Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-09-10
GERMANS TAKE
100000 SLAvS
Places Dead and Wounded in
Russia at 100000.
FIFTEEN GENERALS CAPTURED
Geneva Report Says Cars Troops Es.
capped Trap by Cutting Their Way
Through German Lines to the North.


Through German Lines to the North.
Official figures issued in Berlin place
the Russian killed and wounded in the
esater theater of war, since May 2, at
300,0G0 men.
The number Of prisoners taken by
the victorious Austro-German troops
in their operations against the Rus.
slams is placed at 100000 men, and
this is declared to be a conservative
estimate.
The official war office statement de-
clares that during the month OF Aug
ust alone more than 1000 officers and
269,S39 men were captured, together
with 2300 cannon and 500 machine
guns.
For the first time the amount Of
booty taken at Kovno and Novogeor-
gieVsk, the two great fortresses which
crumbled under the fire of the heavy
German siege guns, was definitely an
nounced.
At Kovno 10000 men and S27 can
non fell to the German arms, while at
Novogeorgieysk 10000 prisoners, In
cluding fifteen generals and more ttan
1000 other officers, were taken. At
this fortress 1900 cannon and $50 ma
chine guns were also seized.
Progress is reported in the fighting
all along the eastern front and espe-
cially in the region Of Grodno. This,
the last of the great Russian strong
holds In the north of Poland, is in i'm
minent danger of capture. German
forces already have reached the
outer positions of Grodno and have
begun the attack.
The Russian fortress of Lutsk has
been captured by the Teutonic forces,
it was officially announced at the Aus
trian war office.
Extricating themselves from a trap
set by Field Marshal Won Mackensen
and Prince Leopold of Bavaria, eight
Russian divisions Approximately 144,'
O000 mem escaped from the forces
rapidly surr@ @unding them and Joined
the field army defending Grodno, az
cordlng to a disnatch from a cores
pondeat of the Geneva Tribuna, sent
from Radon, Poland.
The Russians had to cut their way
through the German lines to the north
of them.
The same correspondent says that
the Germans are suffering terrific
losses.
Russian troops in the Bielsk re-
gion," he says, "are necessarily coun
ter attacking their enemy, inflicting a
loss of $4,000 daily between Brest
Litovsll and Bielsk, and 10000 daily
between Bielsk and Grodno. Before
occupying Narew, which the Russians
evacuated, the Germans lost 10000
killed in one afternoon"
Powder Mills Blow Up; TWO Dead.
With terrific reports heard for
miles, two black powder mills OF the
Dupont Powder company at the upper
Hagley yards, near Wilmington, Del,
on Drandywino creek, exploded.
Lawrence Cu3nin CHAM, aged forty
six years, married, OF Henry Clay,
suburb, and John Gillespie, aged
thirty-fve years, of Hazleton, Ps.'
were instantly killed.
The cause OF the expio ion has not
been determined. Several hundred
pounds Of powder of a powerful grade
were stored in each mill. The first to
explode was fuse plant, which caus'
ed the explosion OF the second mill
nearby. The two victims were en-
ployed in the fuse mill.
Oaiy one body was found. Whether
it is Cunningham or Gillespie it is inn
possible to tell 1t is burned and man
gled beyond recognition.
Tic second man was blown to
atoms, the c?ly remains recovered be-
ing bits of c, AIRED flesh hanging in the
a;hes OF trees on tile opposite side
of BrandyWine creek.