Evening star., 1915-08-23
Germans Had 600 Pieces of
Artillery Trained on a
Single Fort.
MORE THAN HALF OF ARMY
NOW ON RUSSIAN FRONT
Petrograd Reports Indicate That
Cars Army Is at Present Hold.
ing Russian Invaders.

LONDON. August %. 1859 p.m.-Refu-
gees who have reached Petrograd from
kovno say that an enormous amount
of artillery was employed by the Ger
mans in their successful assault on
that fortress.
According to information gathered
from this source, Reuters correspond
ent at Petrograd says the Germans
concentrated 500 guns on the first fort
which they captured. The batteries
formed great arc of guns, one row
behind another. One shell destroyed
the facade Of the cathedral
Three Zeppelins and more than thirty
aeroplanes flew over the fortress. drop
ping bombs.
Huge Army in Poland.
The military correspondent of the
Times in discussing the situation in
the eastern theater of the war says 1t
seems probable that Germany has a
million and a half men on the Russian
fronts. not counting the forces remain
ing In Galicia or held in general re-
serve. The direction of the whole
mighty movement in this zone is in the
hands of Gen. Won Falkenhayen, chief
of staff of the German army, the cor
respondent states.
A Reuter- dispatch from Petrograd
says:
THE whole line of the Grodno- -Bialy-
stok- k-Brest-Litovsk railway remains in
the possession of the Russians. but
l.
Of gunf1re and frequently is visited by
bomb-dropping aeroplanes.
The Bourse Gazette says German
advance guards who appeared near
Novosvyentsyany, on the Vilna-Petro-
grad railway, were driven back by the
Russians"
Russians Feel Pressure.
PETROGRAD. August 90, via London,
August 23.-"The German forces on the
Russian front have been continually on
the increase up to a few days ago. and
it is known that the number of Ger
man army corps here now Is at least
30 or 40 per cent of their entire forces.
while Austria Hungary has more than
20 per cent of her available men facing
the Russians says a semi Official
ment continues:
The total of the enemys infantry
fighting the Russians constitutes more
than half of all their modified forces.
in the early stages of the war The
number of the German infantry on the
Russian front has increased 400 per
cent and the German cavalry has in
creased 300 per cent. These figures
show conclusively the immense forces
with which Russia has had to contend
for the past four months
10000 Prisoners Taken.
BERLIN. August %. by wireless
telegraphy to Sayville, n. Y.-Although
definite figures regarding the booty
captured at Kovno are not available
the German main headquarters has an
nounced that the number Of prisoners
taken was more than 10000.
There also was taken." the state
ment says, more than 500 cannon,
type, an enormous quantity Of ammu-
milton. innumerable machine guns,
searchlight apparatus. motor cars,
tires. war material Of all kinds and
provisions worth millions of marks
1T is evident the Russians did not
expect Kovno's fall in the near future
They offered a stubborn resistance
even after the fall of the fortress. A
hundred recruits left behind in the
town declared $1,000 unarmed Russian
this Russian fortress"
Kaiser Enters Novo Georgievsk.
NOVO GEORGIEvsK, Russian Poland.
August %, via Warsaw to London, August
23.-The German emperor, with Gen. Won
Falkenhayen. chief of staff of the Ger
man army; Field Marshal Won Hinden-
burg, Gen. Won Beseler and brilliant
suite. today entered the still burning
town Of Novo Georgievsk.
Emperor William, prior to his entrance,
reviewed in parade part of the troops
which took the fortress in a short eight
day siege. The emperor witnessed the
parade from the crest of tine Noyo
forts. amid cannon and barbed
wire entanglements. He expressed graft
tude to God, who. he said, had helped
the troops. and would further help them,
and thanked the men for their accom-
plishment. The emperor, who stood near
the Associated Press correspondent, ap-
peared to be fresh and strong, despite his
arduous duties.
After the parade the correspondent en-
tered Novo Georgievsk, where stores and
supplies everywhere were burning The
apparently intended to take
away, but the railroad bridge
broke down under the weight of the heavy
thus cutting the connections and
necessitating defense of the fortress.