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Show I Fall of Gorizia Is Imminent; I Italians Take Dominating Point i COMPLETE ENVELOPMENT OF RUSS ARMIES THREATENED BY GERMANS Forces of Grand Duke Nicholas Retire From Warsaw Intact, But Seriousness of Situation Still Exists Renewed Pressure Is Brought to Bear on Balkan States by Entente Allies Hostility Toward Russia Grows in Sweden Greece Still Holding Out. f WHOLE RUSSIAN GARRISON STANDS AT BAY il ft I Greatest Danger Threatening Muscovites Is From North German Progress Continues Italians Capture Monte I San Michele, Position Which Threatens Gorizia Spirited Fighting Continues in France in Argonne District Strong German Recon naissances in Lorraine. i Paris, Aug. 7, 5 a. m. After a desperate battle the Ital- ians have stormed and captured the summit of Monte San Michele which dominates Gorizia, says a Petit Journal dispatch from Turin. The fall of Gorizia, 22 miles northwest of Triest on the Isonzo, now is believed imminent, the dispatch adds. ' Paris, Aug. 7, 4:55 a. m. The Italian submarine Nereide is reported to have been sunk in an encounter with an Austrian Aus-trian submarine off the island of Pelagosa in the Adriatic sea, according to a special dispatch from Rome. The Nereide, which was built in 1913, was 141 feet long ', ' with a beam of 1 4 feet and displacement of 3 1 5 tons gross. : Her peace time complement was 1 7 men. i I l Paris, Aug. . 7, -2.50 p. m. The . French war office this afternoon gave i l out a statement on the progress of , hostilities in France, reading as fol-, fol-, lows: "Last night passed quietly on the 1 western part of the front. "In the western section of the Argonne Ar-gonne there has been a continuance of the very spirited fighting with grenades and bombs. An attack of the I enemy in the vicinity of Hill No. 213 j has been repulsed. I "In Lorraine, a strong German re- ? connaissance has been dispersed by r" our fire, at a point not far from PI Leintrey. "In the Vosges there has been noth ing to report." Review of War Situation. London, Aug. 7, 12:07 p. m. Holds' Hold-s' ing the bridgeheads at Warsaw over the Vistula river, the most formidable military obstacle in eastern Europe. Germany and Austria-Hungary having I conquered the river line and with It ) invaded Russian territory for an av-( av-( erage depth of 100 miles along a front i from the Baltic to Bukowlna, are now ' , throwing their forces forward in an ) endeavor to accomplish what Russia's ' allies have so feared the complete i envelopment of the Russian armies. ; The British press, basing its opin ion on Petrograd dispatches and the lack of reports to the contrary 'from either Berlin or Vienna, is inclined to the view that the forces of Grand : Duke Nicholas retired from Warsaw virtually intact, but there is an Increasing In-creasing disposition not to minimize the seriousness of the situation, as It still exists, and the anxiety of the quadruple powers seems to be manifested mani-fested in renewed pressure to bring the Balkan states in line on the side of the entente powers. Sweden Growing Restless. j Quiescent Sweden is now restless j and even so conservative a newspa-v newspa-v per as the London Morning Post finds r cause for comment in Sweden's growing grow-ing hostility to Russia as stimulated by German success in Poland. i. Whether the present Balkan nego- tiations will be more fruitful from the ;? entente standpoint than were prevl-ij prevl-ij ous attempts to align these statc3 i against Germany and Turkey is de-f de-f batable, especially so as to Greece, nc-a nc-a cording to an Athens dispatch quoting quot-ing Premier Gournarls as refusing to consider the relinqulsning of any ter- - rltory-toBulgaTia, a concession" whlclr might clear the situation. Whole Russian Garrison at Bay. Though still holding Novo Georgie-vsk, Georgie-vsk, the wholo Russian garrison remains re-mains at bay. Thus Russian armies not only are menaced back of the Warsaw salient from which It was assumed as-sumed they were not entirely clear before heavy German forces broke across the Vistula to the southeast of Warsaw, but a larger and more