The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-09-10
A GENERAL SURVEY or
The WAR.

Thursday, Sept. 2-Petrograd claims
in LUX the Russians took 10000 prls-
Cners and fell back on Dubno, avert
ing the effort of the TeutOns to pierce
their front Grodno is under bonn
bardment.
General Hamilton officially reports
further progress. An important tao
tical position commanding Biyunk, in
the Anafarta valley, was captured, and
an appreciate gain made in the
ground occupied by the Australian
and New Zealand troops. The losses
of the Turks are said to nave been
heavy.
On the western front the French
assert their artillery has done espe-
cially effective work on the Aisne
front and in Champagne. French avla-
tors bombarded the German electrical
plant at Ostend, and the encamp-
ments at Middlekirke anG ChourOte.
German aviators bombarced Lune-
Vile
In a summary of the results OF the
Teuton drive in the East Berlin
claims that since May at Ieast 1,1OO,-
200 Russians have been captured and
800, 900 killed or wounded.
Friday, Sept. 3-The Russian resist
ance on left wing in Galicia averted
disaster to the forces at LUX, but
bn int n6
in eastern Galicia are now in full re-
treat. Brody, a town on the frontier
has been occupied by Austrian troops,
and Tarnopol, to the south, is being
evacuated, the Russians moving back
ward from the Strypa to the Sereth,
where another effort at resistance
may be made.
The fort of Grodno has been cap
tured and the Russians had time to
remove all the supplies and equip
ment.
The Italians have scored their first
big success since the occupation of
Montfalcone, on the Isonzo front, by
the capture of ROverto.
On the western front the Germans
claim the recapture of Vosges posi-
tons on the line Lingekopf- Burere-
kopf, north of Munster.
Saturday, Sept. 4.-Allies in the
Anzac and Suvla sectors have made
considerable Roadway.
Serbia is said to have accepted in
principle the entente proposal for con-
cessiOns to Bulgaria, with the reserva-
ton that she be allowed at some point
frontier contact with Greece.
Bucharest is feverishly expecting a
declaration of war or an attack by
Austria. The Roumanian government
has stopped the further export of
cereals and the transport of gold
through her territory.
The most serious news for the Rus
slams is the capture of a bridgenead
on the Dwina between Fredrichstadt
and Riga.
The left wing of the Russians is
falling back, and Galicia is practically
free of the Slavs. Everywhere as the
Russians retreat they are leaving a
| trail of utter devastation.
Sunday, Sept. 5.-The early fall OF
Riga is now considered certain in
berlin. A body of German troops
has obtained a footing on the right
bank of the river Dvina, less than
thirty miles from Riga. The Germans
| crossed on pontoons while heavy fight.
ing was going on at Friedrichstadt
| fourteen miles to the southeast and at
| Lennewade, where the Slavs were
| driven across the river yesterday
They are maintaining their positions
in the face of determined attacks on
three sides. Heavy resistance by the
Russians along the entire front be
tween the Dneister and the southern
border of the great Pripet marshes is
| reported in the Austrian official an
nouncement
Unprecedented violence marked the
allies artillery onslaught against the
German line from the Aisne to the
North Sea today, with no decisive out
come.
No news of significance is reportet
from the Italian field.