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Italian Front:
Iaonzo
Several enemy attacks against the bridge-
head at Tolmein failed in spite of prolonged
and violent artillery preparation.--The town
of C-orizia was bombarded.
Adriatic Sea
The Italians evacuated the Island of Pela-
gosa after a bombardment by an Austro-
Hungarian naval squadron.
The Balkan:
Turkey ceded a strategically important strip
of territory along the Maritza. of about
2.000 square kilometers. in which Kara-
gatsch, the suburb of Adrianople, is situated.
to Bulgaria.
Turkey
Italy declared war on Turkey.
Gallipoll Peninsula-Dordanellea
After several futile attempts to advance at
Suvla Bay. a renewed attack by British
troops failed with heavy losses.
Eastern Front:
Lithuarsia
General von Eichhom's army made gains
east and south of Kovno.
The Bohr-Nor-av Sector
The Russians abandoned Ossoviez: German
troops occupied the fortress. Von Scholtz's
army stormed Tykocin. Russian counter-
attacks north of Bielsk were repulsed by von
Gallwitz's army. which also gained south of
the town.
The Orlanha-Luna-Bug Sector
Fighting heavily. Prince Leopold of Bavaria
a vanced east of the Kleszczele-Rasna line.
On August 23,
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v. Mackenscn's left wing forced the crossing
of the creeks south of Wysoko-Litovsk de-
spite violent Russian resistance; the attack
on the right bank of the Bug, west of the
mouth of the Lesna. progressed. The right
wing defeated the enemy in the lake region
east of Vlodava, compelling his retreat to the
northeast.--The army of General v. Puhallo
repelled the Russians northeast of Vladimir
Volynsk, pursuing them toward Kcvel.
Create
Venizelos assumed the task of forming the
new cabinet, pledging benevolent neutrality
toward the Quadruple Entente and the inviol-
ability of Greek territory.
Western Front.-
Coast of Belgium
9. German patrol boat was sunk off Zeebrugge
by two destroyers after brave resistance. An
enemy, squadron of forty ships. which soon
after appeared. was driven off by German
A artillery.
The Baltic: Denmark
The German government apologized. to the
Danish govemment .for.vrolat1ng Danish neu-
trality through the sinkxng of .the'Bntrsh sub-
marine "El 3'' in Danish terntonal waters.
Eastern Front:
The Orlanka-Luna-Bug Sector
During the pursuit of the defeated enemy
the armies of Prince Leopold of Bavaria ap-
proached the primeval forest of Bjalovjeska.
Northeast. east and south of Rama. hs far
as the Bug. the Teutonic armies under 7.
Mackensen forced the abandonment of the
Russian positions and pursued the enemy.
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