September 18, 1915. 
LAND AND 5V:ATER, 
astraddle of that railway and road and to close in 
upon Riga. Ten days have passed, and he has not 
yet begun such a movement. 
At any rate, all his efforts have been directed 
against this flank position since he reached 
Friedrichstadt and Lennen. He compelled a vreek 
ago the retirement of the Russian line from the 
I^utze to the parallel smaller stream of the Pik- 
stem, and at the moment of writing the last news 
(which is that of Sunday, the 12tn) records his 
advance in force against Abele. 
II.— THE MOVEMENT FOR THE ISOLA^ 
TION OF VILNA, INCLUDING THE 
GRODNO SALIENT. (Plan VL) 
The movement began here with operations to 
the north-east and south-east of Grodno before 
that town was thoroughly in the hands of the 
enemy. 
It was upon the 2nd of the month, just at the 
time of the big attack on the banks of the Dwina, 
near Riga, that, in spite of the Russian counter- 
