The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-12
WAR SUMMARY
PROGRESS OF CONDITIONS AS
COMPILED BY THE ASSO-
GATED PRESS.

NEW 1OAks AUS PPtNiohs la
cept in the region of Riga, where the
Germans evidently have been check
ed, the German and Austrian hosts
are still moving forward against the
Russians in their efforts to drive
them from the Baltic provinces and
Poland. Their progress is not being
made unhindered, however, for the
Muscovites continue to fight them
viciously at various points in rear
guard battles.
Lomza. the Russian stronghold on
the Narew. in the government of
Lomza. has been captured; the fort
ress Of Kovno is being threatened,
and wilma, capital of the government
of the same name, and which lies
some 225 miles northeast of Warsaw,
is being evacuated by the civilian
population.
The drive of the Teutons eastward
and southeastward to the north of
Warsaw, directly east of that city and
to the south of the east bank of the
Vistula, still is in progress, while the
region between the Vistula and Bug
and along. the Vieprz the Russians
continue fS fall back before the on
coming Teutonic allies.
Field Marshal Sir John French, the
British commander in the west, an
nounce the evacuation of a slight
portion of the terrain captured near
Hooge, Belgium, Monday. This, he
says, makes no material difference in
the British line. as the other captured
positions have been consolidated and
are being held. Elsewhere on the
line i'm Belgium and France compare
tive calm prevails.
Artillery engagements and infantry
operations by the Italians and Aus
trians on the Italian front are going
on in the same ann as they have
been for weeks past. with each side
claiming victories or repulses of at
taeks at isolated points.
For the allies on the Gallipoli pen
insula Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton reports
a gain of 200 yards over a front OF
800 yards near Krithia, the capture
of a hill near Sari Bair and a new
landing of allied forces at some IN
named point on the peninsula. Con-
stantinople admits two landings by
the allies. One of these was north
of Ari Burnu, where slight advance
was made under the protection OF the
French fleet. The other was at Kara
chali, near the head of the gulf OF
Saros. Here the allies are declared
to have been dispersed.
The Germans have launched an
other air raid on the east coast OF
England with Zeppelins and allied
airmen have attacked with bombs two
towns in Bavaria. In the raid on
England fourteen persons are said TO
have been killed and fourteen injured
while in one of the Bavarian towns
eight were killed and two wounded.
A Zeppelin which has been engaged
in the operations against England
was destroyed by allied airmen at
Ostend.
Two vessels of the British navy
have met with disaster. The auxiliary
cruiser India has been sen to the bot
tom off the Irish coast by a German
submarine, and the torpedo boat de-
stroyer Lynx has been sunk in the
North sea by coming in contact with
a mine.
The United States government in a
note to the Austro-Hungarian govern
ment dealing with the expectation OF
munitions of war to enemies of the
Germanic allies rejects the contention
of the Vienna government that such
action sis not in consonance with the
definition of neutrality