FALL OF BREST-LITOVSK

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2552, 28 August 1915, Page 5

FALL OF BREST-LITOVSK

\ ' ——;— ' THE ADVANCE ON VILNA RUSSIAN MOljrtS SUPPLY NOW 1 DOUBLED BRITISH AIRMAN ■ SINES A SUBMARINE . GREAT AIR RAIDS' ON ENEMY'S ; STATIONS v; THE GALLIPOLI CONFLICT COLONIALS' VALOUR AGAINST : • '. HEAVY ODDS ;V/ : W J.' : V v.' ■■ V \ I " The' news from the Eastern heatr© --to-day conveys the an- • nouncement .of the fall of'the Russian fortress of Brest-Litovsk. -.The next objective of . the Austro-German offensive -is Vilna, upon which ;• 'defensive position the Russians are now falling back,, fighting stubbornly. The Russian supply of munitions has been doubled, the morale and efficiency of the armies in the field are' said to be high, and no anxiety, is '.entertained in regard to the future of the military'-situa- ' tion, so long, as the enemy can be prevented from turning the Russian 1 ' flank, from the sea.. Prom the Western theatre comes news of a series successful- air-raids bj the Allies' squadrons, flying in force over ;. .the enemy's; lines of communications, and dropping bombs 011 impor1-. tant stations.- A British airman, flying off: Ostend, has'sunk a Ger- ■ ' submarine—a, brilliant feat, and the first of its kind during, the, : war. v Reports from-Holland concerning i the rpsfilts of the' British bombardment of Zeebrugge state that great ddiiiage.ivasjdone to,the big,v submarine shed, and also to the enemy's submarines. "Thero are further, reports of the .great conflict on Gallipoli, with special 'reference the gallantry of the New - Z.ea,landers and Australians. . Reports from Rumania, tell' of large concentrations;./of Austro-German '• troops on the north sido of. the Danube, and of a.projccted invasion of Servia, en route to Turkey, via Bulgaria.' '