Show RUSSIAN DEFENSE LINE IS EN MAIN FORTRESS AND concentration CENTER IN BUG RIVER REGION EVACUATED the germans are arc now in possession of the whole line of the railroad from chelon to a and nd are pushing on london brest litovsky the main russian fortress and concentration center for the bug river line of defenses anas as occupied by the austro germans on august 26 while the russians offered stout re resistance to the invaders during their approach to the fortress it Is ie apparent that they bey did not attempt to defend brest litovsky itself but evacuated it as they did Osso wetz in conformity with their intention indicated in the dispatches from petrograd Petro grad to take up new positions farther east the germans now are in possession of the whole line of railroad from chelm to the russians having already evacuated the latter city the lesser fortresses ot of goodno and olita are now the only strongly defended positions remaining in the hands of the russians both these are being approached by the germans and probably will be given up when they have fulfilled their purpose of facilitating the retreat of the russian armies the russians have not yet entered the vast forest which extends thirty miles north and south and has a width of from seventeen to thirty miles the forest Is a famous hunting center south of it are the pripet marshes which protect the russian left and with plenty of roads and three or four railroad lines it is said here that grand duke nicholas will make good his retirement it if goodno and vilna efin can hold out long enough even it they should fall military observers say the grand duke would be well on his way to his new positions before tle the germans could reach his flank there is again talk of russian preparations for a stand but no indication as yet as to where this attempt is to be made air craft again have broken the monotony of the western warfare sixty two french aeroplanes aero planes flew over the dellingen dellinger Del lingen iron works near louis fouls prussia dropping bombs while a british aviator is le IQ ported successfully to have dropped a bomb on and destroyed a german submarine off ostend the german report says that tour four of the french machines in the attack near saarlouis louis were brought down one of them however falling behind the french lines the claim further minor on all their fronts but these are cl consistently denied by austria tri of the operations on the gallipoli peninsula aich ate aie now so important to the cause of the allies there Is no further news |