The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-08-19
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AUSTRo GERMANS ADVANCE
WEDGE-PENETRATE RUS
eIAN TERRITORY.
EvACuATE KoRNo, IS CLAIM
Copenhagen Dispatch Says Municipal
Officials A. We'll Az Civilian
Population Leaving City,
italians Report Victory.

London, Aug. 9.-The Germans con-
dnue to make progress in all directions
In their efforts to cut off the retreat
OF the Russian army from the Polish
salient. They have commenced an at:
tack on the fortresses of Kovno and
Ossowetz, which are among the OBJ
stacles they must overcome in order
to reach the railway running from
Warsaw through Wilma and Dvinsk to
Petrograd.
They have taken the minor fortress
of serock, at the junction of the Ma.
rev and the Bug, and have crossed
the V1stula in tho. vicinity of War;
saw. Further south, General Woyrsch
rs advancing eastward, but Field Mar
shall Mackensen is being stubbornly
resisted and apparently making at the
best very slow progress.
Try to Envelop SIavs.
London, Aug. 9.-Holding tho
bridgeheads at Warsaw over tho Wis.,
tula river, the most formidable mill
tary obstacle is eastern Europe, Ger
many and Austro+Hungary, having con-
quered the river line and with it in
vaded Russian territory for an aver
age depth of 100 miles along a front
from the Baltic to Bukowina, are now
throwing their forces forward in an
endeavor to accomplish what Russia's
allies have so feared, the complete en-
velopement of the Russian armies.
Garrison at Bay.
Though still holding Novo Georgia
vsk, the whole Russian garrison re-
mains at bay. Thus the Russian ar.
mics not only are menaced back of
the Warsaw salient, from which it
Is assumed they were not entirely
clear before heavy German forces
broke across the Vistula to the south
east of Warsaw; but a larger and;
more formidable enveloping move.
ment has taken definite form, being
In effect a greater pair Of pincers
aiming at Dvinsk, in the north, and
at Brest-Litovsk in the south and
superimposed on smaller pair
which seeks to crush the Russian
forces in and around Warsaw.
There is the chance that the grin
of the smaller pair may not be ef-
fective and it will take some time
to demonstrate whether the more
amblt1 GUS movement succeeds.
An indication of the extent of the
German progress in the Baltic prov
1nces Of Russia is found in a dis
patch from Copenhagen which says
that the city of Kovno, some so
miles to the west of Wilma, is being
evacuated by the Russian municipal
officials as we'll as by the civilian
population.
Furthermore, Riga, at the mouth
of the River Dvina, is expected to
pass to German possession at any
time
A news dispatch from Athens in
d1cates that Greece is holding out
against the Allies in their evident
effort to win this country, a key to
the entire Balkan situation, to their
side. The adherence of Bulgaria and
Rumania is dependent largely on the
attitude of Greece.
An Italian submarine has been
sent to the bottom In the Adriatic
Joy an Austrian submarine, accord
Ing to a news dispatch from Rome.
Italian forces are reported to have
captured Monte San Michele, on the
Austrian frontier, a position which
threatens Gorilla.
A London dispatch announces the
sinking by a German submarine Of
SIX British fishing boats. The crews
were saved. A Danish steamer was
set on fire.