, 1915-08-25

Wednesday night. which were easily rtpu eed.
On the rtmainde 4 of eur font thee hnve
been i|nttlmittent artillery engagements, but
of no importance"
A German official statement says: "The
fortle ss of Kovno, together with MI the
forts and innumeruble quantities Of materials,
including far over 400 cannon, has fallen IL
TO our possession, the fortress being take'l
by storm despite the most stubborn resist
auce by the enemy. Generals Won Srholz
and Won GaIlwi'z have penetrated further
towards the east and our foremost division
is approaching the Blal ystok- BI"lSk railway.
Before Noyo Georgltvsk two further forts on
the north eastern front have been captured
by storm and we took 600 prisoners aud cap
tured 20 cannon. Prince Leopol Is left wing
met with renewed strong resistance y%rster-
day in the Kamionka section on both stiles
of Siemiatycze, on the Bug, and southeast
of Siemiatycze we forced oar way across the
section, the enemy being driven back to
(nHms d~eleted), and our right wing his
reached the southern bank of the Bng. Won
Mackensen's group of armies has dlven its
opponents across the Bug INTO the outer posi-
tions Of the fortress of Brest LltovSk, aud
east of Wlodawn our troops have penetrated
across the railway line between ChoIm n"d
Brest- Litoysk in m ensterly direction
All Austrian official despatch states: Con
the 18th, while the Germans advanced alouS
the west bunk of the~ Bug our troops under
Field Marshal Won Arz repulSed the Russians
ON both sides of the r0ud from BIdr, within
range of the fortress artillery OF Bres-
Lltoysk, and the surrounding ring on the
western bank is now closed. In the area of
Jnnow the Archduke FertIinnud's army has
cleared the southern bank Of the Bug Of the
enemy
General Sir Tan Hamilton in his rt port says:
FfIhe recent 0 operations in the GaIlpnlI Pen
insula consisted Of attacks OF the p %'s'tlon1 of
the enemy along Inc southern and Amaze lines
and included the fresh landing Of strong forces
at Suy}a Bay. Evidence gathered from state
ments made by the prisoners shows that the
Turks were considerably reinforced WI Il u
view to heavy attacks ON Us, but that ours
fOreetalled the enemy by about twenty loHr
hours. The fighting was very severe and on
both sides the casualties were very hugh.
The landing at Sugln Bay was we'll planned
aud carried out by the Navy, but despite
the fuct that the Turks developed their great
est strength IN the Anzac region, our troops
from Suvlu could not make very satisfactory
progress before the enemy WAS able to move
up considerable forces from hs reserves aud
bring our further advance at this point to
a staudstill, Within the past weeks the post
tious won have been consolidated at all poluls
and the spirit of the troops Is excellent.
A Polro grad official commun'Qne states
"At X VINO, after desperate battles It9tIn&
eleven days, which cost the enemy enormous
losSes, the Germans have succeeded IN estn.
bti4htng themselves in the fortiic1il"n1 or
the left bank Of the Niemen aud Oh the west
bunk Of the Jesia, and they are attempting
to pass to the right bank of this emb mixed
stream while a portion Of the defence works
remains in our hands, we hold NIL the fortI-
fcations Oh the right bank of the Nlemen.
A JOINT inspection of parts of the Weete II
line hus been made by Lord Kitchener ald
and VI. Milertnd, the French Minister for
War. accompanied by General Joffre and
Field Marshal Sir john French. An official
communique announces that Lord Kitchener
and NJ. Mlllerand we're greatly impressed by
the splendid appearance of the Allied troops
aud their high morale.
Ottawn, August 20th.-The Dominion
Government have been advised by the Adj
miralty that there were no Canadian troops
aboard the transport "RoyaI Edward" when
she was sunk.
London, August 21st.-Further particu-