, 1915-08-11
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London, Aug. 8th-The correspondent of
the Daily Mui!' ut Copenhagen states THAT
the Russians are eyacuating Koyno, the
Governor and his staff and the hunks having
already left, while the civil population have
been leaving for a week.
With the exception of Novo Georgievsk
the RussInns have evacuated the whole line
OF the Vlstula river and are now making
their way eastward to the Brest -Litovsk line.
Novo Georgievsk is being held to deprive
the Germans of railway communication and
the Vistula river for bringing supplies for
their armies. 1t has two powerful bridge
heads and an enceiute surrounded by forts
containing elevoo and twelve inch batteries,
and ii is calculated that M army corps can
hold out there for months protected by the
massive eurthworks. The Germans are stll
hopeful of capturing u large force in the
salient running out from the fortress, which
is already surrounded ON three sides leaving
an OF eniug towards the rear ucarcely twelve
miles wide, which is the Russians only why
Of escape. The siege Noyo Georgiey~k
should show whether the earlhwoIks ne
less susceptible to high explosives than
cupoIa forts.
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official communicates are silent. The Rus
slams have destroyed the bridges on the
VIstula and placed obstacles in the way of
their pursuers, While others offer stubborn
resistance south and north against the form
ing of a ring around them.
Ia London the opinion is Shat the Rus
Sims will escape this inner ring but that
there is still danger from the wider ou'lunk-
ing movements from Lomza, which If sue
c~essful, would turn the Brest-Litoyok line.
Even more serious is Won BuloW's advance
in the Baltic provinces.
According to Petrograd the Germans have
been thrown back Immediately south Of
Riga, but have advanced east of Pouewesch,
towards DvinBk. on the Wilma Petrogrnd
railway. Some infer thet the Germans, UNI
less they succeed in smashing the Russian
army, viii try to advance further into Russia
and force the Russians to accept u separate
peace, but this tremendous undertaking chul-
lenges belief.
A French Official communiqu6 states:
cat the Dardunelles since the be
ginning of August there have been no strlk-
ing developments to report, activity having
been confined TO Intermittent artillery dueHs
and much movement by a%viators. The Sow
erument have decided to replace General
Gou;aud, who WAS wounded III July last,
with General Snrrail, who has been named
COMMANDMENTS Chief in the Orient"
On Friday unusual activity was displayed
by the Germans on the Western front, the
attacks being of great imtens ty on boih sides
of the Verdun salient, cehtreing on the
neigbbourhood of hill 2I3, III the Argonne at
Bots Huut and on the heights Of the Meuse,
but they we're repulsed by the French infun-
try fire aud hand grenades. An all night
attack was made in the Ariois district be-
tween the Somme aud the Disc, aud an at
tempt to retake the Souchez territory was
also turned buck, according to a French
official communique. The Germans mnin-
tanned n continuous bombardnent with she'll
of all sz s along most of the front, Fight
ing sou h of Lingekopf, il the Vosges, is
undated, but with little gniu to either side.