the Russian front, whele nv
losses continue 10 be colossal. -
nrevious similar cases OF wl'huI VnS
from the western front OF sc"so ,,,,,
trors their places are taken by hSNIS
sa,,oS corns who are considered oE
tbe enemy as quite capable OIL man
,a;,ing a defence behind their spieholu
en,renchments, whereas the hghuhE ."
~ Pussian side makes more ohciV"'
demands upon the soldiers emplo!tu
"Wben the Russians want 10 S'Huu
,ho,. will stand. but il is advisable loi
tbo nurposes Of this war that 'he Ne'
mans should penetrate as oeepl! a.
nossible into Russia. The Wes'ei" -
iies should know why ,,,.. .ho
"Russia's sacrifices should prove IT, ~
deatbblow TO German ambitious, nv
sacrifice has been very great, loi No.
STA has yielded TO the German az, 80
oavlv a. much space as Wou.u many
shNIe German empire. | regard
=, not impossible that Russia VIII
-, Md more than temporarily even
80. Gno on which she is supposed "
~ wa" now w." w;tbdrawing. Her main object
= 60 maintain her armies intact NJ
- can cool the ardOr OF the nus
-, soldier and no sacrihcos OF SpaVe
80 break the resolution Of the RUS
sian people TO destroy 'he 0'i'"""
hydra c..o from, Inns
bruck. capital OF the Austria" '''''
says: . ho,,o been sus-
,o,God ON the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I'M because of a lack OF reinforce,
raents no new troops having artlNeu
since August I.
Landwehr Ranks Declmatea'
9TH ppss;an offensive at Kovno is
Of the greatest importance, as p Hnv
man first line troops, chlehy RUSSIA
Io,9wnbr suffered terrible losses OH
A~crst 5 and 9. In this section as
vi as in the region between Lom1a
en6 the Bug. il is remarked that many
~ 80 are much below the average
in strength. .,.-,,irg the
Russians who are retreaung from w
Warsaw salient have occupied LuNoN,
according 10 an official annouh0e..IeI,.
from Berlin, by the German Al a,,.6S
Headquarters stan TO-DAY, EaIi.o o...o,t
also has been captured the S'"'e''s'''
odds. or.hoost Of
tho fortress Of Ivangorod. Zamoro"o
ljes about eighteen miles southeast OF
Ionza. and twenty miles northeast VI
OStrOw.
GERMAN OFFICIAL.
The BerliD statement follows;
In Courland and Ssmogiua gov
orrwen+ Of Kovno) the situation
Sout5 of the Niemcn TROOPS be-
hanging 10 the army Of General Won
Fjrbborn repulsed, with sangulnary
Ioseee an attack begun by the en-
erov with strong forces IN the DViha
snct;on The enemy left 700 PRISON
ors il our hands. The army OF Cen
eral Won Scholz captured the ofioke-
head at Wilma and VAIN ana nv nv
the enemy back across 'he NV
Gaz. South Of the Narew, SINCE
the sth. this army has taken 800
prisoners, including eleven oIueeIS'
and captured twelve machine guns
Tbe army Of General Won Gallwitz
took Zambrowa by storm and pene-
trated further in an easterly dlree-
ton. by way of AndrochoW., .,.uo
BEFORE Novo GeorgievSk there
is nothing new. One Of our airshlps
dropped bombs on the railway STA
ton at Bialystok. Extensive expo
sions were observed.
The army of Prince Leopold OF
Bavaria continued pursuit OF 1he
enemy and while continually engaged
in rear guard fighting crossed the
Wucbawka section. Lukow has been
The army Of General Won Macken-
sen having broken down strongly for
.ifed enemy positions after sharp
fighting. the Russians began a re-
treat during the night along the en-
tire front between the Bug and Fara-
zew. .,
AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL.
From Vienna the following official
abatement has been received:
North Of the Lower Nleprz the
pursuing Austro- German forces cap
tured Lukow to-day and crossed the
Bystrzyca west of Radzyn. Between
Tysmienica and the Bug the Rus
slams were repulsed at several places.
The enemy evacuated early IN the
morning his battlehelds and retired
Otherwise the situation is unchanged.
PETROGRAD OFFICIAL.
The following official communication
vas received from Pctrograd tonight;
In the region of Riga Wednesday
we repulsod German attempts TO
overwhem our advance guards In
the direction Of Jacobstadt and
Dvinsk our troops on Tuesday and
Wednesday continued their progress,
successfully pressing the enemy. In
the region north of Nilkom!r we oc-
cuped Kovarsk and Toviny after
fight and took some prisoners. Near
Kovno we continued to repulse Ger
man attacks on the front west Of
the Nicmen as far as Jessia The
enemy was not successful anywhere
except the village Of Godlevko, where
desperate artillery duel is pro-
crossing.
On the front between the Narew
and the Bug the Germans continue
persistent attacks, especially on the
roads TO Iona, Snidaovo and Kos
sevo. Further south on two sides Of
the Kiev-Malkin Railway our troops