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Show I Germans Occupy Another Fortress If in Chain of Russian Strongholds 3 ; ' if ALLIES LANDING MORE TROOPS I ON THE GALLIPOLI PENINSULA rilfce r K : Offensive Resumed Both South and North Shortest Road to jg I Retrieving Russian Reverses Is by Forcing Dardanelles Q I Australians and New Zealanders Strengthen J ! Positions New Landing Place Menace i5 3 to Turkish Positions. J I RETIRING RUSSIAN FORCES STILL IN PERIL & ; i Dismantling of Vilna Puzzles British Military Critics Sharp S : Fighting in France in Artois and Souchez Regions I Nine More Vessels Sunk by German Submarines French Bark Also Sunk Zeppelin U Fleet Not Heard From. S I Hi I Berlin, Aug. 1 1, via London, 4:15 p. m. The German ili f war office announced today the occupation of the fortress of W j Benjaminow, which lies to the east of Novogeorgievsk, the id t Russian stronghold on the Vistula northwest of Warsaw. SU , ! j i' Paris, Aug 11. 2:33 p. m. Tho lX French war office this afternoon gave V. out a report on the progress of hos-$5 hos-$5 '' tilities as follows: 5 "In the Artois district there was jj spirited cannonading last night and I close to Souchez a German attack 4 ' with bombB was repulsed. By '. "From the Argonne there has been P reported a very violent bombardment $ of our positions to the east of the r road from Vienne-le-Chateau to Bin-ad Bin-ad arville. to ; "On the remainder of the front the t night passed quietly." Grand Duke to Lead Turks. I London, Aug. 11, 10:40 a. m. The I ' Grand Duke of, Mecklenburg, accord- ' ' ing to the Athens' correspondent of It ' the Star, has been appointed corn's corn-'s ' mander in chief of the Turkish forces H '' in the Dardanelles, succeeding Field S i Marshal Lyman von Sanders. S ' ' Field Marshal von Sanders has I ' been one of the leading -figures In the 1 , reorganization of the Turkish military ) system brought about In recent years l I under German tutelage. With Field 1 ' Marshal von der Goltz, also a Ger-jj, Ger-jj, , ' man, he has been active in directing I . the Turkish army during the war and 'l ' for a time was in charge of the Otto- man forces at the Dardanelles. It IS ! was reported last month that he had a been seriously wounded in a battle 9 on Gallipoli peninsula, W The grand duke of Mecklenburg- m Schwerin Is a general of Prussian cav- 2 I airy and a brother-in-law of the Ger-I Ger-I I man crown prince. 5 Chancellor Is Opposed. J I Berlin, Aug. 11, via London, 11 a. m. 4 A meeting last night of the leaders ' of the National Liberal party in Ber- ii lin expressed unanimous condemna tion of Intrigue against Chancellor Bethmann von Hollweg. It was declared de-clared that the attitude of opposition to the chancellor as expressed recently recent-ly by political leaders does not rep- resent the party as a whole. The chancellor's public statement, It was said, gives no reason to suppose that he is conducting a weak Illusionist policy. Tho meeting declared that his policy deserved full confidence. Jjl , dl Review of War Situation. I London, Aug. 11, 1:47 p. m. Recog- 1 mtlon of the Importance to the allies I ! of forcing tho Dardanelles, as the I shortest road to retrieving Russian I . reverses and regaining the initiative I now In the hands of Germany, Is demonstrated amply by tho sudden landing of British forces In the vicinity vi-cinity of Karachall on the north of tho Gulf of Saros, and resumption of the offensive both at the southern end of Gallipoli peninsula and north ot Gaba Tepe. The Australians and New Zealanders Zealand-ers recently have been strengthening their positions at Gaba Tepe. Tho new landing place on the Gulf of Saros. being on the flank and rear of the Bulair lines, if developed, -would menace the strong Turkish defenses across the neck of the peninsula-Coming peninsula-Coming at this time, when there is so much discussion whether Germany will attempt to crush Serbia, preparatory prepara-tory to linking forces with Turkey by "way of Bulgaria, these developments develop-ments at the Dardanelles assume a special importance, Russians Still In Peril. As yet, there is no proof that ttie Germans have withdrawn, or are preparing pre-paring to withdraw any considerable proportion of their forces from tho eastern front On the contrary, the offensive, which led to the fall of Warsaw, has not been relaxed and the position of the retiring Russians is still perilous. The partial dismantling' of Vilna, preparatory to evacuation, as reported re-ported from Petrograd, is somewhat puzzling to British commentators Inasmuch In-asmuch as tho Russians aBsert they have repulsed German attacks around the fortress of Kovno which is sixty miles northwest of Vilna. The Zeppelins reported yesterday over Holland sailing In the direction of the Scottish coast, have not been heard from. Petrograd Is Reassured. London, Aug. 11, 337 p. m. Discussing Discus-sing the possibility of an attempt by the Germans to reach Petrograd in view of their activities in the Kovno and Dvinsk regions, the correspondent of tho Evening News at the Russian capital says: "The success gained by the Russian fleet at Riga reassured the capital, as no advanco against Petrograd Is like-Iv like-Iv unless the Germans obtain command com-mand of tho Baltic, giving the Invaders Invad-ers a line of communication by water as well as by land." Kovno is about 400 miles southwest of Petrograd. |