New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-10
Kaiser Plans Effort to Break
the Whole Russian
Front
Teutons Throw
Bridges Over Aa
Rumanians Prepare for a
New Offensive in
Moldavia

LONDON, Sept. p Inc herman
plans in furtherance of the victory
around Riga begin TO reveal themselves.
Official information from Petrograd
shows that the enemy is extending his
left wing along the coast of the Gulf
of Riga, while unusual activity in
the air and at advanced railway sta
tons from Jacobstadt to Dvinsk, on
the Dvina, indicate that the German
General staff is concentrating troops
for stroke at Dvinsk. Should TINS
fortress suffer the fate OF Riga, winch
does not seem unlikely practically the
whole western Russian front would be
broken.
The Germans have managed to brldge
the River IA, which apparently was un-
defended by the Russians. and are now
bringing up their main forces on lts
northern bank under the protection OF
cavalry screens. Two streams when
flow into the Gulf OF Riga on either
side of the Dvina both bear the name
of IA. and il is the river TO the north
east of Riga which the enemy now
has crossed near its mouth. A strong
movement M the east coast oil the
gulf. made in conjunction with naVai
forces, would eventually drive the Nus
slams out % their shore defences, rem
der the islands dominating the mouth
of the gulf untenable and gradually APP
proach Reval, in Ethsonia, one of the
two great strongholds defending the
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Germans Must Reduce Dvinsh
But the Germans will hardly try to
febt their wav northward without seek
ING IN reduce Dvinsk, on the right HANK
of the advancing German Sth Army
This fortress, which stands in mead
ow on the right bank Of the DVlna,
where the stream turns eastward and
shelters on its glacis the town OF
Griva. is the most important strategic
nosition between the Gulf of Riga and
Galicia, and is the pivot Of the whole
Russian line as it swings southwark
toward the fortress of Lutsk. Mate
rally. its capture would not mean so
much as that Of Riga, az Griva has
population of only about 26,OOO, put
strategicallv it's fall would be a DIS
astcr for the Russians.
The Russian forces guarding Dvlnsk
are on the left bank Of the stream and
on front of many miles are now being
attacked by German patrols, whhe
Lctchitsky's air pilots have observed
reinforcements arriving behind the
hostile trenches. IL should be an easy
matter to shove the Russian troops
hack across the river. However, the
Russian divisions in this area are said
to be in a better state Of morale than
anywhere else.
ARTILLERY Work Praised
Tho retreat from Riga was nS quite
the rout which occurred in Galicia, and
General Kornilof has just issued an
order of the day praising the bril-
liant" work Of the Russian artillery,
which performed its duties faithfully
and thoroughly, despite the failure OF
the infantry to support it. 1t is pos
sible, though doubtful, that new divi-
sions from the interior and loyal units
may combine with the artillery at
Dvinsk to offer successful resistance.
in the centre of the German penetra-
ton northeast of Riga, along the road
TO Pskov, the enemy IS still marching
forward in the region of Iegvoit,
though evidently he mas not yet
reached the main Russian positions.
Petrogrsd says the Russian cavalry is
"hndering" the march Of the Germans,
but Berlin declares the Russian pro-
tecting forces have been driven back at
many points. The centre of the line,
however, is not the important sector
at this juncturc.
As expected, the Teuton pressure on
both TANKS of the Russo-Rumanian
front has been revived. On the north
ern flank. where Archduke Joseph COM
mands, the enemy, after intense artil-
lery preparation in the Radautz Valley,
in Bukowina, south of the Pruth, took
the offensive. according to Petrograd,
and penetrated the defending trenches,
though a counter attack restored the
lost positions. In the Oituz Valley, in
southwestern Moldavis, near the
Transylvanian border, there has Oc-
Cured what Berlin describes as a ere
markable" renewal of the cannonading.