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Show ! OUTER HE OF GRODNO DEFENSES Hi REACHED BY THE GERMAN TROOPS i? Russians Lost 2,000 Officers and 269,839 Men During the Month of August Northern Line of Russians Holding I Well, But Czar's Troops Continue to Retreat at j Other Points French Successes in I Western Africa. Tokio, Sept. 1 . It was announced today by the Russian I embass' here that Russia had not requested that troops be sent from Japan to her assistance in the European war. I Petrograd, Sept. 1, via London, 3:55 p. m. The Rus- sian success in Galicia, reported in yesterday's official state- i ment, was obtained against the army of General Pflanzer, which is estimated to comprise five, Austrian and German a f army corps. I f f j? Paris, Sept. 1 , 5:15 a. m. The Serbian government has informed Greece that it intends to comply with the requests of I x the quadruple entente concerning the concessions demanded '0 I by Bulgaria, says an Athens dispatch to the Matin. S ' - Captures of "Russians during the 5 month of August totalled 2,000 offi- 5 ' cers and 26A.S39 men, while 2.300 can- i' non and 5G0 machine guns were ta- 1 J ken. German troops, marching on Grod- 7 no. have reached the outer line of the EL defenses of the fortress, Berlin re- fjf ports Jtt It is claimed in today's German 'ft statement that the residence of the T Russians in eastern Galicia has been 'I overcome and that the advance of 1. Austro-German troops, Gelayed by the Russian counter attack, has been re- sumed. Russian lines in the north appeal i to be holding well, but in the- cen- I tral districts the retreat continues at 1J most points, the official statements JJ l indicate :J j Acceptance of the coal strike set- i ;f tlement by the Welsh jnlners repre- I ' sentatives is announced, definitely ad- I I; ! justing the difficulty. I i Furtlier successes by French Jl troops against the Germans In the y l f Kameruns In Western Africa, ace re- J r counted in a statement by the French I ' ministry of colonies. 1 I German War Report. 3 t Berlin, Sept. 1. Via London, 3:35 ? f p. nu German troops fighting for i I Grodno are now in front of the outer i i line of forts of that stronghold, ac- t f cording to today's official statement from German army headquarters. The fc text of the statement follows: j "Western theatre of war: The situ- i f ation is unchanged. a ? "Northwest of Bataume an English k aeroplane was shot down by one of t our aviators. "Eastern theatre of war: Army of s : Field Marshal von Hindenburg: On I ! the western front of Grodno our I troop eare In front of the outer line 'X of forts. , j "Between Odelsk. east of Spkolka, .1 j and the forest of Blelovczh, the en- 1 cmy is being further pursued. Jl "Array of Prince Leopold ol tiava- "L ria: The upper Narew has been I t crossed ,, , I f! "Armv of Field Marshal von. Mack-'l Mack-'l r onsen: Our pursuit continues. Wher-I Wher-I ever the onemy has made a stand he has been defeated. ' "Southeastern theatre of war: The troops of General Count von Bothoere, In the face of stubborn resistance by the enemy, stormed heights on the Stripa, north of Zborow, overcoming a temporary delay after a repulse of thr enemy's resistance. "During the month of August, the number of prisoners taken by German troops in the eastern and northeast-' northeast-' em theatres of war and the quantities of war materials captured during the same period, totalled more than 2000 officers and 269,839 men. taken pris-1 pris-1 oners, and 2,300 cannon and o60 machine ma-chine guns taken. ' "Of these 20,000 prisoners and 80. ' , cannon were taken at Kovno. About fl ? 90 000 prisoners, including 15 gener-! gener-! -T als and more than 1000 other officers. 1 ' and 1,200 cannon and 350 machine I guns, were taken at Novogeorgievsk. The counting up of the cannon and J machine guns taken at Novogeorgl-i Novogeorgl-i pvsk has not yet been finished, how-' how-' ever while the count of machine guns J taken at Kovno has not yet begun. I The figures quoted as totals, there-! there-! fore will be considerably Increased. !: "The stock of ammunition, provi-'J provi-'J slons nnd oats in the two fortresses ' cannot be estimated. f "The number of prisoners taken by ? German and Austro -Hungarian troops ; since May 2, when the spring cain-1 cain-1 palgn in Galicia began, has therefore ' Increased to considerably more than : , one million." Tendon, Sept. 1, 11?45 a, m. Ger- ' many's plan for driving three wedges ' into the Russian defensive lines is be- lug carried forward but not with the 1 Bame speed as marked the sweep over ft Poland. Riga1 1b almost isolated and K, . unlcQB the JRuasiaus Boon throw -heavy H forces against Von Hindenburg's exposed ex-posed flank, this por,t must fall into the hands of the invaders. Although this northerly attack seems to have been checked for the moment, the Russians have been unable to develop a counter offensive in that region comparable with their activities In East Galicia, where, on the river Stripa, they have not only turned at bay but have inflicted large losses on their opponents. For a period of five or six days on the western front a rain of shells from French guns have been poured on the German trenches. The object of this -unusual artillery attack has not been disclosed but it is not believed be-lieved hero that so much precious am munition would be used merely to damage the German works without some sort of concerted effort to occupy oc-cupy the shattered trenches. The Balkan problem is again to the fore. Emphasis is placed on reports, that Rumania and Bulgaria are seeding seed-ing to arrive at an understanding with the entente powers, with some hopes of success. Paris, Sept. 1, 2-40 p. m. The French war office this afternoon gave out a statement on the progress of hostilities reading as follows: "Several artillery actions were reported re-ported in the course of the night around Neuville St. Vaast, In the region re-gion of Royo and In that of Ouberive, on the Sulppes. "la the Argonne there was violent cannonading yesterday to the north of Fontaine Houyette and on the Chevauchee heights. During the night it was calm "In the Vosges, after a bombardment bombard-ment with asphyxiating gas bombs, the enemy last evening launched against our trenches at Linge and Schratzraannele a violent attack. We maintained our positions. At midnight mid-night a now German attack was repulsed." |