Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-09-04
GERMANS TAKE
ONE KOvN0 FORT
Russians Lose 240 Cannon and
$500 Prisoners, Says a
Berlin Report.
SITUATION THERE is CRITICAL
N Won Hindenburg Succeeds In Taking
City siavs VIII Be outfianked-
Austrians Advance

Berlin. Aug 1s.-One Of the outlying
forts of Kovno. between the Niemen
river and Gesia. to the south of the
main fertilization, has been captured
by the Germans. 1T was announced by
German army headquarters today
More than 240 cannon and $500
prisoners were captured at Kovno, the
statement adds. Three forts a. Novo-
georgievsk also have been captured,
army headquarters report
Vienna, Aug 1S-Austro-Hungari
troops pursuing the retreating Rus
SLAMS have advanced to Dobesyzka,
thirteen miles southwest of the fort
ress of Brest-Litovsk, according to an
official statement issued tonight at the
Austrian war office.
Russian Retreat Continues.
London, Aug. 1S.-The retreat of
the Russians from Poland continues
and it is believed probable they will
have to fall back further than the
Brest-Litovsk line The reported cap
ture by the Germans of forts on the
southwest front of Kovno probably
means the early fall of the fortress
itself, between which and the capture
of the na-Warsaw-Petr rail-
way there cannot be much delay.
Amsterdam, Aug 1S.-Warning is
telegraphed to Berlin by the war cor
respondent of the Lokal Anzeiger
from the Eastern war theater that the
resistance of the Russians may be ex-
pected to increase as the Austro-Ger-
man front approaches the Russian line
of defense.
The correspondent declares that the
Russians can dispose sufficiently
strong forces to enable them to make
a serious temporary resistance, and
adds that battles of increasing intens-
1ty, with perhaps a retardation in the
Austro-German advance, are to be
looked for in the immediate future.
kovno Situation Crucial.
London, Aug. 1S.-The situation at
Kovno, where the Germans claim to
crucial. the Times declares in a re-
view of the Russian situation
If the enemy succeeds in reducing
Kovno.'' the paper says, and is there
by able to cross the Niemen, he will
be in the rear of the Russian line
north of the Sventa and with the juno
" Il
Won Hindenburg's army. the position
of the Russian right flank will be very
difficult
Bavarians Cross Bug River.
London. Aug 1.-THE left wing of
the Bavarian army, under Prince Leo
pold, has fought its way across the
Bug river, near Drohiczyn, which lies
to the east of Sokolow. and is about
fifty miles northwest of Brest-Litovsk,
according to the official Berlin report.
This move forms slight wedge in the
Russian front, which has been virtual
ly straight since the Warsaw salient
was abandoned
Field Marshal Won Mackensen also
is reported to be pushing back the
Russians along the Bug, where the
Germans are advancing along the east
ern bank of that river. Farther west
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg is cred
tied with a successful attack on the
advanced defences of Kovno, as well |
as successful attempt to break the |
Russian line between the Narew and |
the Bug after the Norzew river had |
been crossed by the Germans.
Speculate on BuIgar's Departure.
These formed the most critical mill !
tary movements of the day. but they |
attract less attention here than the i
diplomatic negotiations in the Bal
kans, where the crisis has not been /
reached yet The most significant |
phase of today's news concerning the |
Near Eastern situation was contained |
in a brief dispatch from Athens. stat
ing that former Premier Venizelos had /
won decisive victory over the gov
eminent in the organization of the
Greek Chamber OF Deputies
British Hold Their Own.
The usual grenade and mine fight
ing is reported on the western line,
and there has been some activity |
along minor fronts in the Caucasus,
where the Russians claim they have
Turkish attacks At Living
stone, on the Rhodesian border in
South Africa. British force that has
been beseiged by a German detach-
nent is reported to have driven back
he beseigrs.
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