The Germans thus gained the whole line from Kovno to Brest, and things were going no better in the south.
These forward thrusts were made especially from the fortresses Grodno and Kovno, and the fortified place Olita.
One day, in the little Kovno library—how distinctly it all comes back to me—I can see myself sitting there, perusing the papers.
They all said she was very beautiful, the acknowledged belle of Kovno.
The climate is comparatively mild, the mean temperature at the city of Kovno being 44F.
