The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-27
Russian Forces Along 135
Mile Line Are in Order
ly Retreat.
ARMIES DIVIDED,
VIENNA REPORTS
MuScovitcs, by Retiring,
Avoid Trap Carefully
Set by Invaders.

LoNpoS. Aug. 26.-Brest-Litovsk.
the most important point in the pres
ent Russian line. fell into the hands
Of the Germans last night. The great
forts, generally said to be among
the most formidable in Europe, were
wrecked by the German siege guns
In little more than three days. The loss
means the immediate collapse of the
entire Russian front.
BicloStok. eighty miles to the north.
has also been occupied. The advanced
German troops reached the city last
night and almost Immediately the posi-
ton became untenable. The reverse
there. while not of so much Importance
ss that OF Brest-Litovsk. is a serious
blow
From Pctrograd comes official word
that the entire Russian armies stretch
In. their winding lire over lie 1876
miles Of front between Grodno and the
Prpet River have been ordered to re-
treat. Consequently. 1t Is believed.
6roino itself must fall within a few
DAYS and the Russian forces from wilma.
OF the north, TO the Prlpet. on the
south. will be confronted with another
enforced retreat similar In measure
but on an even greater and more haz-
arduuI scale than the retreat just COM
Litoys' front.
In a word, the Russian defeat has
been complete and tonight the only
bright spot in the east lies in the prob
able design of the German General Staff
70 rest on the victo les already won
and give the Russian armies time in
which 10 gather strength for new resist
snce or offensive.
Report Russinn Armies Separated.
Every bit of news from Berlin and
P"tfogTdd indicates that the Russian
troCi, who held Brest-Litovsk and Bile
lostpk, as well as the rest I the rap
.nll Cruinbllng line or he north and
south, have so far escaped in COM
prtc body and that the forces of the
Grand Duke Nicholas, still intact, will
b. Hn'c tp clude al! attempts at ensnare-
mcnt u the future, as in the past. That
= perhaps, the redeeming feature of the
pl'7cut reverse, just as IL was of the en-
\u unofficial despatch from the Aus
t1uu headquarters, however. says that
Austrian cavalry. pushing forward from
u- Bug beyond kovel, has severed the
1nuuIcttionS between the Russian
armies north and south
Ii would De undue optimism, say
." British military critics, to believe
thU the losses in men at Brest-Litovsk
We" not at least considerable. But
t,~tr. .t,I hAt
su,n losses have occurred. Is the sharp
u'''lr toward bankruptcy ia artillery
Nn.nn the loss of BreSt -Litoysk has
mos" ,rtainly involved. 1t is even prob
ADJ. ttltl the Investing garrison did not
move lin I'm which to destroy the stores
OF 'Wuuuitiou. let alone the guns. There
Is nothing 80 far To indicate the extent
Of the military booty captured with the
10 ircSs, but the seriousness OF the loss
rhlNpt hc miuimiZed, especially at such
time
Pursuit in Fun swing
The official German statement says:
The army group of Field Marshal
ron Mackenseu: Brest-Litovsk has
I Hem. While the Austro-Hungarian
corps under General Won ARR were
ta"ug the three forts on the west
'.u front, the Brandenburg Twenty
srouud Reserve Corps stormed the
works on the northwest front and
= ''lratcd into the central works
Daring the night, The enemy then
gave up the fortress over the en-
IT, front from the Bialowieska for
4, to the swampy Pripet region.
Southeast Of Brest-Litovsk the pur-
t.' s in fun swing.
The army of General Won Galwitz
o.uyo the enemy from the Orlanka
sector north and southeast of Bielo-
s'uK
Before the army of Prince Leopold
&. Bavaria the badly defeated enemy
g. ncoing toward the heart of the
fIaowicska forest, and Is making a
stand only in the region northwest
o. kamicniez-Litovsk.
The army group of Field Marshal
Won IIindcnburg Near Bausk and
S'horubcrg, east OF Mitau, the fight
'Ng developed. East and southwest
'i kpyuO the fighting continues, he
iWDru Seyny and MerecZ on the Me
u"u the enemy was driven back In
l.' wood east Of AugustoWo por-
'ou Of Gen. EichOrn's army pene-
t.alcd in AN casterly direction.
Further south hghting is taking
plHr" IN the BereCOwka sector. Our
edydurcd troops reached Bielostok.
Tho defeat Of the Russians AT Brest
'IuNSh has come as "A complete sur
rr.-' 1t Ia generally held to be littl'
.u.t ~ 4 catastrophe, necessitating, a
% must, the prcclptous retreat
outre Russian front to the nortl
i.d for some distance to the south
Military observers here are AT "A los