Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-08-18

London, Aug. 14.-The Russians, for
the time being. are holding in check the
Baltic flank of the German armies,
which are struggling to cut the War
saw-Petrograd railway and are battling
toward the Dvina. beyond which lie the
roads to the Russian capital. his has
been accomplished with the aid of re-
Inducements and by virtue of one
counter attack after another.
The fortress of Kovno still holds Out,
German attacks toward Riga have beer
repulscd. and the railway junction at
Dvinsk remains in Russian hands.
From Ostrolenlsa, north of Warsaw. to
Chclm in the south, the Teutons claim
to have made further progress. but be-
tween the Vieprz and the Bug they APP
parently have been thrown back with
heavy losses.
1t may be that Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg has not exerted his full
power in the north. but is awaiting
events in the south before haMlnering
his hardest toward the Dvina. near the
banks of which his cavalry has been
for some time.
The fact that the Germans are able
to advance with comparative rapidity
due east from Warsaw. while being
checked on the right and left flInkS.
his given rise to the impression in Eng
land and in Russia that the stout re-
sistance offered by the Russian wings
will insure the safe withdrawal of the
main body Of troops from the Warsaw
salient. Contrary to many reports. the
main line Of communication between
the Polish capital and Petrograd has
not been cut through. 1t would be cut
If the Germans We're to take Dvinsk.
Petrograd, (via L%ondon), Aug. 13.-
The Russian armies having success
fully eX.:icated themselves from the
Warsaw sack in which the Germans
tried to enclose them are now stub
bornly opposing the German advance
toward Bialystok on a line 20 miles to
the east of Warsaw and on both sides
of the railroad between the Polish cap
ital and Bialystok.
The Baltic German campaign APP
pears to be at a standstill, with the
Russians astride the highway between
Vilkomir and Poniewesch.
The Germans are approaching
slightly nearer to Kovno. They are
pounding that position with their
heavy guns, to which Russian artillery
is replying effectively. Peasants who
escaped from the German labor gangs
describe the deliberate preparations for
the assault on Kovno. which were be-
gun three months 60. The Germans
imported an enormous mass of struc-
tural materials, built paved roads from
the westward and dug foundations Is
feet deep for mortars. taking endless
pains in preparing the cement plat
forms.
When the refugees escaped no AZ
centimeter guns had arrived. but those
OF smaller caliber, each requiring three
large tractors, werr being hauled into
position.
Berlin. (by wireless to sayville),
Aug. 13.-"The first real Russian, not
Polish. town of some importance. en-
fnroG hV tho xy@~ vYlo1;,o;-
Bolynski." says an item given out to-
day by the Overseas News agency.
Retiring Cossacks set fire to the build
ings. AS the Cossacks galloped away,
German cavalry arrived at the other
,nd of the town. The incoming troops
tried to stop the fire. but with small
success. n the central part of the
city was entirely destroyed. the burned
buildings including stores, restaurants
n hotels. The suburbs and surround
ing rural districts. the officers resi-
dences. barracks. messes, schools and
churches We're spared.
The German cavalry commander
restored order and established military
n also a civil government, the latter
by appointing three administrative
| presidents. n of whom was a Pole,
another a Russian and the third a Jew.
At each false alarm at the return Of
the Russians the Jewish inhabitants
fled in great panic, replying to the Ger
mans who tried to stop them, If the
Russians return we shall be killed.
The German general commanding
next day appointed two additional
presidents. one of whom was a Pole
and the other a Jew. The fugitives
gradually returned to their homes"
The city of Siedlce. captured today.
lays directly in the path of the Teuton-
ic forces which pressed eastward from
Warsaw after the capture OF that
place. It lis in this section that the
Austro-German forces are advancing
most rapidly. Siedlce is the capital OF
the province OF that name and has some