The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-16
Russian Armies
Escape Every
German Trap

/ London, Aug. 1.-two salient
points stand out in the Russian situa-
ton tonight. The first. fact Is that
the great Russian armies have secure
iy escaped every German attempt to
trap them in the mastery retreat from
! Warsaw, and are safely arrived on
! their new line, the -Bielostock-
Breet Litovsy front. The second, a.
problem, is whether they will be able
to make good their stand on the new
!, front or will be forced in turn to-
!, evacuate it and thus permit the Teu-
tonic allies to occupy more Russian
, soil
1t Is. of course, the latter point
/ which is of most concern tonight. The
reports from Petrograd. SO far as they
go. are optimistic. But the advices
from Berlin show that the Germans
and Austrians are closing in on the
celebrity.
i Tonight the German general staff
, reports that advances have been made
on all sections OF the Russian front
I'm the north General Won linden
Iburg's troops have repuised Russian
attacks and driven their opponents
near Kuliske In northeasterly direc-
ton This would seem to indicate
lthat the rumored check to the advanc-
ling Germans In this general locality.
a report on which the British observ-
Iers were quick TO pin great hopes, was
not of as much effect In fact as In
theory.
Rut is further south that the Ger
: mans and Austrians report the great
est gains. The army group under
: Prince Leopold of Bavaria. says the
German officials statement tonight,
has overcome stubborn resistance on
the part of the Russians. breaking
through thei rpositions north of Losice
as well as south of Losice, between
that village and Miedzryzec. This
means that the German troops. who
: left Warsaw but few day ago to
} pound their way eastward, are al
, ready within but thirty miles of Brest
> Litovsk aposition which is destined
to be the central stronghold of tho
new Russia nstand.
I While Prince Leopold has thus
. moved his men over some ten miles of
+, contested ground during the past
7 twenty-four hours, General Won Mack
. ensen. says the Berlin statement, has
pressed forward along line between
. Miedzryzec and Wlidowa until his
advanced troops. as, well as those of
! Prince Leopold to the north. are but
l / thirty miles from the outer fortifica-
tions of Brest Litocsk.
Q From this is hecmes apparent that
2 the Germans are driving twards Brest
9 Litovsk from two directions, the west
Y and the southwest, while 1t is pre-
r sumed that they are bringing up heavy
i / m n a n
: immense body OF troops.
. kOvno Withstnnd~ Assault
= Kovno. the Russian fortress on the
, Ntemen is one bright spot in the east
. ern theatre of war tonight. IT Is with
1 standing determined German attacks
: and is even finding opportunity TO de-
liver violent sorties against the at
: lacking troops Novogeorgievsk. on
the Vistuia. also is still intact. the in
wasted garrison evidently being de-
ttsrmined-. to hold this important. OBJ
struction to navigation on the yistula
as long as possible.
The following German statement was
issued at army headquarters In Berlin
Tonight
'The army grouped under General
= Won Hindenburg and the troops under
? General Won Bue1ow have driven the
Russians from Kuleska in a northeas-
tern direction. capturing in the pur-
suit four officers. 2350 men and one
machine gun.
"A Russian sortIe from Kovno was
: repulsed. One thousand prisoners fell
into our hands. Our attacking troops
, worked their way closer to the fort.
Russians stand stubborn.
Between the Narew and the Bug
the Russians still occupy the line In
dicated yesterday. They made stub
born stand but a crossing Of the Narew
was forced by our troops late In the
evening.
. '"rhe army under General Won
Woyrsch yesterday made 1000 prison
: ers. The army under General Won Call
witx made 1850 prisoners. including
fourteen officers. This army also cap
tured ten machine guns
"on all fronts we have gained
! ground
1.-THE army under Prince Leopold,
OF Bavaria, met with stubborn re-
sistance from tte Russians In the
course Of the day we broke through
the army positions near Icsice. Mid
way between Losice and Miedzryzec
.. the enemy Is retreating
THE troops under General Won
Worysch alone made 1000 prisoners
up TO August Ia. This included twen-
ty-officers Nine machine guns also
were captured.
4 The army group under General
throughyon Mackensen defeated dy
an attempted attack on the Moxanka
line north OF W1odawa and south
west of Slawatycze Horodyczge and
Miedxryec- Under the force OF our
immediate attack the enemy resumed
his retreat this morning"