Show I GERMANS TAKE CITY OF LIBAU 1 Capture of This Important Seaport Seaport Sea Sea- port One of Main Objects I of Baltic Raid Berlin May fa 8 Official Official announcement announcement announce announce- ment meat was made at nt the German war office office of of- fice flee today that the city of Libau in inthe inthe the tho province nce of ot Courland Russia has bias been captured by the Germans In the capture of Libau the tho Germans have hae gained one of the main objects of ot their Invasion of the Baltic provinces of ot Russia This movement was designed de do- signed to occupy Libau and Riga which would enable nabla the tho Germans to harass Russian communications with Petro- Petro grad is an important seaport and Industrial Industrial in industrial In- In center It Is about 75 miles along the seacoast from Crom the German I border borde I IAn An official communication b by the German war office concerning the capture capture capture cap cap- ture of says sas In the advance of ot our troops a against Libau our Baltic sea forces supported the attack b by a bombardment from the sea I nn Ft CM IN ting Stubbornly Petrograd May ra S. S The The following of official of- of communication was Issued b by the war office tonight ht German cruisers and torpedo boats appeared In the vicinity of ot Libau yesterday yesterday yes yes- and bombarded the port One of or the enemy's torpedo boats was sunk b by one of our mines I To the southwest of Mitan our offensive of ot- I Is developing de successfully There were en engagements yesterday Inthe in tho the direction of oC and in the Baltic provinces pro To the west of or the tho Nimen skirmishes of or an obstinate character brou brought ht to light lIht tho the fact that the enem enemy advance advance ad ad- vance guards ul and outposts arc In the tho district of the tIme Upper In the direction of 1 wo We repulsed yes yes- a new German attack against the CarmOn farmOn farmOn farm Carm On the thc loft bank of the Vistula all allIs allIs allis Is quiet Between the time Vistula and the obstinate fI fighting con continued contin contin- uell on Friday The rhe attacks of ot tho the e enemy which were made malle alon along most of ot the front an and which were In tho nature of frontal attacks met with no success The enemy who has suffered enormous enormous enor enor- losse losses bosses is showing h sign of ot fatigue while our counterattacks are becoming more frequent Durin our retreat In tho the direction of oC Dulla lar large c forces of ot the enemy occupied occupied oc oe- oc- oc the roads and surrounded tho thoI I el fifth eighth division on all sides silles rev Nev this division under the leadership lead lead- of or General Korniloff cut Its wn way through the ranks of or tho the enemy and succeeded with heavy losses In rejoining rejoin rejoin- In lug ing Its parent corps yesterday There has hal been only occasional firIng fir fir- In lug Ing In the direction of Str Stry On Friday Friday Friday Fri Fri- day on the time Upper certain elements ele ele- ments of or the enemy which had as ascended ascended ascended as- as the tho mountain range of Ya were repulsed with heavy losses Captured Vienna May S. S S.-A S. A communication Is Issued Issued issued Is- Is sued b by the field CleM press headquarters says sas that probably prisoners have boon been taken in the first phase of or the western Galician battle Seventy I thousand prisoners already have havo been brought in I Chief activity says tho the report has baR now been transferred to the Carpathian Carpathian Carpathian Car Car- district between tho the an and passes The rapidity of ot the tho Austro Hungarian advance ha hag necessitated necessitated necessitated a 3 pause for tor General von on Mackensen's Mackensen's Mack Mack- ensen's troops in order to assemble the tho various commands and to bring up supplies sup sup- plies Tho The Austrian official press bureau tonight gave rave out tho the following additional additional addi addi- statement from the arm army headquarters headquarters headquarters head head- quarters In western Galicia The six days days' pursuit of or the tho Russians Russians Rus Bus in western Galicia continues with success despite all nil difficulties The German Austro allies yesterday gained ground especially northward of ot Lima Lima- nowa Imperilling these few roads still remaining open for the retreating Bussian Russian Russian Rus Bus sian army and bringing bringing- the pursuers pursuers pursuers pur pur- into dangerous erous proximity of the pass railroad The Tho Russians between the tho and passes arc are In full retreat over O the Galician frontier closel closely pursued pursued pur pur- sued b by the Austro troops Hun Hungary ar has hai been entirely freed from Russians Russian stragglers on the great northern slope of ot the hourI hourly are surrendering in large larSe and small smal bodies |