Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-12
RUSSIANS FIGHT
DESPERATELY TO
CHECK T[UTONS
Gordon of German Armies Clos
ing in Upon Forces Of
Slavs.
DARDANELLEs ARE
: VIGOROUSLY ATTACKED
Offensive in Vicinity of Riga Is
Temporarily Arrested, Say
Reports.

London, Aug. 1l.-While the Rus
SLAMS are fighting desperately to extri.
cate themselves from the Gordon Of
Alistro-German troops, which are
steadily pushing them more closely in
Poland, their allies are working fever
ishly and with considerable success to
open the Dardanelles, by which they
hope to pour into hussia the much
needed materials. Since Saturday
night when fresh British forces were
landed in the Gallipoli peninsula
there has been almost continuous
fighting on the Krippra road.
In these operations, the Australians
and New Zealanders in the "Anzac
region, a name taken from the initial
letters of the word "Australi liam New
Zealand army corps" have co-operat'
ed with new forces to the north.
Occupy More Area.
Following the successes of the
troops on the krippra road and those
to the north Of the "Anzac" zone, the
Australians and New Zealanders took
the offensive yesterday and succeeded
in trebling the area formerly held by
them Their comrades to the north,
who assisted them, made no further
progress, however. .r.H.
Silence Guns. ...
simultaneously the French battle
ship, st. Louis, attacked the Turkish
batteries on the Asiatic side OF the
strait, which had been -bombarding
the allied positions on the peninsula
and put five guns out of commission.
These actions are believed here to
be preliminary to a much more VI
cious attempt which has been planned
by the Anglo.French commanders to
sweep the Turks before them.
Losses Are Heavy.
Very heavy losses which already
been inflicted on the Turks, have had
a discouraging effect upon the Otto
man troops, according to reports from
Greece. t......
On the eastern front, Kovno is the
danger point in the Russian line. The
armies of Grand Duke Nicholas ap
parently have arrested the German
offensive against Riga and Dvinjsk
but are being hard pressed on the
Kovno front, which the Germans arc
attacking with guns of all calibre, in
Guiding the famous 16-inch cannons
which no fortress hitherto has been
able to Withstand.
Quiet On Western Front.
On the western front little has hap
pened beyond the usual artillery en-
gagements. "
German submarines have renewed
their activities and in the last three
days have sunk 1S vessels, ten OF
which were British trawlers and four
of which belonged to neutral coun-
tries.
The German airship which raiGed
the east coast of England Monday
night and early Tuesday morning
bombarded, with good results, war
ships on the Thames, the London
docks, torpedo boats near HarNich
and buildings on the Humber accord
ing to an official communication is
sued by the admiralty.
The airship returned, the statement
adds. ...... ....
1t was officially announced th~t the
Austrian submarine U12 has been tor.
pedoed and sunk with all hands In
the upper Adriatic sea by an Italian
submarine.
The U-12 was of the latest type of
submarine in the Austrian navy. She
was built in 1915, and had displace-
ment OF 1000 tons. She was 1O5 feet
in length.