The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-22
m ms Take Bielsk.

The German army under Gen. vor
Gallwitg has taken Bielsk. according &c
the ofhcial statement issued in Berlir
to-day. Bielsk is on the Biala. half wa,
between Ossowiec and Brest-Litovsk
fifty miles northwest of the latter
fortress.
The German statement indicates tina,
the Teutonic armies are continuing theii
successes in driving the Russians bach
along much OF the Polish line. forcing
the defenders from their positions south
Of kovno. which fell on August II
while Won Mackensen's left wing has
advanced from the mouth of the Bug &c
Pulwa. The Germans also are continu
ing their forward movement east OF
Vlodava. in the Brest-Litovsk sector.
The German military statement to-
day says:
The troops OF Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg fighting east Of kovno
have taken $50 more Russian pris-
oners and six machine guns.
South OF Kovno the Russians
have evacuated their position at Gesia
and are retreating in an easterly d.
rectlon.
Near Gudele and Sejny the Rus
sian positions were taken by storm.
In fighting west OF Tykocin on
the Narew River we took 6lO more
Russian prisoners, including five OFF,
GERS. and also four machine guns.
Bielsk was captured by tn earmy
OF Gen. Won GallwItz. The Russians
were driven across the Biala.
Renewed resistance Of the Rus
SLAMS was broken down by the Ba-
varian army OF Prince Leopold after
a battle lasting throughout yesterday
afternoon and last tght. Since
early morning the enemy has been in
retreat. over 1000 prisoners were
taken.
The left wing OF Field Marshal
Won Mackensen's army crossed the
sector Of Kotorka and advanced from
the mouth of the Bug to Pulwa. the
enemy continuing his retreat,
East of Vlodava. near Brest-Li-
tovsk. further progress has been mad
by the Germanic forces.
II is evident that the Germans through
their movement against Brest-Litovsl
from the northwest and south hope &c
outiank the Russian defenders in III,
region east OF Vlodava, where the Rus.
siars are assisted by swamps which ex'
| tend far to the east OF the Bug, and t.
cut on the Russian armies based or
Rrest-Litovsk from those operating a
Ossowiec. Success In the latter projec
would enable the Germans TO approach
Ossowiec from the south as well as from
, the west and north.
Petrograd dispatches say that IN,
greatest heroism was displayed by thu
defenders OF Kovno before that fortres;
was given up, the Russian garrison
dying almost to a man.
Brest-IitOvsk Is Goal.
Brest-Lltoysk. In the view of the mill
tary writers, is now the goal of all thu
! German efforts in this region. and tn
fortress and the armies before 1t ar
expected to have to contend with 81!
great Austro-German armies soon.
The first great battle for the fortress
/ already has begun on the Bohen. Petro
{ grad dispatches say that the Russian.
are holding firmly here and that tn,
Germans have been forced to abandon
strongly fortified positions. The Teu
tonic ARM which invested Novo Georgi
evsk In now moving eastward to joll
the Bavarian forces under Prince Leo
pold to the northwest OF Rrest-Litovsk
and Gen. Won Mackensen Is concentrat
Ing large forces or an attack on tn,
outer works OF the fortress,
A Reuter- despatch from Petrograt
says that "A Zeppelin dying over wilma
east of Kovno. has been brought dow
by Russian fire, the airship being hi
four times, The Zeppelin, according
to the despatch, contained IA pilot, en-
gineer and eight soldiers and wa
equipped with a machine gun, bombs, in
cendiary darts and Photographic ap
paratus,
Details of the capture of Nov,
Georgievsk are contained In a despatch
to the Berlin Lokdldns ei0er. The des
patch says:
Thousands of Russians Surrender
"The HE attack was carried out from
the northeast, After a bombardmcnt o
ninety minutes word was received tina
the important Fort No. 3 was stil intac
and therefore the time had not come 10