Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1915 — 85,000 Russians Taken As Novogeorgievsk Falls. [ARTICLE]

85,000 Russians Taken As Novogeorgievsk Falls.

Another decisive victory, for German arms" in Poland has taken the last of Russia’s strongholds in that country from the Czar. Novogeorgievsk, the great fortress in which the Grand Nicholas left an army of 85,000 men to dispute the advance of the Austro-German forces pursuing the Russians, 'has been taken by storm and all its defenders made captures. . ‘ Six generals are included in the prisoners taken. The number of cannon taken has been increased to more than 700, and the official announcement of the capture adds “quantity of war material captured is impossible to estimate.” “On to Petrograd” is on the lips of enthusiastic paraders in Berlin.