Show i WHOLE RUSSIAN ARMY I FLEE r 6 ARD D CAPITAL By United Tress Press 5 B BERLIN via London on A g. g 28 8 I The Tho whole Russian line ne Is id hi d sahi In hi i retreat in the he direction cUon of of rad i after atter feeble attempts to check tho the German Austro-German advance Th The Brest armies are wh to tho the northeast falling back so 0 rapidly that the German Infantry in infantry In- In fantry at certain points has been unable un- un ab able io to keep In e contact with the CI en en- en emy German cavalry is harassing I the enemy's rear guards Press dispatches dispatches dis dis- patches received here toda today said the Russians ha havo o abandoned a largo o ar number lumber of guns uns they moved mo with them from Breal For forty-eight forty hours tho Bavarians north of ot Brest have pressed ed edon on without serious resistant n toward the L Minsk Brest ia railway railway along which the Slavs SIa are retiring t Mackensen has haa made mado almost almos as rapid C Continued on page 2 2 WHOLE RUSSIAN Continued from pa page e 1 progress cast east and southeast of ot the tho fortress In Galicia the new now offensive Inaugurated in inaugurated inaugurated In- In yesterday by the tho Austro- Austro Germans under tinder Count Is forcing the enemy back upon the Brody line from which It seems probable that they will be driven across their own frontier The Tho LIpa Zlota-LIpa river with its steep Itce banks was wan the tho last formidable barnor barrier barrier bar bar- rier nor to the German n advance This afternoons afternoon's statement from the war office said this line had h been t n pierced and the Russians were falling back through Only in the north on the line lino west of Vilna are the czars czar's f forces maintaining main maln- taming a a. stubborn defense Advices received here say that the German Austro-German victories are causing deep depression throughout Russia and that the fall faU of ot Petrograd would not lot surprise the majority of ot th the tho czars czar's poo people The Tho newspapers are reported to be bo preparing the public for Cor the tho early surrender of oC Vilna and I |