Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-30
TRYING TO FREE AUSTRIA
OF ALL FORCES OF ENEMY
Russ Line Broken Along Zlota
Lipa River, Where Quiet Has
Prevailed Lately.
PRESS PURSUIT VIGOROUSLY
Austro- Germans in Position to Mass
Forces Against Either Wing
of the Retreating
Muscovites.

LONDON. August 80. II:44
a.m.-Reports from the eastern
front, indicating that the Aus
trians and Germans are engaged
in. an effort to clear the last cor
ner of Galicia still held by their
opponents have excited great in
terest here.
The Russian lines on the upper
Bug and the Zlota Lipa have been
pierced, but it is not yet clear how
serious a resistance is being Of
tered to the vast enveloping move
ment from the south.
May End Russian Campaign.
Duke Nicholas canot afford to hold the
river positions in the south in the face
of an important movement. for to do so
would endanger his armies.
lish critics that this latest move may
conclude for the present the great Of
fensive effort against the Russians,
which has been in progress since May.
and that once Austrian soil is cleared
of the invaders new campaign may
De undertaken by the Teutonic forces,
| this time in the near east. In support
IL f1.f
the central powers are massing troops
near the Rumanian border. London is
again awaiting official reports from the
British or French authorities concern
| ing the campaign at the Dardanelles.
where, according to Constantinopie,
heavy fighting is under way.
Advance Against Grodno.
BERLIN, August 80, via London, 4:10
pm-German forces have made fur
ther advance on the Russian fortress of
Grodno, the only one of their fortified
positions near the German border which
still remains in Russian possession.
Official announcement was made here
today of the capture of Lipsk, in north
ern Russian Pola nd. about twenty miles
to the west of Grodno.
broken the Russian lines along the
Zlota Lipa river. in East Galicia. the
Teutons resuming activity on section
of the front where for long time they
have been merely holding their posi-
tions. The Russian extreme left. which
hitherto has been unaffected by the gen
eral defeat. now apparently is shaken
and involved in the general retirement.
Military experts express the belief
that the invaders soon will be ex-
PEELED from that little corner in Galicia
where alone they have been able to
maintain "A foothold on Austrian soil
This development. together with the
sharp advance by the .AuStrians north
east of kovel. is believed here to in
dicate the opening OF campaign
the strongholds of Lutzk. Dubno and
Rovno. erected as bar TO access tn
southern Russia.
Germans Pressing Pursuit.
The Russian armies retreatins north
and south of Brest Ltovsk are sep
arated by the Rotikno swamps, and
men here say that the Austro-
German strategists are in position
to mass forces at will against either
Russian wing and expose it to a crush
ing defeat. Dispatches received here
today say that the Russian resistance
behind Brest Ltovsk has been broken
and that the pursuit by the Teutons
is being pressed with all the energy
laid down in the German manuals.
Samary, where German cavalry yes
.erday defeated Russian cavalry di
vision, is forty miles east of BreSt
Aitovsk The military experts say that
his mounted force of Germans is now
n a position to bite deep into the
iank of the retreating Russians and
lag many prisoners. if not to convert
he retreat into utter rOut.
Need of Cavalry Felt.
With more cavalry in hand. the Aus
ro-German strategists, it. is said, might
before this have compelled
irand Duke Nicholas to turn and
.ept battle. The belief is expressed that
lis retreat from now on will he doubIy
lificult.
Naturally there has been much specu-
alton here concerning the limits to
which the pursuit of the Russians
would be pressed.
Some had assumed that the advance
would not he continued much beyond
3rest-Litovsk. but the impression is
low general that the pursuit will pro-
.eed so long it continues to give
paying returns in captives or offers a
.hance to bring the fleeing armies to
,ay. Meanwhile IA permanent line of
Iefense will be selected and fortified
barrier against a new Russian onen-
i've, it is stated.
Russian Backbone Broken.
The Overseas News Agency says:
Reports from the eastern front all
ay that the Russians are still fighting
ravely and tenaciously in certain
but that the backbone of the
russian army is completely broken. 1t
will be impossible for the Russian
rmy to reorganiZe and recuperate for
long time.
"The number Of prisoners and the
mount of supplies captured at Brest-
itovsk has not yet been ascertained.
he Russians are retreating into the
wampy forests southeast of Brest-Litovsk