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Copyright, 1915
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August 9 -1915,
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TO-DAY'S
LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS
MONDAY, AUGUST
TO-DAY'S
LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,
THE FIGHT FOR KOVNO
THE RUSSIANS.
TREMENDOUS Losses INFLICTED ON THE ENEMY.
August 8, 8.15 p.m., The Russian retreat was very slow and very orderly. The Germans made most desperate thrusts to cut off the Bassian retreat and invariably met with a wall of steel which was also of wonderful elasticity. Here and there it becomes slightly dented but never breaks.
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The Germans claim, in the Korno region, only 500 prisoners which shows clearly how magnificent the Rassians were fighting. The Germans approached the first line of the positions of the for- trose as Kevno on the west bank of the Neimen and started an GERMAN ATTACKING FORGE "CAUGHT BY RUSSIAN animated attack whereupon they were caught by the Russian heavy
batteries.
HEAVY BATTERIES.
نشویم
The bombardment of the enemy continues and the German losses here and at Ossowieca must be tremendous, especially as their efforts were quite abortive.
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LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE RUSSIANS-
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A Paria commuwique says that there are artillery at Woovrs and the western front.
The Russians have dislodged the enemy from the region between the rivers Dwion and the Eckau,
On Saturday the Italians made considerable program taking Large number of prisoners.
DESPERATE FIGHTING ON THE NAREW.
August 8, 5.40 μm. Renter's correspondent et Petrograd reports that a commaniqas states: The Germans are attacking the fortresses of Kovno and Omowieca.
After an intense fan followed by a huge clond of gas the A Japanese Volunteer arrived Germana amaulted Osies at dawn of Friday morning and at Vilna with both eare cut off by carried the works near Jana, but the Russian fire and counter the Germans. attack dislodged them everywhere. Desperate fighting is proceed- Ing on the Naraw front. The enemy, after a series of sanguinary sotions, made a little progress along the rude to Ostrow on Friday. Desperate enemy attacks on Thursday evening in the region of Serotak were repulsed.
Hard fighting continues between the Vistula and the Bag.
GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF THE RUSSIAN EVACUATION
OF WARSAW.
August 7, 1.30 p.m. The thoroughness of the evacuation of Warsaw is proved by the account of an American correspondent who left Warsaw on July 25. He says the Russian authorities on July 13 seked the British Ocnaul how many tickets be wanted for the British colony. The newspapers of Warsaw announced on July 15 that the evacuation would begin on the 18th, but before then crowds were hurrying eastward. On the thousands of goode waggons, which had been A German war correspondent describes the Germans as con- socumulated, fully half the population were removed, in addition to is perhaps the most intense and tinaally bombarding for two days before Warsaw. The artillery hundreds of thousand peasants who had arrived from the country bloodiest of any legal battle of and the whole of the German army were concentrated in a small after their homes had on barat and their crops destroyed. space where the fury of the gan
fire was ever more intense, reaching Practically the entire countryside was awept bare and every the maximum on the second night. Besides the Bavarians there scrap of metal wae removed, including telegraph, telephone wires, were Prussians, Wurtemburgers, Wartresses, and Saxons, the first church bells and machinery from the factories after the buildings.
The Austrian artillery dropped reaching the entanglements, where the Russians inferior numbers, of the latter had been destroyed. All art and antiquarian treasures sustained a herois defence which permitted the retreat to be carried were sout to Moscow, including the heart of Chopin, which is one an incendiary shell on the Mon-
falcone dockyard ANOTHER GERMAN SUBMARINE COMPLETELY DISABLED. out so splendidly. That the Russians went back very gradually is of the treats of the Church of the Holy Cross; also the municipal fire. The fire was causing a great
fully confirmed.
wedge and State archives and three millions sterling in cash. The Russians only left when Warsaw was an empty shell, the Warsaw was empty by July 21, not even a wheeled vehicle dismantling being most complete, even household utensils of any and there was no public water supply as the pumps were removed.
or a horse being left. Tens of thousands of housen were destroyed. valas being removed.
