New Britain herald., 1915-08-11
TEUTONS CAPTURE
 RUSSIAN FORTRESS '. 0N VISTULA RIVER
Rear Guard Position on Both Sides ! Of Dlanka Fall Into the | Hands Of Germans
~CZAR'S FORCES READY
 TO EVACUATE K0VN0

" U x1VO11xA AV xVV Situation Unchanged on Upper Bug
 and on Zlota Lipa-Kaiser's Troops
 Bombard French Positions in Ar , gonne--British Land 5O,OOO Men at
 Dardanelles and Resume Offen- s sive. Ea.,.. a..
 German attacks on Kovno, an inl- portant point in the Russian line of defense in the north, have been pressed so vigorously that prepara- tions for the possible evacuation of the fortress are reported to be under way. .
 Elsewhere along the fighting front in the east the Teutonic pres sure is still being strongly exerted, and, except at isolated points, the Russian retirement is indicated by tho official reports to be continuing. @ss . Quiet in France.
 Quiet prevailed for the most part along the front in France. The Paris war office reported cannonading and bomb operations in the Artois district. The only other activity noted was in the Argonne, where the Germans vio- lently bombarded the French posi- tions east of the road from Vienne- le-Chateau to Binarvi1le.
 About 5O,0O0 men were landed by the entente allies in their recent op- erations in the Dardanelles, accord ing to an estimate made in Constanti- nople by Enver Pasha, the Turkish minister of war. Enver Pasha de- clared the Turks were we'll prepared to meet the new offensive and al- ready had inflicted heavy losses on the forces last landed.
 Germans Occupy Fortress.
 Berlin, Aug. II, Via London. 4:1o D. m.-The German war office an nounced today the occupation of the Fortreess of Benjaminow, which lies tel the east of Nowogoergievsk, the Russian stronghold < on the Vistula northwest of Warsaw. The statement follows:
 Western theater of war: North of Souchez a French hand granade at tack was repulsed.
 Germans Takc Crater.
 .'At Courey, north of Rreims, the French attempted to occupy crater which they made before our front by mine explosions. They were prevented from doing so, and the crater was taken possession of by our troops II Late in the evening our infantry repulsed an attack at Lingekopf.
 Eastern theater of war: The army group under Field Marshal Von Hin denburg easily repulsed strong. ad- vances made by the Russians during the last few days along the Riga Mltau road. North of the Niemen there are no changes. An attack by strong Russian forces from Kovno failed. The number of Russians taken prisoners there since August 8 has been increased to 2,116 and of ma ] chine guns to sixteen Teutonic Forces Advancing. East of Lomza our troops, are ad vancing in the direction of the Bobr- Narew line. The enemy still holds the bridge head at Wiznia. South of Lcmza the entire Caerwony-Br posi- 'tion could not be held by the enemy. Our pursuing troops crossed the Caer- wony-Brok position and are advancing to the east threof. The railway juno tion southeast of Ostrow was captured.
 East of Nowogoergievsk the fort ress of Benjaminow, which was evacu ated by tho enemy, was occupied. . Bombs were dropped by our airships on the fortresses of Nowogeorgievsk and Brest-Litovsk.'
 Take Rear Guard Positions.
 '"The army group of Prince Leopold of Bavaria during sharp pursuit on the left wing of the allied troops reached the region of Kaluszyn. On the right wing the army of General Won Worksch took by storm early this E.orning rear guard positions on both sides of the Dlanka west of Lukow. More than 1000 prisoners were taken.
 The army group of Field Marshal Von Mackensen is engaged in making attacks on enemy positions behind the sectors of Bystrca, southwest of RadZyn; Tismenitza, west of Karczew: and on the Ostrow-Uchruck line. On the upper Bug and on the Zlota Line the situation is unchanged"
 Press Attack on Kovno. .e.
 London, Aug. II, 1:06 D. m-The German attack on the fortress of Kovno has been pressed close Reu- ters correspondent at Petrograd points out, that the village of Piple, on which the Germans have retained their hold notwithstanding the fierce counter att tacks of the Russians, is only six miles west of Kovno It lies on the left bank of the Niemen
 Preparations are under way for the ] possible evacuation of the fortress All
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