New Britain herald., 1915-07-29
Cars Forces Claim Success in. Stubborn Fighting Between
 Viprez and Bug Rivers
f,50O GERMAN TROOPS
 TAKEN PRISONERS


 saults Near Narew River Resulted Tn Failure With Heavy Losses to Attackers and that Kaiser's Forces Captured 2.eio Prisoners in yicin- ity of suwalki.
 The German endeavor to capture r Warsaw, pushed forward with notable fury for a period covering more than. two weeks, has not made any mate- rial progress since last Tuesday, ac- cording to reports coming from Pet rograd, London and Berlin On the contrary. the Russian authorities in, their latest official announcement re- $ iterate their claims that the German advance movement, in the direction of the Polish capital have been check ed and they specify when and where. The Berlin announcements do not dis pute Petrograd.
 Going into details the latest Rus sian report predicts the favorable out come of the advance guard engage ments near Mitau, in Courland and says the Germans are continuing their efforts to cross the NareW river at ] a point nears Novogorod. north of < Warsaw The line on the left bank of the Narew, from Ostrolenka to the river Prut,S has seen spirited fighting but remains unchanged and to the right of the Narew German attacks have been repulsed. x.
 l,5OO Germans Captured.
 Between the viprez and the Bug Al which the Russians claim success and the Capture of 800 German sol ediers.. v
 At Grubechow, a point close to the Galician frontier north of Lemberg, the Germans made deterrnined at tenpts to advance, but were driven back accerding to the Russian War ofice and littles furthe to the sUutl1s sAt Sokal, the Russians declare they ] have begun successful ~ offensive movement. Desperate fighting is still going on at this point. The French official statement of today re- ports minor activity, but no lighting Of importance, while the latest Italian announcement says the progress Of the Italian forces on the Carso plateau ahas been satisfactory and that they have been successful in minor en- 3counters at other points.
 Hs Minister of Munition Lloyd-G George, addressing a meeting of coal operators i'm Londan, laid particular emphasis upon the need of coal. for the suc- cessful conduct of the war He de- clared that events in the east meant that larger share than ever of the < burden of the struggle was to be cast on the soldiers of Great Britain, and T, +l, of victory if it meant to be victori-. ous.
 The German Imperial Chancellor, who returned to the Capital. yester- Mday from army headquarters, where he saw Emperor William, is in con- E ference today with James w Gerard the American Ambassador
 ss Germans Take 2,81O Prisoners
 The German official report of to- days says there has been changes in the situation north of the Niemen river; that German troops have taken 2.910 prisoners near Suwalki. south Of Kovno and that Russian attacks usptuh of the river Narew resulted in failure and heavy losses to the at tackers.
 Russian Official Report.
 Petrograd, July 28, via London, July 39 The following official state ment was issued today at the head quarters of the General stan
 West and south of Mitau, Monday advance guard enga gements resulted to our advantage. The enemy advanc- 4 Ing from Ponicwesch was stopped by our rear guards near the village of Soubotch where our infantry inf1ict- ed heavy losses
 tsOn the Narew front there has been violent artillery fire Near Novogorod the enemy continued his efforts to cross the river. Near the mouth Of the river SkWa the enemy on Tuesday succeeded in occupying part of our trenches on the left bank of tho river but counter attacks threw them back.. On the left bank of the Narew ffom Ostrolenka to the river Rrut thefe has been a spirited com but but the line on this front is un- changed.l To the right of the Narew the enen3y took the offensive against our troop attempting to counter at tack nofth of serock, Near the viIr s ' lage oH Rudy (southeast of Pultuslxb we rapulsed six attacks.
 No Important Changes.
 ssOn the left bank Of the vistula md between the Vieprz there have been no important changes.
 Between the yieprz and the Bug stubborn battle continued up to Tuesday morning in the region Of the tcontinucd on eleventh pageo.