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Show RETREAT ( GOES ON I Russians Must Now 11 Move to Third Line 1 j of Defense. 11 IMPORTANT VICTORY J Brest-Litovsk Regarded 1 1 as Most Powerful 11 Stronghold. Berlin, Aug. 26, by wireless to Say- Mis ville. The Russian fortress of Brest- jj f jl Litovsk has been captured by Teu- Ulsli tonic forces. Announcement to this lfi effect was made today by the Ger- jljlll man army headquarters' staff. BHlilT German and Austro-Hungarian Ullli troops stormed the works on the nil IB western and northwestern front and fflrlB succeeded last night In entering the ffilijf center fortress. iflill The "Russians, the statement adds, jfini then gave up the fortress. JrJHl The Russian fortress of Brest- .TfilW Litovsk which has capitulated to the ififlft Austro-German forces has been con- MMw sidered one of the strongest fortress- Jlfijlf es In Europe and was the southern flyfi base of the second Russian line of llflij defense to which the armies of Grand 8jf IK Duke Nicholas retreated after the fall mlffi' of Warsaw. The citadel is situated B on the Bug river and at the junc- sjllu tion of several railways, 131 miles Slflfl south of Grodno and 120 miles due flltil east of the Polish capital Bllll The storming of Brest-Litovsk by lflf the Teutonic forces Is probably the 'JSlMfi. most Important military achievement ulfllfi since the fall of Warsaw, three weeks jjg j ago today. Tho town, which had a 'jilifi1 population of about 50,000, was one l of the most Important depots for f flfl military supplies near the western lfi' frontiers of Russia proper. The for- lljjj tress was rated by military critics S as a much more important strategic Iflflij point than Warsaw. i!il Brest-Litovsk is situated at the IhI junction of tho Bug and Mukhovets Wlw rivers and the fortress of tne city fiSJF was built at the point of confluence. wjff ' It lies upon the right bank of the fj Bug where the river turns from the f'tlflj north to tho northeast. Intersecting ffll here are railroads from Odessa, Kiev. Moscow, Warsaw, Vilna and East M Prussia, Kffl;. Brest-Litovsk, according to inror- I'tH mallon compiled by tho National Geo- jl graphic society, contained one of the f ' ffii oldest important fortresses in north- Jffi ern Europe. The older fortifications Wi were erected about one mile east of jjull , Brest-Litovsk and had a circumfer- Hjr ence of four miles. The field works ffllft J were kept up to date and everything 'IfFff possible had been done by Russia, it 'jfiljl was said to make them uuconquer- M able. Brest-Litovsk was generaly re- 1M . garded in Russia as the most power- 'fi' ful Individual stronghold in the em- jkp'' The capitulation of Brest-LItovsk i means, in the opinion of military ob- Bjjl servers, that the Russians will be 1 I m forced to abandon their second de- TtJ ijll fense line which extended from Brest- Jljffyi Litovsk northward to the Baltic base j Uflj'j , of Riga. Ifj ii1' j The third line of defense to which Jj i the defenders of Brest-Litovsk, War- jjfj saw, Novogcorgievsk, Ivangorod aud C Jjfi; Kovno will be compelled to retreat i jl runs through the middle of the coun- jl M trv of Webt Russia, The line begins IM on the north at Riga on the Baltic 5j J 1 and follows the Dvlna river to Ducna- J& i I burg, then turns south and follows Irr HE( I the railroad, through Vllna. Libau, A M I Baranovitchi. The line then runs Jj fflK through tractlcss swamps of Pinsk 1 and the Prpiet river to Dovno, which 1 31 ; lies 120 miles northeast of the Gall- I' !j clan capital, Lemberg j !j |