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Show ORAi DIE'S ARMIES LOSING General Von Mackensen Con- tinues Pursuit of Retreating j Rusians Von Hinden- H burg Takes Many H Prisoners. H LEOPOLD ADVANCING Enemy's Resistance Broken H Down East of Losyce by the H Silesian Landwehr. jH j Berlin, Aug. 16, via London, 3 p. m. H Field Marshal Von Mackensen, con- H tinning his pursuit of the retreating Russians from the south toward H Brest-Litovsk has occupied Ciale and H Slawatycze, according to official an- H nouncement made by the German H 1'pacqunrters today. The army of Prince Leopold of Bavaria, pressing H the Russians from the west, has oc- H cupied Losyce and Miedzyrzec, the H statement adds. ill The text of the statement follows: "Western theatre of war: H "North of Ammerzweiler. northeast H of Dammerkirch (In upper Alsace) a trench attack broke down under our H "Eastern theatre of war: Many Prisoners Taken. H "Army group of Field Marshal Von H Hindenburg: During successful attacks on an en- H 1 trenched position at Kovno, 1730 Rus- jH sians including vseven officers, were iH taken prisoners. A projected attempt to break through the Russian lines from the Narew to the Bug, after a ijH crossing of tho Norzew river, succeed- jH en anu our pursuing troops reacneu jh the hill at Braiftk. More than 5000 jH prisoners fell into our hands. At jH Novo Georgievsk, the defenders were jH driven back still further from their H groups of fortifications. Ill "Army groups of Prince Leopold IH of Bavaria: H During the night the left wing H fought its way across the Bug river j east of Drohlczyn (east of Sokolow). H Alter the center and right wings had jH captured Losyce and Miedzyrzec yes- JH terday afternoon our opponents of- H fercd new resistance only in the sec- TM tion; of Toczmaw and Klukowka, be- VM tween Miedzjjraec and Beulla, out jl his resistance was broken down east jH of Losyce at daybreak by an attack H of the Silesian landwehr. The enemy H is being pursued. H "Army group of Field Marshal Von H Mackensen: M 7 he pursuit of ihe enemy contln- M Ufc.s. Ciale and Slawatycze have been j occupied. East Mlodowa our troops H arc advancing on the eastern bank of H the Bug." H |