The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-08-13
A GENERAL SURVEY OF
THE WAR.


been entered by the Teutons accord
ing to official report from Berlin. The
fall of the city became a certainty
when the Russians on the Blonie-Na-
radZyn line retreated to the city's
Notifications. At Lomza they have
been driven back, and at Ostrolenka
the TeutOns have crossed the NareW
after severe fighting.
1t is further claimed that part of
the Notifications of Ivangorod have
been taken, and that General Mack
ensen continues to advance slowly
in the region north and east of ChOlm.
General Won Buelow, who is con-
Quoting the German enveloping move
ment on the left wing of the invading
armies, is said to have reached
Kupischki. CITY miles west of Dvinsk.
The western front is featureless. On
the Italian front there are the usual
reports of slow but steady Latin pro-
gress- originating in Rome-accom-
panied by Viennas claims that ali
Italian attacks have been repulsed.
Friday, Aug. 6.-News is expected
mOmentarily in Berlin of the sur
rounding and destruction of huge
sections of the MuscOvite foe
With General Won Buelow threaten
ing Dwinsk and Riga on the north and
General Mackensen driving toward
Brest to the south, while Generals
Gallwitz and WOyrsch and Prince
Leopold push their offensive in be-
tween these extremes, the grand duke
has a stupendOus task to protect his
retreating armies and keep them in
tact long enough to establish a new
defensive front. NovO GeOrgievsk is
being evacuated by the Russians. More
than 100000 Slavs are in full retreat
The news from the western and Ital-
ian fronts is of slight significance.
Saturday, Aug. IF Kovo falls, as
is predicted today, it will give the
TeutOns the most northerly fortified
position of the second line of Rus
sian defense-the line Kovno-Grodno-
3ielyStOck-Brest-Luz which the
Slavs are now retreating. Evacuation
Of Kovno is said to have begun.
Strenuous efforts have been made
to check the advance of Mackensen
in the Province of Lublin, and with
some success. 1t is reported that heavy
rains have caused floods west of
Brest Litovsk, where the land is low
and inclined to be marshy, and this is
said 10 be hindering the retreat of the
Russians.
The Italians have resumed their at
tacks on Goritz, and are said to have
lost heavily in fighting at Podgora, to
the west of the city, They claim the
capture of the summit OF Mount st.
Michaele, a dominating position to the
south of Goritz. Vienna reports an
Austrian success in occupation of posi-
tions near Mount Paralva, in the
Carnian Alps, and on Italian territory.
Beyond spirited artillery engage
ments in the Argonne, the forest of
Apremont, and some fighting on the
Lingenkopf, in the Vosges, the west
ern front is devoid of incident.
Sunday, Aug. S.-German troops on
the Narew are approaching the LON
a-Ostrov-WyszkOw road South of
Wyszkow the River Bug has been
reached. Serock, at the mouth of the
Bug, has been occupied Near Novo
Georgievsk German troops have taken
the forts of Segrze.
In the southwest under pressure by
the troops of General Won Woyrscn
the Russians are retreating in an
easterly direction. Between the Wis
lula and the Bug the left wing ar
mics under General Won Mackensen
have driven the Russians back In a
ncrtherly direction.
In the western theater furious
battle in the Vosges, between the
heights of Lingskopf and Schrat-
manele, in which the Germans sustain
ed severe losses, is reported by the
French war office. Berlin says counter
attacks against the treanches taken
from the French in the western Ar
gonne were repulsed.
No significant news is received from
he Italian front.