The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-16
TWO GER MAN ARMIES
EARBREST-LITOVSK
Prince Leopold's and Mackcn-
sens Forces Within 80 Miles
Of Big Fortress.
RUSSIANS WIN IN SOUTH
Special cable Despatch TO Tue srs,

LONDON Aug 1.-two sanent poih''
stand out In the Russian situation To-
night. The first, a fact, is tnat tne
great Russian armies have securely
escaped every German attempt to trap
them In the mastery retreat from war
sa " and are safely arrived on their new
| lire, the Kovno- Bielostock- Brest- Litovsk
front. The second, a problem, Is whether
they will be able to make good thel.
stand on the new front or Will be forceu
I'm turn to eyacuate II and thus permit
| TIE Teutonic allies to occupy more nus
! sian soil.
II is. OF course. the latter point when
Is of most concern tonight. The reports
! from Petrorrad, 70 far RI they go, are
! optimistic. But the advices from Ber-
lin show tina the Germans and Aus
TRANS are closing in on the new RUSSIAN
line with menacing CELEBRITY.
Tonight the German General stan re-
ports that advances have been maze
| on all sections OF the Russian front
In the north Gen. Won H~indenburgs
troops have repulsed Russian attacks
ana driven their opponents near huiiskc
In n n~ortheasterly direction. rms wouiu
! seem to indicate that the rumored cheek
| 70 the advancing Germans In this gen.
! eral locality, a report on which the
! British observers were quick to pin great
hrpes, was not OF as much erect In fact
az In theory.
closing In on Fortress.
But It is further south that the Ger
mans and Austrians report the greatest
gains. The army group under Prince
I.eopold OF Bavaria, says the German
official statement tonight. has overcome
stubborn resistance on the part OF the
Russians. breaking through their posi-
tons north OF Losice as well as soutn
, Of Losice, between that village ana
Miedzryzec. This means that the Ger
man troops who left warsaw nut a
| few days ago to pound their way east
ward. already are but thirty miles frodn
Rrest-Litovsk. "A position winch IS des-
tined to he the central stronghold OF
the new Russian stand.
While Primo Leopold has thus moved
his men over some ten miles or con-
tested ground during the past twenty
four hours, Gen. Won Mlckensen, says
the Berlin statement. has pressed for
ward along "a line between Miedzryzec
and wlodowa until his troops
as well as those of Prince Leopold TO
the north, are but thirty miles march
from the outer fortihcatIons of Brest-
Litovsk.
From this IL becomes apparent that
the Germans are driving toward Brest-
Idtoysk from two directions, the west
and the southwest, while IL Is presumed
that they are bringing up heavy siege
artillery with them and an immense
body OF troops.
Ko,no SIN Holds Out.
Kovno. the Russian fortress on the
Nlemen, Is one bright spot In the east
ern theatre OF war tonight. 1t Is
withdrawing determined German at
tacks II is even finding opportunity
to deliver violent sorties against the
attacking troops. Novo-tieorRtevsk, on
the Nistula. also IL still intact, the
Investing garrison evidently being de-
termined to hold this important OBJ
s,ruction to navigation on the Nis,ula as
long as possible.
The following is to-day's German
statement:
The army group under Gen, Yea
Hindenburg and the troops under Gen.
Won Buelow have driven the Russians
near Ku'isko in a northeasterly direc-
ton, capturing in the pursuit fou Of
/. fcers. 1850 men and one machine
gun.
A Russian sortie from Kovno was
repulsed. one thousand prisoners fen
into our hands. Dur attacking troops
worked their way closer to the fort.
Between the Narew and the bug the
~ N'N'l NV AANN AA''A ~
yesterday. They made a stubborn
stand. but Il crossing of the Narew
was forced by our troops late In the
evening.
The army under Gen. Won Woyrsch
yesterday made 1000 prisoners. The
army under Gen. Won GRllwltz made
1850 prisoners, incluting fourteen off,
GERS. This army also captured ten
machine guns.
ON all front We have gained
ground.
The army group under Prince Leo
! pold of Bavaria met with stubborn re-
sistance from thu Russians. In the
course OF the day we broke through
the enemy positions north OF L1oslce.
Midway between Losice and Med
cry zee the enemy is retreating.
The troops under Gen. Won Woyrsch
alone made 1000 prisoners up to Au-
gust IA. This included 22 officers.
Nine machine guns also were cap
tured.
The army group under Gen, Won
Mackensen defeated yesterday an at
tempted attack on the MoZanka line.
north OF Wlodawa. and southwest OF
Stowatycze, H~orodyczgc and Miedzry-
zee. Under the force OF our immedi-
ate attack tht enemy resumed his re-
treat this morning.
The Times correspondent AT petro-
grad in a despatch TO his paper en-
presses the belief that the German troops
In Courland have been strongly reen-
forced. the aid coming from the middle
Vistula and from the interior Of Ger
many.