Official communiques issuing from various sources yesterday convey the following intelligence as to the progress of the war:
The Press Bureau announced last night that on the Allies' left wing during Tuesday a corps of German artillery, in proceeding towards the Forest of Compiègne, came in conflict with the English forces, who captured ten guns.
It is reported that there are no German troops at Lille, Arras, Douai, Bethune, and Lens.
Another corps of German cavalry pushed for Forward to the line of Soissons-Anizy-Le Château, in the region of Rethel. Along the Meuse the enemy has manifested no activity.
In Lorraine the Allies continued to advance. In Upper Alsace the enemy appeared to have left before Belfort a mere screen of troops.
Continuous fighting, the Press Bureau announces, has been in progress along almost the whole line of battle. It was British cavalry, engaged in the destruction of the cavalry of the enemy, that captured ten guns.
On the eastern frontier the Russian Army is investing Königsberg, and has achieved a complete victory at Lemberg.
A casualty list issued last night gives the names of 35 officers killed, of 52 officers wounded, and of 69 officers missing in connection with the engagements of the Expeditionary Force.
Of the missing officers no fewer than 13 belong to the R.A.M.C.
Last night the Russian General Staff reported that after a battle lasting seven days the Russian Army seized some heavily-fortified positions ten or twelve miles west of Lemberg, and then advanced to the principal forts. After a fierce battle on Tuesday the Austrians had to retreat in disorder, leaving behind heavy and light guns. The Austrian Army was composed of three Army Corps and parts of two others. During the flight they abandoned 31 more guns, so that the total number captured amounts to 150.
It is reported in Rome that an official statement has been issued in Vienna recognising that the occupation of Lemberg is inevitable, and announcing that the Provincial Government has removed the archives of State.
In the Warsaw district the Austrian attacks have been repulsed, and the offensive has been taken with much success.
A statement issued by the Russian General Staff and dated August 28 reports that the 15th Austrian Division was completely defeated near Lustchoff, that the three chief officers were killed, that 100 officers and 4,000 men were made prisoners, and that twenty guns were captured.
From Russia comes the admission of a severe check in East Prussia. The Germans, by bringing up important reinforcements and heavy artillery from the forts on the Vistula, were able to inflict grave losses. In this fight General Samsonoff was killed. Fresh Russian troops were arriving, and the reverse is regarded as purely local.
A Zeppelin airship was again sighted from Antwerp on Tuesday evening. It passed over Alost towards Ghent, and attempted to fly over the town, but it was kept outside the fortifications by heavy artillery fire. In the early hours of yesterday morning five or six bombs were thrown from the car. Elsewhere houses flying the Red Cross flag were damaged, and ten or twelve prosoners were slightly wounded. The bombs were of a new type.
From Antwerp movements of the German troops are reported in the neighbourhood of Aesche. Ninove and Alost have been occupied by the enemy. Communication with Waesland was re-established on Monday, on which day the Germans again bombarded Malines.
It is announced from Rio that on August 26 the German cruiser Dresden sank the British steamer Holmwood, of Newport. The crew have reached Rio.
The King and Queen yesterday visited the hospitals in which the wounded officers from the front are being tended.
The Prince of Wales's National Relief Fund yesterday afternoon exceeded £2,000,000.