New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-12
Germans Gain Only Near
Nowo Georgiewsk
and in North.
BENJAMINOW FORT
is CAPTURED
Evacuation of KOvnO Begun
Cars Soldiers Making Good
Escape in South.

London, Aug. 1.-THE Russian bar
riers behind which are retiring the rear
guards who defended the Narew lire
while Warsaw's great armies escaped
are still holding, according TO the la
est official advices. The small number
Of captures claimed by the Germans
gives increasing confidence that even
the rear guards, who were to have
been sacrificed, il necessary, to insure
the safety of the main bodies, will
reach their new lines with very moder-
ate losses.
On the southern front, too, the Rus
slams appear to be making good thei,
escape, though under constant pressure,
while in Golizia no results have yet
been attained by the renewed Austrian
activity.
Only around Nowo Georgiewsk have
the Germans gained any considerable
ground. The investment of that fort
ress has been practically completed
with the capture of the fort Of Benja-
minow, which lies to the east of the
main fortress.
kovno Russian Danger Point.
Kovno is the real danger point in
the Russian line The armies Of Grand
Duke Nicholas apparently have arrested
the German offensive against Riga and
Dvinsk, but are being hard pressed on
the Kovno front. which the Germans
are attacking with guns of all calibres,
including the famous 16-inch cannon
which TO fortress hitherto has been
able to withstand.
Reuters correspondent at Petrograd
points out that the village of Piple. on
which the Germans have retained their
hold notwithstanding the fierce counter
attacks of the Russians, is only six
miles west of Kovno. 1t lies on the left
bank of the Nicmen.
Preparations are under way for the
possible evacuation of the fortress. All
military supplies and government prop
critics have been removed and factories
are being dismantled.
Zeppelin has appeared for the first
time owe. the fortress of Dvinsk. on
the Dvina, 10 miles southeast of Riga.
The airship circled the ramparts.
GERMAN OFFICIAL.
The German official Communication
on the lighting in the eastern front was
as follows:
The army group under Field Mar
shall Won Hindenburg easily repulsed
strong advances made by the Rus
SLAMS during the last few days along
the Riga-Mitau road. North of the
Niemen there are no changes. An
attack by strong Russian forces from
Kovno failed The number of Rus
SLAMS taken prisoners there since the
9Th of August has been increased to
2,ll6 and of machine guns to l6.
East of LomZa our troops are ad-
vancing in the direction Of the Bobr-
Narew line. The enemy still holds
the bridgehead at Wiznia. South of
Lomza the entire Russian line is re-
treating. The strongly fortified sec
tions Of the Caerwony-BrO position
could not be held by the enemy.
Our pursuing troops crossed the
Caerwony- Brok position ard are ad-
vancing to the east thereof. The
railway junction southeast of Ostrow
was captured.
East of Nowo Gecrgiewsk the
fortress Of BenjaminoN, which was
evacuated by the enemy, was occu-
pied. Bombs were dropped by our
airships on the fortresses OF Nowo
Georgiewsk and Brest-Ltovsk.
The army group of Prince Leopold
of Bavaria, during sharp pursuit
on the left wing of the allied troops,
reached the region of Kaluszyn. On
the right wing the army of General
Won Worysch took by storm early
this morning rearguard positions on
both sides of the DlLnka, west of
Lukow. More than LOCO prisoners
were taken.
The army group Of Field Marshal
Won Mackensen is engaged in making
attacks on enemy positions behind
the sectors of Bystrca, southwest of
Radzyn. TismenitZa, west of Karc-
zew; and on the Ostrow- Uchruck
line. On the Upper Bug and on the
Zlota Lpa, the situation is un-
changed.
AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL.
The following official communica-
ton was received from Vienna to-
light:
Yesterday the Austro Hungarian
troops which had advanced across
the Wieprz River Southeast Po-
land disodged the enemy from the
region northwest OF Komea and con-
tinued their pursuit in northeast
erly direction.
Btween he Upper Tismenitza and
the Bug, where the Russians .ately
established themselves in Ostrow
and Uchrusk, the attacks OF the
Allies are proceeding.
RUSSIAN OFFICIAL.
The following official statement was
received tonight from the Russian
General staff:
On the roads TO Riga Monday
evening our troops successfully re-
pulsed enemy attacks on the River
Ekau. In the direction Of Jacobstadt
northwest of Dvinsk, on the Dvina
River) we drove back the Germans
from the Schoenburg district From
Dyinsk 10 Poiniewesch we continue
70 press the retreatlng enemy, some
of whose detachments have been
driven with the bayonet from the
positions they are defending st, -
bornly at various points. At kovno,
during Monday night, the Germans
renewed persistent attacks on our
western works and continued them
Tuesday. In counter-attacks by the
garrison three German battalions
W.