formidable for-midable enveloping movement has ' taken definite form, being in effect a greater pair of pinchers aiming at Dvinsk In the north and Brest-LItovsk in the south, and support on a smaller small-er pair which sought and still seeks to surround the Russian forces around Warsaw. There is a chance that the grip of the smaller pair may not bo effective and it will take some time to demonstrate demon-strate whether the more ambitious movement succeeds. Czar's Troops in Danger. The threat of danger to the Russian troops who evacuated Warsaw and are supposed to be still making their way eastward into Russia seems today to be greatest from the north. The advance of the German forces in the territory southwest of Dvinsk constitutes, in the opinion of British observers, a real menace to the forces of Grand Duke Nicholas An Indication Indica-tion of the extent of the German prog ress In the Baluc provinces in Russia Is found in a dispatch from Copenhagen Copen-hagen which says that the city of Kovno, some 50 miles to the west of Vilna. is being evacuated, and Riga, at the mouth of the river Dvlna, Is expected to pass to German possession posses-sion at any time. Greece Holding Out. A news dispatch from Athens indicates indi-cates that Greece is holding out against the allies in an effort to win this country, a key to the entire Balkan Bal-kan situation, to their side. 1 Lilian forces are reported to have captured Monte San Michele, on the Austrian frontier, a position which threatens Gorizia. A London dispatch announces the sinking bv a German submarine of four British fishing boats. The crews were saved. London. Aug. 7. The fishing smacks Heliotrope and Challenger have been sunk. The Danish steamer steam-er Hans Amell has been set on fire. The crew was saved. London, Aug 7, 12:57 p. m. The British fishing smacks Hesperus, Ivan, Ces and Fisherman have been sunk, presumably by German submarines. The fishing crews were landed today Berlin, Aug. 7, via London, 12:45 p. m Chief of Police Glasenaph of Cologne, Co-logne, Prussia, today .was appointed as head of the police department in the conquered city of Warsaw. Berlin. Aug. 7, via London, 4:30 p. m Fort Dembc, comprising part of the Warsaw fortifications on the right bank of the Vistula river, has been captured by Gorman troops, according ac-cording to an official statement given out today by the German official hcadquartor's staff. The text of the statement follows: "In the western theatre. In Flanders Flan-ders the Belgians, owing to effectiveness effective-ness of our artillery, were obliged to partly evacuate their advanced positions posi-tions over the Yser near Hernisse, south of Dixmude. "French hand grenade attacks were repulsed north of Nancy East of Luneville our advance patrol easily repelled an enemy attack. "In the oastera theatre. East of Poniowesch the Russians retreated behind Jara. "Toward the west front of Kovno progress was made and 500 Russians were captured and two machine guns taken. "The armies of General Von Schulz and Von Gallwitz have, nfter stubborn fighting, broken the resistance of the enemy near Lomza and the mouth of the river Bug. Total Results of Fighting. "The total results of the fighting from August 4 to August 6 amount to S5 officers and more than 14,200 men being taken prisoners. Six cannon, eight bomb throwers and 69 machine guns were also captured "The troops investing Novo Georg-levsk Georg-levsk have penetrated as far as the Narew river. "The fort of Dembe was taken from tho south. "The Vistula, as far as Bienkow, has been reached. "In Warsaw the position is unchanged. un-changed. Russians Continue to Bombard. "The Russians continue to bombard the town-.-f rom. the -easteunharilc . -of tho Vistula. "Our airships dropped bombs on tho railroad stations of Noworainsk and Siedlce. "In the southeastern theatre Near and north of Ivangorod the position remains unchanged "Between the Bug and Vistula the German troops stormed the enemy positions po-sitions near Ruskowola, southeast of Lubartow and northeast of Lentsch-na Lentsch-na and forced the enemy to evacuate his positions there " on |