GERMAN GUNS ON VILNA FRONT.
ESTIMATE OF 2000
(Received An jr. 29. 4.10 p.m.)
LONDON, -Aug. {28. v The Daily Telegraph's iVr-'ogtad -eorr-espondent says that it is not likely th->t there win be any attempt ■in hold Tilna, which is 7iot fortified. Unless the Germans capture Riga they ztre not Tfkelv to haz-ml an attempt #m Petrograd with the autumn approaching.
Tt is estimated that the Germans an this front have 2000 guns of from /eight to sixteen-inch calibre, consuming 50 train-loads of shells every i-wenty-four hours.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 204, 30 August 1915, Page 5
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87GERMAN GUNS ON VILNA FRONT. Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 204, 30 August 1915, Page 5
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