GERMAN STORY OF THE FIGHTING.
BIALOSTOCK-BREST LITOVSK RAILWAY LINE REACHED. MACXENSEN'S TROOPS PENETRATE RUSSIAN ADVANCED POSITIONS. .Received l-'.iO p.m.i
AMSTERDAM. August in. A (lei-man romrniini.jue admit.- a l-'rcnch sue; ess between Angrcs and Souciic/, and also temporary successes el Lingokopf. It a-s-rts that a further ."..000 prisonrrs have been taken at Kovno. The Kiis-ian- nn.lev pressure following the capture of the town arc now evacuating positions opposite Kahv.irja and Suvvalki. to the south-westward. The Hermans, forced the crossing of the Narcw. west of Tykocin. taking prisoner SOU. North of Hiclskn the Herman troops reached the railway from llialstock to Brest l.itovsk. taking prisoner 2.f>0(1, The Germans conquered the Itokrn distri'-t. nortK-east of Novo lleorgievsk. They stormed and captured two fort- vn the northern front, taking over a thousand prisoners and IJ.-. glli.s. I'lince Leopold of Bavaria's army drove the Russians from strong posi- | lions north of Miclnik. near Brest Litovsk. l.encral yon Mackensen's troops I penetrated the advanced positions before Brest Litovsk. and the Russians evacuated the east bank of the Rug below and above WTodowa.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 198, 20 August 1915, Page 5
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