The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-08-17
Elaborate Preparations and
Costly Attacks Undertaken BY
Won Hindenburg Show import
ance Attached To Operations
TOWN IS JUNCTION OF as
THREE MAIN RAILWAYS
Won MaCkensen In South, Plough
ing Through Swamps Of Bug,
Is Hammering Right Flank
OF Russians Into Confusion
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r. ONION, August l4.-Field Mar.
- shall Won Hudenburg, by a series
OF attacks, the cost and magnitude of
which indicates the importance the
German general staff attaches to his
operations, succeeded yesterday in
Selling command Of positions with
dominate the fortress Of Kovno. a "a.
The Germans encountered extremely
stubborn resistance, to subdue which
they were compelled TO sacrifice large
numbers of men; and formidable ma.
tural difficulties, which they conquered
in turn by industry and organized Of
fort. sd t..-.@,. II.
Teutons Build New Roads
The roads were bad and they built
new ones, firm enough to support their
ponderous motor lorries. Heavy siege
artillery was necessary If the fortified.
tons of Kovno were TO be reduced by
anything else tedious than siege war
fare. So, having built rock paved
highways, they constructed concrete
foundation pits in which to mount
their monster motars. Once the big
Berthas began to thunder, Kovuo be-
came untenable. Civilians are evaeuat-
ing 1t now and its abandonment by the
Russian forces is looked for at an early
moment. +Te tst
Kovno Important Base 4, '"i y.
Kovno occupies a strategic position
of great Importance. 1t commands the
junction of three railway lines. One
runs northwest TO the Russian port Of
Libau, which the Germans now hold.
A spur Of this line turns northeastward
to Riga, for which the Germans are
striving, but from which Won linden.
burg's cavalry was repulsed Another
runs almost due west to the important
German naval base of sKoepigsberg.
The third is the main trunk line from
Warsaw to Pettograd, running through
wilma and Dyinsk, both of which the.
Germans are menaeing. 81 j..
Russians Fight Gfimly
Late official dispatches from Petro-
grad assert that a desperate attempt to
hold Kovno is still being made and that
the German infantry rushcs have been
rePulsed except at one point, where
furious artillery battle is in progress.
Nevertheless, British military critics
consider it unlikely that the Russian
commanders will be able to hold the
Brest-Litovsk line.
On the whole, the German drive
northeast and east of Warsaw is con.
tinning successfully, South of Riga
they are progressing slowly.
tslavs damned Together g., -
Vienna reports in official dispatches that
the southern jaw of the great Arfstro-
German wise is also shutting down
tighter and tighter. Austrian head,
quarters announces that the forces of
the Teutonic Allies are delivering
severe blows against the southern
flank of the retreating Russians, which
has been dented so deeply that the Rus
slams are being damned together, dis
turbing a retirement which they are
dOggedly fighting to make as orderly as
possible.
The distinguished gaIlantry of the
famous Prussian guard in the swamps
of the Bug is said TO aid notably in
accelerating the advance Of Won Mack,
ensen s command.