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Show FALL OF DLITA GIVES TEUTONS WHDLEJF LIE Invaders, in Full Posses sion of Brest Litovsk Front, Resume Their Offensive j BEGIN EFFORTS TO CAPTURE RAILROAD This May in Time Prove Most Important of the Kaiser's Operations in Invasion of Poland LONDON Aug 9 10 m The GerniH s fu 1 possess on of tbe enti c BreBt I to e ha esu o 1 be of fenB c n ho Bolt c pro n es a d are pressing ti Kuss ans n the d st cts southeast of M ta and to the ast of Ko no n an effort to r a the a n I ne of a a nh b a sea hro 1 a a i T nsk to Pet og a Th s ma n t mo pro e tl e nos n o an of the German opera on although at prosent the) are us ng roo c t oo tho pursuit of the H ss anb who a re t r ng from Brest L to k a 1 th ne on e ther s do of the fortress It s expected however that w th tl c fall of Bres L to sk vh h had been followed b that of Ol ta so I of Ko no the arm es of 1 el 1 Mar ha o II ndonb rg w 11 be re nforced and make another atten pt to ut ut tbe retreat of the R ss ans It s be c ed here bowe er that t no s too lato to accomplish this purpose City in Flames The Rues ant apparcntlv had c acu ated both Brest-Litovek and Ol ta e-fore e-fore tbe Germans arr vc 1 as the latter make no claims to the capture of guns and bootv The off" c al report states that Archduke Joseph Ferd nand found the ton n of Earn emez Lato sk n flames when he arri ed There are nd cat ons therefore that the Russians st 11 are car ry ng to the rear everyth ng mo able that m ght pro e of se to the n ad ers and burning what the are unable to take with them The nt mat on that fhe Russ ans have fort f ed another Trout pending an opportunity op-portunity for a renewed offens e has recei ed some confirmation It s stated that the new bne is being strengthened by all the latest methods known to mil tary eng neers The Russ an arm es still are ntact with virtually all the r guns and prospects of a more lent ful s pply of ammun t on. For th s reason mil tary writers here are of the op n on that Grand Dnke Is cholas now should be able to make a stand as the Austro German losses must have been very heavy especially during the three weeks which inter ened between the fall of IWbrsaw and the occupation of Brest Litovsk Trenches Captured The capture of several German trenches m the Vo ges was reported by Paris th s even ng but what s cons d ered more s gmficant is the continued act ity of the a r squadron wh ch has been bombard ng German pos t ons n France as well as mun tionB factor es across the German, border There has been no further news from the Dardanelles or the Balkans but t now s certa n that Serb a s prepared to make the necessary sacr f cos to sat sfy B igar a and ga n her co operat on m behalf of the all e"s. It may be sev eral days however before the Servian reply to the representations of the en tente powers s roce ved Tho vote of the Servian parliament was onlj upon the principle involved and negot at ons now are proceed ng between Servia Greece and Ruman a rega d ng the exact nature of the concoss on to be made Bui gar a Wales s threatened with another coal str ke as the esult of d ssat sfact on anong the ra ners w th the wav n wh ch the settlement recently arranged by Dav d I lo d George m n ster of mu rut ons is be ng nterpreted bj the n ne owners Some 10,000 men already are out contrary to the adv ce of the r leaders BRITISH CONSUL IN PERSIA ASKS FOR PROTECTION I OXDON Kig 9 30 m ds pa h o Re e s Te egram companj from Pe rog ad sa s A e eera n e e ed f om Te e an Pe s a por s hat he Ru s an and B t s ons s and e n arv e o s ha e een a a ked a Kens e e b a a med band ef b M O 0ch fn ann he Ge man con . (Continued on Page Tw. BREST-LST0V8K LINE 1 TAKEN Bl 6E11S (Continued from Page One ) s a,e a 1 s p e n e f es b s s e e a a q e ohe aeottP ab gale fa o n a ped o da o K h e o send d a e h e e |