The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-08-05
General Bobo Tries to Enter
City With Troops, but Few
Warning Shots from Ameri-
cans Cause Him to Desist.


Admiral Caperton reported today. but
seyeral warning shots from the Unit
cd States coast survey yacht Eagle
frightened them away. The COM
mander OF the eunboat Nashville sent
n warning to General Bobo that n he
rcturncd again with "uufriendiy in
tontions" he would be fred upon.
Cape Haitien now is clear of armed
troops OF the revolutionists and for
nation Of native committee OF safe
" has begun. Every effort Is being
made, navy department officials say.
to place the situation In the hands of
native authorities as soon as possible.
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the west. activities along the line Of
entertainments that had 50 long held
on the Germans in that section were
resumed. Before the power OF the
Teutons engaged In their encircling
movement. the armies Of Grand Duke
Nicholaf began to fali back.
Przasnysz. to the north of Warsaw
was occupied and the German armies
swept on. By July 10 they had fore
cd the Russians back to the line OF
the Narew river and pushed their
way to within twenty miles OF their
souL The fortress OF Ostrolonka was
taken and the Now ogeorgievsk forti-
ilcatioas. the key to Warsaw on the
north. was approached. To the south
Radon was occupied and the Russian
lines of communication In the Lublin
region threatened
Then began Tightening of tho
German lines around the capital The
Teutons forced their way past the
Flouic lire. southwest of the city.
pushed thtir way across the river
Nu.cW. below Dstrolonka and tho bat
tcring at the fortified gates Of the
city started iu earnest on Tuesday Of
this week sy Bavarian troops under
command Of Prince Leopold of Ba-
varia.
From the beginning of the war the
s1llont In the Russian line formed by
the band necessary to include Warsaw
and large portion of Poland had
been q thorn In the flesh of the Rus
sian military authorities. They show
ed this hy their desperate. and. at
times. partially successful attempts
to straightcn their front. Before they
could advance at the center and move
west from warsaw the Wiugs must
be brought up 50 as TO prevent sue
c,ssful thanking movements
simultaneously i1 East Prussia on
the north and iu Gancia on the south,
the Russian armies began 90 push
forward Twice In East Prussia they
were swept back, but before last win
ter set iR they had succeeded IN
pressing their way through Galicia
land were nearing Cracow. which is
! Iulmost directly on "a line south OF the
Polish capital.
| lu the spring. however. after prze-
myh had fallen into their hands and
! the victorious Russian armies we're
| threatening the German border and
am invasion ut Hungary, came the or
gaaIzad Austro-GCrman movement
which rc-cupturcd the great Austrian
| fortress and swept the Russian lines
| bucK further east in some sections
| that they had been la early In the
war, The Warsaw salient, thus expos
ed haZlrduusly from the south, was
| additionally threatened by the Ger
man advance in the Baltic provinces
which acted not only as a supporting
movement Go the fank attack on War
saw. but thrcatcaed to cut on IA,
retreat of the Russian armies.
The nrst determined drive agains
Wursuw from the west, occurred las
october. within a short time th'
/ German advance guards penetrated
To- within nineteen miles of the city
over which German aeropluncs an,
Zcppelins ucw The ltussians moye'
troops hastily from Galicia and War
saw slipped rom the hands of IN
Germans.
shortly uuorWurd second attemp
was launched and gathered force un
tl great battle developed along th
luVers Natta and Nistula. The Ger
mans al first were reported successful
but the nghtug turned IN favor OF IN
| Russiuns Trcy cut Oft and appar
entity surrounded two German corp
no bwvcy managed TO cut thci
way out
Another auompt at Warsaw oc
CURED In February after the Russian
had for the sarond time been drive
out of East Prussia. This time "a
attack cnmu from the north an
( Field Marshal Won Hindcnourg
forces reached and captured Przasf
ysz with 10000 prisoners on Eel
ruary 25. Three days later, howe, G
the Russians rocaptured il and u,
the Germans on the defensive. Han
/ meriue alonE this line and al 9th,
, sections south and west from n
. East Prussiau frontier continued {,
y month";, but not until the lncoptio
. OF the present campaign was thel
4 anywhere a serious break In the Ru
a sian defenscs