The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-08-19
new STRONGHOLD D
Of RUSSIAN LINE
UNDER PRESSURE
German Armies Have Reached
Point Within 40 Miles of
Brest-Litovsk, Accord
ing to Berlin.
1000 RUSSIANS CAPTURED
Petrograd Asserts Won Macken,
sen VIII Meet Stubborn Re-
sistance When Russians
Reach New Defenses.
1000 RUSSIANS CAPTURED

Advances recorded in the German o.
fetal statement today represent q fur
Their closing in by Teutonic troops Eon
the fortress Of Brest-Litovsk. the
stronghold Of the new Russian line Of
defense.
Prince Leopold, Of Bavaria, who yes
terday reported a defeat Of the Rus
slams near Losyoe, 10 miles east OF
last week, today occupied Losyoe and
M~iedzyrzec, the latter place about rs
miles in a southwesterly direction from
Siedloe. Afterwards the Russians were
beaten in a stand east of Losyoe and
were pursued, the Berlin statement
says. These operations were within
40 miles of Brest-Iitovsk.
Still closer to the fortress are the
armies of Field Marshal Won Macken-
sen, which on Saturday were reported
within 40 miles from the stronghold.
Since then they have advanced north
ward in pursuit of the Russians,
marching toward Brest-Litovsk along
both banks of the Bug.
Other successes are reported for the
Germans between the Narew and the
Bug, together with the capture of an
advanced position at the fortress Of
Kovno, and the taking In these sectors
of nearly 1000 Russian prisoners.
Despite German successes, Petrograd
military observers do not take a pes
simistic view OF the situation, looking
for a determined stand by the Russians
as their new line is reached.
Operations on h western front were
ment toward the southern end OF the
line neal Ammertzwiller appears to
have beer indecisive, neither the
French nor theG Germans claiming any
notable advantage.
London. Aug. 17.-Military opera
tions in the eastern field are develop
ing slowly. Both sides show the ef-
TENTS of the intensity Of the Warsaw
struggle. The German advance now
centers on the efforts of Field Mar
q Won Hindenburg to force troops
across the Dvina and eastward in the
general direction of Petrograd n the
near approach of the army OF Prince
Leopold OF Bavaria to the Brest-
Litovsk defense. Notwithstanding
the steady pressure of the Germans,
the Russians have succeeded thus far
in holding their own west Of the Dvina.
The Balkan crisis is drawing to a
climax. The national assemblies Of
Serbia and Greece met today with the
probability of a definite decision as
regards Bulgaria's territorial demands
upon which hinge the question of uni
ted action of the Balkan states with
the allies.
Germans Make Preparations.
In he meantime there are many evil
dences of Austro- German preparations
to deal with the Balkan situation. Ac-
cordtng to information from Bucharest,
German army corps have been concen-
trated near the junction OF Hungary,
Roumania and Serbia. This, with the
bo~mbardment of Belgrade and the ac-
tivity of Austrian artillery at many
points along the Danube, lends support
to reports of a great Austro German
offensive in the Balkans.
The outcome of the crisis is awaited
most ~anxiouSly, as determining whether
the allies will receive new support from
the Balkans and whether Germany's
supplies of ammunition for Turkey will
continue to be shut off by the Balkan
barrier.
Bulgarian officials do not expect an
agreement will be reached, but the
Serbian minister at London, M. Borko-
witch, told the Associated Press he be-
lieved a middle ground would be found
on which it will be possible to unita
the Balkan states.
The p~arliaments of Serbia and Greece
meet today and important developments
Il, the Balkan situation are expected.
Capitals of the entente allies hope for
a speedy agreement among the Balkan
powers. by which their concerted aid
may be given the allied cause, but pre-
dictions Of quick action to this end
are lacking.
Observers Of the trend of diplomatic
i~nterchanges recognize many difficult
ties in view of the reluctance of Serbia
and Greece to grant the territorial
claims Of Bulgaria.
Military activity is increasing along
the Austro- Serbian frontier. Exchanges
of artillery fire at Belgrade have been
followed by Serbian bombardment of
defenses before the village of Dorba on
the Danube. Heavy concentration OF
Teutonic forces on the edge of the Balk-
an region is reported.
RETALIATION OF SERBS
SlLENCES NISH COMMANDMENT
London, Aug. 16. - The following
statement was issued at Nish, Serbia,
Friday:
1.-THE enemy yesterday ~bombarded
Belgrade with large caliber howitzers.
There was no loss of life. The bonn
| bardment ceased after we shelled Fem
lin Gin Austria on the tongue of land
formed bv the junction Of the Danube
and the Save opposite Belgrade with
which 1t is connected with a railway
BRIDGE. and Paniscova (across the
Danube from Belgrade in Austria)
causing fires in Zenlin and a panic in
Panscova.'
SERBIAN SUCCESSES REPORTED
IN REGION OF DoRBA
Paris. Aug. ia Havas dispatch
from Nish, dated Sunday, says that on
August 10 the Serbians with a few
shells stopped the enemy from working
in defenses in front of the village OF
Dobra on the Danube. On the same
day, Serbian artillery before Velicocelo
near Belgrade engaged in a duel with
q hostile battery stationed at the VIII
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