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Show J! GRODNO NEXT RUSSIAN FORT TO BE :: AHACKED BY THE KAISERS TROOPS df Germans Are Advancing on the Fortress From Three Directions )d3 ' I Austro-German Forces in Galicia Are Counter-at- o&jj I tacked and Checked by the. Russians Buildings in J 3 J Belgium Blown Up by Allied Aviators. nT5 g , ? Nearer approach bj- the Germans to ! Ithe Russian fortress of Grodno is re-; re-; ported in today's official statement Ifrom Berlin. That they aro moving -' itoward tho stronghold from the east "' land south, as well as from the west, ' Js Indicated by tho direction of the f progress last reported. l The advance on the Grodno-Vilna i railway is being continued, while the fj headquarters of Prince Leopold and ,"k Field Marshal von MacKensen both re- (port that the Russians are being driv-" driv-" en back along a wide front. In the Galician operations, recently lf resumed, the Germans have met with a check on the Stripa river, where I strong Russian forces counter-attack-' ed and. according to Berlin, "partially I stopped" the Austro-German pursuit 'i Constantinople reports the destruc-j destruc-j tlon by Turkish artillery of a position i occupied by the entente allies near ,i ISeddul Bahr. on Gallipoli peninsula-' peninsula-' The French artillery is successfully i continuing Its work of inflicting dani- lage upon German trenches, shelters ) and camps at various points along the 'f front, the Paris war office reports Settlement of the trouble in South 1 Wales, which threatened to develop I into a serious coal strike, is an-t an-t nounced f It was again reported today that a j submarine of the entente allies had blown up a portion of the bridge con- necting Constantinople with the sub-I sub-I urb of Galata. A similar report made some weeks ago was denied by the " Turkish authorities. I Allied aviators are reported to have , destroyed a large building in Ghent, ' Belgium, used by the Germans for housing aircraft. t Retreat of Russians. f London, Aug 31, 11:53 n. m. The I Russian armies along the line of tho upper Bug and the Zlota LIpe are I being withdrawn rapidly and appar-I appar-I ently without great loss, as neither Vienna nor Berlin claim any exten J slve captures of prisoners or booty in this region. In the center of the I line due east of WarsaWj the Invaders. V continue to make steady progress ." T.hlle further north they are advanc-t advanc-t frig more slowly. The fall of Ltpsk brings the attacking forces nearer i Grodno, the last big fortress on the front to be retained by the Russians. Along the western front the usual artillery, mine and hand grenade war-faro war-faro marks the operations According Accord-ing to Paris these activities have re-l re-l suited in the destruction of several $ German trenches. j Constantinople again reports heavy , fighting at the Dardanelles, but the . entente allles'are silent in regard to h their military operations on this front. I In the Austro-ItaJian campaign, t Rome reports the capture of Cima Cis-, Cis-, ta, C500 feet high. This summit had commanded the Italian positions on , Monte Snlublo. Rome also sends optimistic reports ' of tho progress of tho entente powers in the diplomatic negotiations in the Near East It is said Serbia's promises prom-ises are satisfactory as far as they go art Italian political circles express confl-S confl-S denco that the Turco-Bulgarian rail-bV rail-bV road agreement does not affect Bul- I garian neutrality. " Winter Campaign. J I t Paris, Aug. 31, 2:45 p. m. France I is preparing for next winter's cam-J cam-J paign. An official note issued here I today describes a visit to the front by Alexandre Mlllerand, minister of Avar. M. Millerand discussed meas-i meas-i ures necessary for the winter campaign cam-paign with the commanders at various vari-ous points, especially in the Vosges and Alsace. BRIDGE BLOWN UP. London. Aug 31, 12:22 p. m.-An Athens dispatch to the Exchange ! ; Telegraph company says that a sub-! sub-! marine of the allies has blown up a ', portion of the bridge between Con stantinople and the suburb of Galata. It is not apparent whether this is merely an echo of the similar report I', of several weeks ago which brought : forth a deuial from Constantinople. f Aviators Destroy Building. Amsterdam, Aug. 31,' via London. ; 11:50 a. m A telegram received hero from Maasbode says allied aviators last Saturday destroyed a large build- ing at Ghent, Belgium, used by tho I ' Germans for housing aircraft. I Quiet on Dardanelles. '' Amsterdam. Aug. 31. via London. ! s 1:27 p. m. The following official ! 1 btatement from the Turkish war of- I fice on operations In the Dardanelles I has been received here, from Constan- l' tluople: It "The enemy yesterday undertook Ift' nothing in the Anafarta region Noth- I ing particular occurred in the Arl I Burnu section. Near Seddul 4Bahr, I artillery on our left wing destroyed . an enemy position." Artillery Fighting. Paris, Aug. 31, 2:30 p. m The French war office this afternoon gave out a report on tho progress of hostilities hos-tilities reading as follows. "Our artillery followed up last night, but without notable incident, its continued and efficacious action against tho trenches, tho shelters and the quarters of the enemy." |