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THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

SECOND EXTRA

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1915

TO-DAY'S

LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,

[Reater's Service to the "Telegraph."]

THE RUSSIANS.

TERRIBLE LOSSES INFLICTED ON THE ENEMY.

August 4, 2.35 p.co.

Renter's correspondent at Petrograd says that the glorious and heroic nature of Russia's atraggle is eloquently testified to by official despatches.concerning the fighting of the last three days.

The Germans, atriking directly at Warsaw, made enormone efforts to dislodge the Russians on the Narew frönt. The battle was especially violent on the sector Ostrolenka-Lomza. So great were the straits in which the Germinns found themselves that those in some positions were driven to conduct trench warfare. The Russians, in sïploding mines, had continually the appar hand. The whole of the enemy army came down the tributaries of the Szkwa and the Pians to wards the Narew and attacked the Russian positions, having first leunobed re-inforcemente from France.

"Nevertheless," saya a despatch, "we soon saw a complete German defeat, on this sector, because it, took the Germans a whole week to drive back from the village aur rearguard regiment. While the fight for the passages of the Narew near Novgorod (Ivangorod?) bad not even begun, some of the enemy, under cover of the forests, got on the Russian side of the river; but we prevented the artillery from prossing, and the troops that bad got across were almost annihilated with the bayonet.

It was these failures that compelled the enemy to transfer bis re-inforcements from France to Rozan. The army, which was making progress, was beginning to advance more rapidly, but its progress was barred by the River Oje. The onemy then changed the direction of the attack and is now, on the front between the Narow and the Oje, making great efforts to advance in a xorth-easterly direction beyond Ostroleaks. For three days they hurled masses of infantry, against our trenches but they only advanced from two to three versta after severe losses.

"During a particularly desperate attack on August 2, which we repulsed, we saw the enemy's cavalry making an onslaught on their own infantry in order to force them to re-attack after the repalae. The German losses here were very great. Nest Pokahivaitze the enemy concentrated masses of infantry in order to cross the valley of the Oje, but our artillery smothered the advance and even broke up the force. Our losses were very heavy, but our troops are making a valiant resistance to the enemy's plan to deal a severe blow from the Narew line upon the rear of the Russian armies, pend ing General von Mackensen's offensive.

CHINESE CHARGED WITH THEFT.

SIR SALTER PYNE.

Sir Salter Pyño, who served as Accused by an Old Acquaintance chief engineer to the Government of Afghanistan, started there This afternoon at the Police important works for the manu- Court, before Mr. J. R. Wood, factre of guns, rifles and ammuni- a Chinese was charged, by tion; and when, in 1893, there Inspector P.. O' Sullivan, was trouble between the Amir with stealing a gold watch, and Ladia, Sir Salter acted as the chain and pendant, and $5 in Amir's ambassador in the delicate notes, from 228 Queen's Road negotiations, which were satis West.

factorily concluded. Bir Salter Mr. O. A. 8. Buss, of Mr. J. H. has now become, at the age of 55, Gardiner's office, defended... a second-lisutenent in the York The complainant's story was shire Light Infantry; and has not that he went to sleep in the house, been long in blossoming out into which was a restaurant, and, when a full-blown lieutenant. He was he awoke, he found the articles awarded the KB. and the C.S.I were missing from his pocket. more than twenty years ago, On making enquiries he found defendant had been there,

In answer to Mr. Russ the complainsat admitted that he and the defendant had been acquaint- ed for about ten years, though the complainant did not care for the visits of the defendant. They had been, scholars: together at the Ellis Kadoorie school. He denied that be had ever borrowed money from the defendant to pay gaming losses.

The case was proceeding as we went to press.

LATEST SHIPPING NEWS.

MOVEMENT OF STRAMBES, The Australian Oriental Line CHANGSHA left Sydney for Hongkong the 4th ink, and may be expected to ar vin Queensland and Philippine Ports on rive hors on or about the 29th instant.

The zi. JAPAN infled from Calcutta this morning and may be expected here on or about the 19th inst.