Russia Scornfully Rejects Enemy's
Peace Overtures.".
(Reuter's Service to the "Telegraph."}
The battle on the Naraw is perhaps the most intense and bloodiest focal battle of the war. The Russians are resisting marvellonely, their gallantry against the heavy gune foiling the whole German plan of envelopment. A titanio duel is proceeding between the German seige troops and Novogeorgievsk. The Ger- mans say that the situation in Warsaw itself is aaobanged "The Russians continus the bombardment of the town from P.aza,”
Battles in the southern area are almost stationary. The storm
centres are now Kovno and the Narow, -
RUSSIA DESIRES VICTORY NOT PEACE,
"August 8,3.15 p.m. Router's correspondent at Petrograd save that the Nova Vremya THE KAISER MAKES PEACE OVERTURES TO RUSSIA pasion proposals to Ramis, says that Bassis does not desirs pesce, referring to the rumours in Petrograd and Moscow of the German bat victory. Moreover, Russia had signed an agreement with her Allies that she will not conslada a separate peacs. Agreements are for har not "scraps of paper,'
REFUSED.
August 8, 4.35 p.m.
Renter's correspondent at Petrograd says that the Bouras Gazette has learned from an unimpesobable source that, the Kaiser made a peage offer to Russia last week, through the King of Denmark. The answer sent by Russia was that there could be no question of peace pourparlera at present.
THE BATTLE ON THE CARSO PLATEAU.
ENEMY AGAIN CIRCUMVENTED.
FRENCH COMMUNIQUE.
MORE ENEMY ATTACKS REPULSED.
August 9, 1.35 a.m.
A Paris communique says that there have been artillery actions in the Woevce and along the Western Lont. Sistons was bombard ed but there were only bomb fights in Argonne.
The Germans in the Vosges again attacked Lingekopf but were repulsed.
GERMANY'S SEA POWER MUST BE SHATTERED.
August 8, 3.15 p.m.
The battle on the Narew front
the war.
The Bussins left a Polish civic committed to administer the
The German losses at Kovno town till the entry of the Germans. Many of the prominent citizens and at Ossovitos must have had left, as they were reported to be on the German proscription bean tremendous especially se lists. Thousands of Polish refugees proceeded to a zone in the interi. their efforts were quite abortive. or, fearing excesses by the Austrians and Germans, who accuss the a desert of blackened rains and its plight is worse than that of Pules of treachery to the Central European cause. Poland is now
Government at Petrograd bas assigned to public bodies a grant of a message to Leith on the anniver Belgium. The sufferings of the refugees are so terrible that the The Marquis of Linlithgow in twenty-five million roubles on their behalf.
sary of the war asks Britons to
· The only mention of booty in the German papera hitherto is keep their eyes on the German the presence of large stocks of flour at Ivangorod. German corren Navy. pondente, telegraphing from a point eight miles from Warsaw, say the view of the city at dawn on Thursday was awesome, it being encircled in flames and giant columas of smoke. This is attributed to the burning of bridges and munition stores by the Russians, The Russian retreat was, very' whose aviators bombed the advancing Germans day and night slow and orderly, The Germana | throughout the week
made the most desperate thrusta The Germans do not conceal their admiration for the valour of to ant off the retreat and invari- the Russians. Prince Leopold of Bavaria, in the presence of his ably met with a wall of steel.. |staff, said to a captured Russian colonel : "I admire immensely your troops who have fought with honour and courage. Neither our numerical superiority nor our numerous batteries dismayed these brave soldiers, who fell gloriously to the last man.”
