Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-09-01
RUSSIA IN
GRIP OF ACTUAL
GERMAN INVASION
of Teutonic Allies Have
Penetrated Land of Poles
and Russia Feels Hand
of Invader.
ACCOMPLISH EVACUATION
Belief In London That German
Attempt to Circumvent Gar
rison In Fortress Failed
Coal Strike In Britain.

rison In Fortress Failed
Coal Strike In Britain.
London. Aug. 27.-The Russians
ate Grodno, the one important
stronghold on their principal line of
defense which they still retain. A
message from Petrograd to Reuters
Telegram company quotes the
Russky Invalid as stating that
Grodno would be given up when the
retreat Of the defenders has been
covered.
The message indicates that the
tall of Brest-Litovsk announced
IN Berlin yesterday was not made
public in Petrograd until / o'clock
this afternoon, the time Of the filing
of h message.
Berlin. (via London). Aug. 28.-
The Russian fortress of Olita on
h Niemen river, 80 miles south of
kovno, has been evacuated. Of
fetal announcement to this effect
was made here today.
In all the wide sweep of Russian
territory south of the Baltic prov
inces which has been covered dur
ing the great Austro-German often
sive movement, the fortress of
oul Il Aiow liie oIlly Slrohsiy ue-
Tended position remaining in the
hands Of the Russians. Olita was
on the principal Russian line of de-
tense. midway between Kovno (al-
ready In the hands of the Germans)
and Grodno. 1t is about so miles
southwest Of h important railroad
center of Wilma, which is on the
direct trunk line to Petrograd.
Olita is then ninth important fort
ress to fall before the invaders in
the last three weeks.
London. Aug. 2S.-The Austro-Ger-
man invaders have not only pressed
their'opponents into III Russia, beyond
the political borders of ancient Poland.
blu have penetrated we'll beyond the
district of Russia proper inhabited by
the Poles. This enormou advance has
now reached a stage in which the
troops Of Emperor Nicholas are fight
ing for existence on the soil Of White
Russia, which for the first time during
this war is feeling the effects of in
vasiOn.
The main object of the German at
tack around Brest-Litovsk for a num-
Der of days has been the railroad run
ming eastward from the fortress toward
Moscow. This line with a branch rum
ming i n a southeasterly direction pro-
vided the means for Russian evacua-
man advance against this railroad has
been so slow that it is believed here
the evacuation was accomplished sue
cessfully before the fortress sur
rendered.
Balkans Unsettled.
Serbia's reply to the note of the
quadruple entente, which has not been
made public although reported to have
been delivered, evidently is awaited by
the other Balkan states before they
take further action. Doubts are now
being cast on the accuracy of the re-
port which a accepted yesterday
that a Turco-Bulgarian agreement had
been signed.
With 10000 miners out in South
Wales. England again faces the pos
sibility of a coal crisis.
Although the admiralty thus far has
bardment Of Zeebrugge, on the Belgian
coast, additional details Of the damage
inflicted continue to reach London. The
latest dispatch states that the harbor
defenses were damaged seriously and
several submarines were destroyed.
Of German troops from the eastern to
the western front is reported in press
dispatches.
To Make New Stand.
The Russians have not yet entered
the vast Bieloviezh forest, which ex-
tends 80 miles north and south and has
q width Of from IL to 80 miles. The
forest is q famous hunting center
South Of 1t are the Pripet marshes
which protect the Russian left, and
with plenty Of roads and three or foul
railroad lines, It is said here thai
Grand Duke Nichols. will make good
his retirement If Grodno and Wilma car
hold out long enough. Even IL they
should fall, military observers say, the
grand duke would be we'll on his way
to his new positions before the Ger
mans could reach his flank. There
is again talk Of Russian preparations
for q stand. but no indications as YET
as to where this attempt is to be
made.
Constantinople, (via London), Aug
27.-An official statement issued here
says:
Weak. hostile forces which attacked
our left wing at Seddul-Bahr were re.
pulsed. Otherwise there is no change
ENGLISH NEW HEAD OF
ST. ANDREW BROTHERHOOD
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