Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-21
BIC FORTRESS
IN POLAND
IS CAP TUR[D.
Novo Georgiersk Falls Before In
vaders-Secure Quantities
of Supplies.
i--t
OFFENSIVE COMMENCED
ALONG WHOLE FRONT.
Brest Litovsk Military Depot of
Russia Virtually
Enveloped.
GET $4,000 PRISONERS.

Berlin (by Wireless to Tuck
erton, N. ~, Aug. 20.-The
statement today by the German
army headquarters is az follows:
1.-THE army Of Field Marshal
Won Hindenbers took Novo Geor-
eievsk, the last stronghold Of the
enemy in Poland, making prison
ers Of more than $4,000 Russians,
among whom were six generals.
The number Of cannon taken :
have increased to more than 700.
The quantity Of war material Is
impossible to estimate.
General Won Gallwitz's troops
have taken 1850 Russian prison
ers, these including ten officers,
and captured 12 machine guns"
London, Aug. 23.-The garrison of
the fortress Of Novc Georgievsk.
which was left behind by Grand Duke
Nicholas when he commenced the
evacuation of Poland to delay the ad-
vance of the German invader, after
accomplishing it's part for just fort
night, mas succumbed to the heavy
siege artillery of the Germans, which
throughout the war has made every
fort attacked by it untenable.
Capture 700 Guns.
Berlin was able today to announce
the capture of the fortress, with It's.
700 guns and large quantity Of war
material The fall had not yet been
estimated, but they are probably
large. 1t is now expected by the mil.
itary observers that the other Rus
sian fortresses such as EreStJl1 1ttovsk
and Ossoweu, later will be captured
or given up.
After the fall of Kovno, Field Mar
shall Won Hindenberg's army COM
menced again an offensive along the
whole front from the Gulf of Riga to
kovno. with the object Of taking Ri
ga and the whole WarsawPetrograd
railway rom Wilma westward.
Cleared Left Bank.
Other armies .laye cleared the
whole CT the left bank OF the Bug
before Brest-Litovsk, where Field
Marshal Won Mackensen, having
crossed the Bug, is advancing on the
fortress from the south. This means
that the obstacle of tae marches has
been circumvented and that the
Brest.Litovsk military depot and con-
centrated centers of Russia Is virtu-
ally enveloped. Although military
observers are of the opinion that the
Grand Duke again will be able to
withdraw his army in safety, the loss
of the line is considered a graver
military misfortune than tle loss OF
Warsaw.
Get Small Steamer.
The small British steamer, Bttern.
has been sunk by German subma-
rine. The crew of the vessel was
saved. ST,
A dispatch to Reuters Telegram
company from Haugesund, Norway,
says the Norwegian steamer Bras, q
vessel of 1851 tons, has been sunk.
The crew was saved.
The report that the steamer, Bo-
vic, has been sunk is untrue, accord
ing to the Press association, which
says the steamer arrived at Liver
pool today and proceeded to Man.
chester.
A German fleet has penetrated the
Gulf of Riga and is engaged with Rus
sian warsh,ps defending the coast, &C.
cording to an official statement issued
at Fetrograd tonight at the Russian
war Office.
There has been several reports re-
Gently OF Germans attempting to pene-
trate the Gulf of Riga, but Petrograd.
in the previous instances has an
nounced the repulse of all attacks.
The German success has been due
almost entirely to their great super
iority in artillery and the military
critics express the belief that as long
as they maintain this and continue to
press forward the Russians must re.
tire before them.
Entry to Warsaw.
Emperor William, who is reported
to have arrived at Novo-G eorgiesvsk.
will, it is understood, make a siege
entry into Warsaw and there let 1t be
known by an announcement what the
future status Of Poland will be.
Along the western front there have
been liveliners in the fighting, but
nothing that could be called battle.
While on her way to the Baltic to
help the Russians, the British sub
marine ELl3 grounded on the Danish
Island Of Saltholm, in the Sound, &C.
cording to admiralty's statement. An
official Berlin statement says that the
underwater boat was destroyed at
the southern outlet Of the Sound. Fiji.
teen members Of the crew Of thirty Of
the E-13 are missing.
NEW BANK.
Killdeer, N. D., Aug. 20,--Ground