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Show RUSSIANS BEGIN TO HOLD GERMANS London, Aug. 13, 10:20 p. m. Field Marshal Von Ilindenburg personally has taken command of the Gorman army attacking Kovno, and, according to the German official report, ha3 made further progress in the lighting light-ing against the Russians in that region. re-gion. The selection of Germany's national nation-al heo for the duty of capturing tho fortress of Kovno, which stands be-tweon be-tweon the Germans and Vilna, and the Warsaw-Petrograd railway, Is taken tak-en as an indication of the Importance which tho Gorman general staff attaches at-taches to this operation. News that the civilians had commenced com-menced to evacuate Kovno, as well as Vilna, led to tho belief In many quarters that the Russians may have decided to give them up, but in the latest official report from Petrograd It Is claimed that the Russians have repulsed the German attacks, except at one point svhere a desperate artillery artil-lery engagement is in progress. Farther north, between Ponlewesch and Dvinsk, whore General Von Bue-low, Bue-low, a week ago, was advancing rapidly rap-idly tow.ard the railway, the Germans Ger-mans apparently have suffered a setback set-back for the Russians now spoak of pressing them and declare they have rooccupied the town of Tovlny, which is considerably west of the point to which tho GermanB had penetrated. South of Riga alBo the Germans are said to be doing little more than holding their own, so that the talked-of talked-of advance toward Petrograd seems to bo developing very slowly. On the other hand, tho Germans continue to drive in tho Russians to tho northeast and east of Warsaw and with the capture of.Sledlce are within with-in a short distance of the Bug rvier, one of tho main supports of the Brost-Lltovsk Brost-Lltovsk line. It was believed tho Russians Rus-sians originally intended to hold this line. Field Marshal Von Mackonson, who commands the Germans In the southeast, between the Vleprz and tho Bug, again Is reported to have been held up by a Russian counter-attack. Tho military critics disagree as to tho probable lines on which TJrand Duke Nicholas will elect to mako his stand, but a majority of them consider consid-er it hardly likely that ho will try to hold tho Brest-Li tovsk front. The German crown prince continues contin-ues his attempts to pierce the French line In tho forest of the Argonno. He has had a few local succes'sos, but the losses ho has sustained In tho series of attacks are declared to have been very heavy. The Germans also havo attacked in Artois, but without success, according to the French account. ac-count. Tho negotiations between the Balkan Balk-an stntes aro proceeaing, but thus far there is no sign of any settlement of the questions at issue. |