The Bourse Gazeite learns from The comments of the German experts are not to enthusiastic, an unimpeachable cource that the For instance Major Horaht asks why the chief end of all strategy, Kaiser has made a peace offer ta the destruction of the enemy's fighting Foxer, is given up for Russia, Russia replied that there Warsaw? O her papers manifest conflicting views as to future oper- could be no question of perce stions: cone saying that Warsaw and Ivangorod constitute a new pourparlers at present. base for the continuance of the march eastward, on a broad front, others that it will make possible the formation of new defensive lines
in the west. and the freeing of troops, probably a million in number, for setion
August 8, 7.15 p.m. Renter's correspondent at Roma ssys that the battle on the Carso plateau was still most stubborn yesterday but last night the Italians made considerable progrosa taking a large number of prisonera,
A communique reports that the Austrian artillery fired an anniversary of the war, acks Britons to keep their eyes fixed on the The Marquis of Linlithgow, in a message to Laith, on the incendiary shell on the Monfalcone dockyard causing a gress fire German Navy, Any Poace terms which do not include the shatter and then attempted, by a curtsin of shrapnel, to prevent the Italians of Germany's ass power must be rejected. Only thus can the eastward is not yet finished as the enemy forces are pushing towarde / desire peace, but victory. More extinguishing the fire, which, however, was soon controlled.
lives of our children be made worth living,
GERMAN SUBMARINE DISABLED.
August 8, 12.55 p.m.
MORE GERMAN BARBARITY.
August 8, 8.16 p.m. Japanese volunteer has arrived at Vilna with both ears eat
A telegram from Athens says that a Gorman enbmsrine, completely disabled, was towed into the Golden Horn by a Tarkih off by the Germany. destroyer.
BRITISH BRAVERY.
OFFICER'S GALLANT DBED,-
FRENCH PROGRESS.
(Havas Telegram.)
August 6
Russian correspondenta anticipate that the Garmin offensive
Russia says that she does not
Kovel with the object of getting behind the Brestle-Tovak line, over Russis has signed an agree while other movements in the north, namely, in the Lomas seator, ment with her Allies that she will which the Germans are apparently aiming not so much at Rigs, scrape of paper. are threatening to cut the Petrograd line and the Baltic provinces, not conclades separate peace.
Agreements for her
which the Russians are evacua izg, but at crossing the Dwins river higher up.
................ Among the treasures sent to Moscow from the Baltic provinces was a stafne of Bismarck, weighing nine hundred poun is, which was taken by the Russians from the Kaiser's Esat Prussian estate, try
A telegram from Copenhagen says that the Russians are now preparing to evacuate Kovro and the Governor has already sent his offices to Novo Alexandrovak, which is one hundred miles north-east.
POLES INDISSOLUBLY UNITED TO RUSSIA,
August 8, 11,25 am. Reuter's correspondant in Petrograd says the Polish leaders done to save Warsaw and that by remaining longer the armies would recognise that everything commensurate with military prudence was
French stock now standast 69. Yesterday in the Vonges a very fierce struggle prevailed all day, bat the situstion remained unchanged. To-day we repulsed attacks have been imperilled. August 8, 12.55 p.m.
delivered against our front in Array and the Heights of the Mouse Chebero, Polish member of the Council of the Empire, regions.
peaking with emotion at a meeting of the Council, said that amidet August 7
their misfortune the Poles remembered that a long series of historio facts welded them into a people who were indissolubly aniled to the Rumians, with whom they would struggle to the lat
Details of the heroic death of a man called Smart are supplied by his comrades. He volunteered as a, bomb-thrower at Festubert and advanced coolly, heedless of the shower of abella and shrapnel, which shattered his right hand; he did not falter bat kept on Yesterday a very lively bombardment prevailed on the whole throwing with his left hand, An officer asked him to retire as he front. To-day a struggle with bombe &o,, prevailed in Artois and war wounded but he simply replied. If is nothing, it does not Argonne regions. make any differezos to me,” and continued to advance and bomb
grams arriving too late for insertion, on this
pare they will be found on the Extrud v
the enemy furiously till he fell dead. His comrades will always fool - [In the event of most proud of Hard ot is duspooled that he was STX OK-URADOT.-
anticipate that the fortrom of Norogeorginyak will be defended to the last. There is an exodus of ten thousand dail- from Bi
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