Show t FORTRESS AT T fALLS TO TOONE INVADERS S ONE NE OF MOST CRUCIAL POINTS IN RUSSIAN DEFENSIVE NOW IN HANDS HANDS OF OF GERMANS GERMAN 1 Js I 5 S Grand Duke Nicholas Now ow Faces Pos POSe I of Cf Losing Part of of His His' Forces Activities Increase In IS 1 Oth hOth Other r Fields 1 S S I one of or the crucial points la In lathe In- In r S the he Russian defensive In the n north r h I S tl h has s' s been captured by the Germans S end arid the fhe road to the TUna flina Warsaw f and and Petrograd railway Is now noi openS open openS S to the troops of or Emperor William t The capture of or th the fortress is ani another an an- j i S other triumph for the German sixteen six six- I 1 teen teen inch Inch guns ns which throughout the 5 t j. j present war have been brought r i fortifications J i against no they were fi unable to r reduce duce With the fortress t of or the German Germany have taken S J r over over er 4 O guns and according to their g a account count an enormous quantity of war material t- t S S This however is not th the most serious Serious se Se- C rious part of or the matter to the Russians Rus Rus- 5 Besides opening the way vay to toS S Vilna which is an open town andS and tl S from which most of or the Inhabitants t S have av departed and from which everything every every- S S thing hh g that might be of or use to the invaders invaders in in- S I It faders has been peen removed the fall of J the tie fortress takes the last away protection pro pro- protection S I with the exception of the the Rus Russian lan field army to the main line railway to the capital and also places places' I the Germans in a position to threaten the flanks of or the Russian army retiring ing to the Brest Brest line and L those operating in southern Courland S Grand Duke Nicholas apparently expected ex the he he fall of of for his armies ar are r k mies are hastening their retirement in L T Poland oland eastward They still hold their theix L own from to the south of Os Os- but south of that they are being be gr ing pressed from the northwest b by P r Generals von and von and from the west by Archduke Leopold Leo who has crossed the Bug river rive S and Is approaching the Brest Brest fad railroad r fc With In n Ge German man hands anc and I another German army across the Bug Bul S south of Brest Brest a speedy exit L according to military observers Is th the f only safe one for the Russians if It they the r rS' rS S' S are to escape before the second set 0 of f pinchers prepared for them are are closed fl- fl While fighting to crush the Russian army the Germans are finding time tim S tS for tor minor activities in other fields W Wednesday night they carried out ou t K their seventeenth air raid on England t visiting eastern counties comities where the they r rS r. r S dropped bombs which a according t to t. t S i the official communication killed ten tei I S c and injured thirty thirty six six civilians As I in inthe 1 the last raid the admiralty reports t S I that it believes one of or the Zeppelins I- I of o wh which ch there are supposed to have havi S i been four was damaged 7 As an offset to the German successes suc sue t in the east the French official I i S communication reports further gains f for r the French troops In th the f while General Sir Ian commander cornS com corn S t f mander of ot the allies forces on th the GalI Gal- Gal I peninsula announces an advance by the night force of or allied troops 5 which landed at Sulva bay and the repulse repulse re re- re- re r 5 pulse of a Turkish attack against the J right flank of or The he Australians The Turks on the other hand say ay that all S S the British attacks were repulsed I I |