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Show STRONG GERMAN DEFENSE LINES Natural Obstacles in East Prussia, Prus-sia, Fortress of Konigsburg and Fortified Positions Formidable. Defeat of Three German Army Corps Converted Into Rout By Dominating Brain of Czar's Armies. London, Aug. 25. 1:20 a. m A dispatch dis-patch to the Dally Mall from St. Petersburg says: j The German defense in cast Prus I sia is based on four parallel and strongly fortified lines running north j and south Each Is supported by nai- ura obstacles. The foremost three: lines are distinct groups of numerous numer-ous lakes The fourth and strongest defense line Is the Vistula liver, ex tending from the Russian frontier to i the Baltic "Outside these defense lines the 1 Germans have on the northeast the very strong fortress at Konigsburg with the tortlfied advance positions i at Llbau and Taplau Thlj. is situated ion the flank of the Russian line andj must be invested, necessitating thei detachment of a considerable force "The foremost three defense lines1 are extensively fortified There are. Important and permanent fortlfica tious at Allensteto ano Bos i n, and the whole is filled with lakes. lea-! j ing only comparatively narrow defile.-, ' for the advancing troops. The country! if full of fortifications, partly provisional provi-sional and partly field works, most of which are armed with heavy guns. V irontal uttack would be a very dlffi- cult task 'The Vistula, from 500 to 1000 ard-' wide, Is guarded by six fortresses ' The largest are at Thorn In the south j and at Danzig in the north Between : them areFordon, Kulm, Garudeuz and Mariensburg. "A man entlitled to tank among the first as an organizer of victory lis compelled to remaiu far from the battlefield. He is General Soukliom-! ! llnoff. the Russian Kitchener, who Is row reorganizing the Russian armies Through him the armies haVI been Irreproachably equipped and the BpiT It of the men is the same as the splr it of the nation 'The defeat of three German army corps in northeastern Prussia wa6 converted into a rout by the timeh arrival of another army coming From I Warsaw In the rear of the enemy's position The Warsaw army which ! was very powerful, completely turn I ed the German position at Maur Irkes and while extending its opera-, lions oer a wide front westward, headed towards Allehstetn. The German Twentieth army corps thus . became a nut between stout crackers The commanders of both Russian armies acted with energy and promp I tltode worthy executives of the brain dominating the whole army. "In Gallcla the theater of Rus-slan strategy will be on a level with the, victorious plan adopted farther nortn I The Austrians in Lemberg probably I will be taken in a similar vlee This maj be Inferred from the fact that one arm) has reached Rava to the I north of Lemberg Another arm is advancing from the southeast as is shown by the fact that nine Russian cavalry squadrons hae router the entire ustrian cavalry division ai Plukhow. The Austrian force retreating from Valdimlr. Volhynskv, Kussia, -n teen miles from the frontier, towards Sokal. In Gallcia. Austria, probably ha been cut off Grand Duke Mich ael. the emperor B brothor, ha: r. turned from abroad and Is going to j the front" The Russian embasy n London, w hile pleased oyer 'he victory at I Gumbinmen. states that it reels bound to warn the English pres not to ex aggerate the consequences of the victory vic-tory London. Aug. 25, 4 50 a m The Mish correspondent of Reuter's Tele tram company telegraphs as follows I I "After the great victory by oui army our forces are vigorously pur , suing the enemy alone th. whole ol 'their front The latter mad. no re alstance but Fled with tin greatest haste. The enemy's casualties were hu merous According to the InformatiOi obtained up to the present, the 'i wen ty-first, the Eleventh, the One linn died and Second and the Twenty eighth regiments were complete! wiped out The commander of th Twenty-eighth was captured. |