The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-23
French A%erOplanc Attacks German
Filters One ut a Time.
Speciai cable Despatch 10 Tnr srS.

LONDON, Sept. 22.-The German War
Office tonight states that further head
way has been made In Field Marshal
Won H~indenburg's enveloping move
ment against Dwinsk. German forces
penetrating the Russian positions south
west OF that city. owe a front Of nearly
two miles, and capturing 2,00o prisoners.
This brings the threat OF capture closer
TO Dwinsk. already under bombardment
of the Teuton guns, and endangers the
forces defending the important railroad
junction. The Russian troops. in the
event OF continued German successes at
Dwinsk will be In "A plight much Ike
the one into which the Germans en-
circling operations :orced the defenders
of wilma.
The question whether this latter army
escaped Hindenburg's trap is the all
absorbing topic of discussion here at
present. To-day's official German and
Russian reports contain nothing that in
dicates the fate of that army.
The Austro-Germans toOk the city Of
Ostrow, in the N%olhynian fortress tri-
angle. This is the first report that the
Teuton armies there have sumo the
offensive. They seem TO have checked
the Car. whose movement lately has
somewhat C-Junterbalanced Russian de-
feats in the north.
Fight for ROwnO.
petrograd reports = German attack
east of LUX" which indicates that the
southern army has begun an a
toward the kowel-iiowno railroad.
Rowno ID the eastern corner OF the
Nolnyn!an fortress triangle, the apex
and western point of which. Dubno and
Luck respectively, are in German hands.
To save Rowno, n possibly to regain
the two other fortresses, has been the
chief object Of the present Russian cam
paign. Rowno. besides being the key
to the railroad to Kieff. also is the
point of the Wilna-Lida road,
on which part of the Russian wilma
army may have escaped. Some violent
fighting is therefore looked for in this
part of the Russian theatre.
The German statement also claims
successes northwest and southwest of
Oshmyana in the movement on the Bar
n~Owitsch-Lida road north of Novogru-
dek and on both sides Of the Brest-
IAtovsk-M insk railway. The oficial re-
port follows
Army Group of Field Marshal von
Observation-Disclosures OF Lenne-
wada, on the Dwina northwest of
Friedrichstadt. the Russians attacked.
The fighting continues.
East of Smclina, southwest OF
Dwinsk. our troops penetrated into
enemy positions over a front OF three
kilometers (nearly two miles,. We
took nine officers and 1000 men pris-
oners and captured eight machin
guns,
Northwest and southwest OF Osh-
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favorably. ON both sides of SUI
bodniki the Gawia sector has been
crossed. The right wing has adj
vanced as far as the district north
of Novogrodck.
Army Group of Prince Leopold
of Bavaria-The Molczadz sector has
been crossed southeast of the place of
that name.
Russian positions on the western
bank of the Myschiaka River on both
sides of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
railway were stOrmed,
We captured 1000 priOners n
Ave machine guns.
Further south Ostrow was taken
after house to house lighting by our
advancing divisions, who crossed the
Oginski canal near TeleChany ana
threw back the Russians in the direc-
ton of BObroslawka,
Army Group of Field Marshal Won
Mackensen-East OF Logischin there
have been minor battles.
Southeastern Theatre of War
There is nothing to report.
OniciaI Russian statement.
The following official statement was
issued late tonight by the Russian War
Office
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