RUSSIANS REPULSE ATTACKS NEAR VILNA

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2551, 27 August 1915, Page 7

RUSSIANS REPULSE ATTACKS NEAR VILNA

i i GERMAN OFFENSIVE STILL BEING PUSHED ! •' . • ' • ' i THE STRUGGLE FOR TSREST-LITQVSK 1 ( By TelegrapH—Ptcbb Aflwciation—Oflpyrixht ) (Rec. August 26, 10.10 p.m.) j c Petrograd, August 26. t 'A Russian official communique states: —, , "The enemy's attacks in the ,Vilna region wer® repulsed. i "Our troops have left the Middle Niomen and are concentrating upon the river. _ ' •' "Wa have repulsed attaoks west of Brest-Litovsk." ■ a __ ; t WHAT OBSOWIEO MEANS TO THE .GERMAN'S; i j (Ecc. August 26, 10.10 p.m.) . t c , i . Petrograd, August 26. » Military writers remark that with the occupation of Ossowiec the Germans a gain possession of a considerable section of railway for the bringing up of t supplies from East Prussia. I PROGRESS OF AUSTRO-GERMAN OFFENSIVE . S • GERMAN OFFICIAL' COMMUNIQUE. » li . _ Amsterdam, August 25. '' ■ A German communique states: "General von Hindenburg has been sue- P cessful in fighting at Birshi, thirty-seven miles north-eastward of Ponievash. P "General vou Eichhojn is victoriously advancing eastward. He took t prisoner 1850 Russians. . s "General -on Scholtz captured Knyszyn, and crossed tlio Narew south- f< ward of Tikotnin. . i . "General von Gdhvitz forced tho_crossing of the ivarew oil the Sokoby- f Bialystok Road, and tcok prisoner '1500- '. ?i "Prince Leopold, eastward of Wierchowicze, took prisoner 1600 men. "General vfin Mackensen has readied the height on the west bank of '' the Lesna, northward of Brest-Litovsk. t: "The Austro-Germans bavo pierced an advanced position nesir Bpbrvnliai '> soutli-wefifc of Brest,-Ljtovsk, ll "Cimwn! van .Liiinlin-eii, on tha ew bank of Use Hug, amid beavy SeUt- P infc » Advancingg

ENEMY HARASSED ON BREST-LITOVSK FRONT (Roc. August 26, 11.55 p.m.) Petrograd, August 26. Tho Ajistro-Germans are experiencing difficulties iii the Brest-Litovsk region.. Thick fogs and rains arc turning the roads into quagmires, and the enemy is being harassed in the narrow causoways by the Russiaii artillery. ENEMY'S CASUALTIES SOUTH-WEST,' BIIEHT-LiiTUVyIV. Geneva, August 25. The Austro-German casualties south-west of Brest-Litovsk for a \v<!ek totalled 2.5.000. The struggle is desperate. The whole countryside has been devastated. THE SEA FIGHT IN THE GULF OF RIGA SIVUTCH SCORED WITH HER LAST SHELL. ' (Rec. August 26, -10.10 p.m.) _. • . Petrograd, August 26. - , Five survivors of tho Russian warship Sivutchj out of a crew of 135j have arrived at Reval. They state that the Sivutcli fought a cruiser and two tor-pedo-boats for au hour .and a. half. Tho last shell from tho Sivuich as she sank was fatal to one of the torpedo-boats, which was enveloped in flames and sank. ■ \ REPORTED LOSS OF GERMAN CRUISERS: (Sec. August 26,11.55 p.m.) n ,, . London, 'August 28. The "Daily News" Paris correspondent reports that a Russian submarine ou AuEust 23 sank the cruiser Augsburir north of Dantzig. French naval experts believe that the German cruiser Thetis was sunk in Riga. RUSSIAN OUTPUT OF MUNITIONS. >("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) , ' London,. August 25. A Petrograd message states that the present output of munitions is double that at the beginning of June. The result is remarkable, in view of tlio transfer to the interior of tlie munition works at Warsaw, Vilua> and Riga.