Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-27
aet.Litovsk Is Taken by |storm Early Yesterday
 After AL Night Battle.
|1Av ARMIES BEGIN
 12O-MILE RETREAT
Ewh Large Forces of Cavalry in Pur-
 .M Grand Duke Nicholas Trying to Lead Troops Safely to Third Line of Defense.

London. Aug. 26.-A semi-official
 .ot ement received tonight from Vii
 nna says that Austrian cavalry
 ushing eastward from Kovel, has di-
 ided the Russian armies in two, and
 hat the separated forces are now
 nable to cooperate.
 North of the Bug, the 'Austrlans
 re reported to be making gains Fo-
 rard the railroad between Brest-
 ioysk and Pinsk.
 London. Aug. 26.-Brest-Litovsk, Rnssia's mightiest fortress. and nerve [enter of the Bug line of defenses, Ias been captured by German ana knstm-Hungarian armies under Field
 Marshall von Mackenzen and Prince
 eopold of Bavaria, after one of the
 hortest sieges in history.
 The grand army of Russia is in basty retreat to the eastward. pur-
 ued by great forces of Teuton cav klry. :. 1 The loss of Brest-Litovsk makes it mperative that the Russians abandon 'he whole of the second line. upon khlch they depended to stop the Teu- |ons after the fall of Warsaw. Kovel Ind Kovno. at the extreme ends of his line, already are in German hands. The smaller fortresses of lf0d66s6T and 'Oltta1 are thes-only senes 3till held by the Russians, Both are being approached by the feutons. They probably will be kvacuated when they have served )heir purpose of protecting as long as possible the Muscovite retreat.
 Fall Comes After Night Battle. Announcement of the equalization bf Brest-Litovsk was contained in a ehort statement issued this afternoon by the German war office. The honor |of the capture goes to the Austro- who stormed the fortress pn the western and northwestern Fronts after they had been silenced by mighty German guns. The fighting raged throughout the night, coming 10 sudden halt early this morning, when the Russian center was pierced and the conquerors forced their way unto the heart of the stronghold. The Russians then capitulated.
 Deprived of their strongest fortress ana concentrated center, the Russians race retreat of 120 miles before tney can reach another lateral line ol railroads. such as that which made !ne Bug defenses so formidable. The me or retreat lies over a difficult country of vast marshes and forests. Harassed by large mobile forces of cavalry, the Russians, after keeping perfect order in all their retreats, rom the Dunajec eastward and final y rom Warsaw, now, it is believed ln Berlin, will become badly disor- ganized.
 Many Prisoners; Much Booty.
 II IS expected that large number ol prisoners were taken at Brest-Li- wvsk, although no official announce s ment has yet been made. Many navy guns and great quantities of s V" supplies which the Russians had ~ ~ tme to remove also are believed V m nave been made booty.
 lhe third line of Russian defense Ipon which the defenders of Brest- n.oVsk' Warsaw, Ivangorod, Novo- to sso s.evsk and Grodno are compelled n, .1slreat, runs through the. middle si, st tue country known as White Rus lo@ I me line begins at Riga and fol- .S"s S"s tne Dvina river to Duenaburg raea a turns south and follows the rail. si"h, %u through Wilma. Lida, Barano. swan s~", It then runs through tracklese eas. IDS to Rovno, 120 miles north.
 ' 'l the Galician capital, Lemberg
 p.. retrograd's Explanation.