The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-11
Special cable Despatch 10 THr sux.

Special Cable Despatch 10 the Sun.
LONDON, Sept. 1o.-Kief. or the right
bank of the Dnieper. and Odessa, the big
Russian port on the Black Sea, are the
main goals of the southern Austro-Ger-
man armies. according to to-day's re-
ports from the Russian theatre OF war.
In their effort to gain the roa for
the former point the Teutons are
~furiously attacking the Russian defend
ers. Some gain in this direction was
made. according to to-day's official Aus
TRAN statement. by the forcing OF the
Russians over the Studel lowlands.
A despatch from Petrosrad announces
that Kief is being partially evacuated.
although 1t is emphasized that this step
is merely q precautionary measure and
that It would be premature" to con-
slider the kief- Dnieper line endangered.
The removal Of n number OF institutions
has begun. however. with a view TO IA
c~ilitsting military operations In case the
city should be seriously threatened.
To the northwest of Rovno. which
forms one of the corners Of the Vol
hynian fortress triangle. the German
forces which took Brest-Litovsk are
pushing eastward toward the railroad
point OF Ssrny. the capture Of which
would give them a start on the railroad
TO Kieff. about 200 miles eastward. Ow-
Ing to the marshy nature OF this region.
however. fghting is extremely diff.
cult n the progress proportionally
slow.
Odessa Drive More DimcuIt.
More dinicult by far than the expected
drive on kieff Is the movement which
liz predicted as the result OF the concen-
tration OF Austrian forces on the Ru-
manian frontier. presumably with n
view TO undertaking serious opera
lions against Besssrabia. \ despatch
from Petrograd quotes Russian officials
as f~oreshadowing such "A move, with
Odessa as the ultimate objective.
However, owing to the lack ~ adequate
railroad facilities. the natural difficulty
Of the territory, and the distance to be
covered. military observers are sceptical
as to any immediate progress of these
prospective operations. They also point
TO the danger to the Austro-German
forces here, which is represented by n
IeE'ADAANNl VI Ah' y -
Rumania into the war, in which even;
the Rumanians would be expected to
attack the Teutons from the south.
Meanwhile the fighting In Gallcia
continues with undiminished stubborn
ness. Apparently the Austro-Germars
have not yet recovered from the blow
the Russians struck at them the day
the Car took the chief command OF
his armies. The Austrian statement
speaks OF Russian reenforcements. which
shows that the Slavs. in possession OF
fair communication and completely H.
tact. are determined to defend the strip
Of Gallcia they still hold TO the last.
Slow Progress Toward Riga.
Field Marshal Won H~irdenburg's
armies have not yet been able TO make
further gains OF n consequence in their
movement ON Riga. the Russian Baltic
port. since the capture last week of the
~bridgehead OF Friedrichstadt. TO-day's
official German report says the Germans
took 100 prisoners in the fighting south
east OF that place and near Wilkomir.
The situation between the Baltic and
the Niemen Is reported to be unchanged.
The Berlin report claims the storming
by the Germans Of the heights near
Kiescki. on the Melw!anka, with the
capture of 1900 prisoners. Progress OF
Field Marshal Won Mackensen's armies
also is reported.
The Austrian statement asserts that
the forces in Lithuania have advanced
southeast OF Roshany.
The correspondent OF the Times at
Petrograd infers from the Russian
escape from the difficult position east
OF the Nistula that Gen. Alexieff does
not share the anxiety regarding the
Grodno sector which the correspondent
lately reported. He adds that the Ger