Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-09-01
BREST-LITOVSK HAS FALLEN.
Most Important Achievement by Teu-
tons Since Capture OF Warsaw.

London, Aug. 26.-The Austro-
Germans to-day marched into Brest- !
LitovSk, center of the Bug River line
OF defenSes and main concentration
center. The Russians put up des- /
perate resistance to the German ad- 7
vances, but made no attempt to de- !,
fend the fortress itself, evacuating
it as they did Ossowetz.
Petrograd dispatches had indiCat-
ed the Russians were planning TO
take up defensive positions farther |
east
The Germans now hold the entire
railway line from Chelm to Bialy-
stok. AS the Russians have already .
evacuated Bialystok, the lesser for
tresses of Grodno and Olita are the
only strongly defended positions re- ,
naming in the hands Of the Rus
slams. The Germans are nearing ,
both OF these lines, and they proba- ,
bly, will be given up when they have |
the Russian retreat
The Russians have not yet entered ,
the vast Bieloviezh forest, which eX- !
tends 80 miles north and south, and J
has width Of from II to 80 miles. |
South Of it are the Pripet marshes, !,
which protect the Russian left.
Expect Nicholas to Escape. |
With plenty of roads and three or /
four railroad lines, it is expected ,
here that Grand Duke Nicholas will |.
make good his retirement if GrodnO /
and Wilma can hold out long enough. |
Even if they should fall military OBJ /
servers say the Grand Duke would be 4,
well on his way to his new positions !
before the Germans could reach his +
flank. There is again talk Of Rus !
sian preparations for stand, but no /
indication as to where this attempt
is TO be made.
Aircraft Get Busy.
Aircraft have again broken the !
monotony Of the western warfare. |
SiXty-two French aeropIanes flew |
over the Dellingen Iron Works, near
$50 bombs, while British aviator
is reported to have dropped bomb !
and destroyed a German submarine
off Ostend. The German report says
that four Of the French machines in
the attack near Saarlous were
brought down, one, however, falling
behind the French lines.
Hrcst-Litovsk Strong Fortress.
The Russian fortress of Brest-
Litovsk had been considered one of
the strongest fortresses in Europe
and was the southern base Of the |
second Russian line Of defenses, to
which the armies of Grand Duke |
Duke Nicholas retreated after the |
fall Of Warsaw. The citadel is sit
uated on the Bug River and at the |
junction OF several railways, 131 |
miles south Of Grodno. and 120 miles |
due east Of the Polish capital.
The storming of Brest-Litovsk is |
probably the most important military |
achievement since the fall of War
saw three weeks ago to-day. The |
town, which had a population of |
about $4,000, was one of the most |
important depots for, and the dis
tributing point of, military supplies |
near the western frontiers Of Russia |
proper The fortress was rated by |
military critics as much more i'm
portant strategic point than was |
Warsaw
BreSt-LICOVsk is situated at the |
junction of the Bug and Mukhovets |
rivers and the fortress was built at |
the point of confluence. 1t lies upon |
the right bank Of the Bug, where the |
river turns from the north to the |
northeast. lntersecting here are |
railroads from Odessa, Kiev, Moscow,
Wilma and East Prussia.
Brest-Litovsk, according to inror-
nation compiled by the National |
Geographic Society, contained one Of |
the oldest important fortresses in
Northern Europe. The older forti-
hcauons were erected about one mile
east of Brest-Litovsk and had cir
cumierence OF four miles. The field |
works were kept up to date and |
everything possible had been done to |
make them unconquerable Brest- |
LltoVSk was generally regarded in |
RUSSIA as the most powerful individ-