THE GERMAN COST.
OF TAKING KOVNO,
A PERFECT DELUGE OF BLOOD.
(Press Assn.—Reed. 12 midnight.) GENEVA, August 20. Telegrams from Innsbruck say the capture of Kovno cost the Germans several army corps. They lost 30,000 at Dabassa in 3 weeks and 120,000 at Kovno, exclusive of the final two days' asasult, beginning on the evening c>l August 17.' After an unprecedented bombardment 260,000 were 'hurled against the forts. , Terrible butchery ■y. jpUoa'ed .for several .hours. The Rus- ' ; : *slKta: : -foilght-with the bayonet in the end.
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Northern Advocate, 21 August 1915, Page 3
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84THE GERMAN COST. Northern Advocate, 21 August 1915, Page 3
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