Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-12

BaVarian Troops Carry the Po-
Iish Capital by Storm.
RUSSIANS ARE BATTLING ON
Cars Army Believed to Have With
drawn in Safety, Protected by
Rear Guard Actions-Teu-
tons Capture 1852 Slavs.
BY FREDERICK WERNER.

BY FREDERICK WERNER.
Berlin, Aug. 6 (by wireless via Tuck
erton, n. J).-Warsaw has fallen. Of
fetal announcement of the capture of
the great Russian fortress on the Wis
tula river was made by the German
war Office. The statement follows:
headquarters reports that Warsaw
was taken this morning. Yesterday
and last night Prince Leopold's Bavar-
ian troops broke through the forts on
the outer and inner lines where the
Russian rear guards were making
tenacious resistance.
The armies of General Won Scholts
and General Won Gallwitz have ad-
vanced toward the road to Lomza, Os-
trow and Wyszkow with violent en-
gagements taking place.
Russ Resistance Desperate.
Desperate Russian resistance on
both sides of the road from Ostrow to
Rozan was without success Twenty
two officers and 4,S40 soldiers were
taken prisoners and we captured II
machine guns.
M AA-CAL4 "a al uSISdbSu III SOuE-
land and Samititia Russian cavalry,
near Gensize, Birshi and Oniskszhty.
Yesterday and day before 2,225 Rus
slams were taken prisoners.
THE situation near and north of
IvangoTod is unchanged.
Our pursuit of the enemy between
the Upper Vistula and Bug rivers con-
tinues
German cavalry has entered the
region Of Vladimir and VoIynsk. east
of the Bug"
Warsaw fell before the third great
Austro-German drive that had for its
object the capture of the great Rus
sian stronghold.
The capture of the fortress means
that the Germans are now in possess
sion Of great part of the network OF
strategic railways in central Poland
which the Russians had been using to
shift troops from one part of their
battle front to the other end for the
transportation of ammunition and food
to the front.
Campaign Begun in May.
The campaign which ended in the
capture of the Polish capital began
early in May when Field Marshal Won
Mackensen, with vast Austro-Ger-
man army at his back, began driving
the Russians from the Carpathians.
Surging eastward the Germans and
AustTians first took the mountain DO
sitions Of the Russians and then re-
captured Przemysl and Lemberg.
After the Russians had been driven
from Galicia Field Marshal Won Mack
ensen began sweeping northward to
get behind Warsaw. In the meantime
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg, to
whom the lions share of the credit
goes, was waiting in northern Poland
and at the proper moment began driv-
ing southwark. In the meantime Gen
eral Won Buelow had cut into Russian
Courland with gigantic cavalry army
and dashed toward Riga in order to
sever the ACKNOWLEDGMENT lines of
communication and prevent the retire
ment of Grand Duke Nicholas Rus
sian army.
All along the line the Russians re-
tired. They were lacking in arms and
ammunition and opposing them were
the flower of the German and Austrian
armies.
Austrian Army Headquarters, via
London, Aug. 6.-The Russians appar-
emily met with difficulties in conduct
ing their retreat in the region be-
yond the Vieprz river, where only a
few roads intersect the extensive
swamp district The Germans and
Austrians are continuing to press them
holly, not giving the Russians time to
retreat in an orderly manner.
The resistance of these forces has
become visibly weaker and their move
ments more confused. Many prison
ers continue to be taken daily and it
is expected that many more will be
captured before the Russians emerge
from the swamps, where the roads
are quite inadequate for moving heavy
baggage and ammunition trains in adj
dition to the troops Field Marshal
Won Mackensen's forces have crossed
the Swinta, which empties into the
Vieprz near Lenczna.
On the front to the west of Ivan
gorOd the Austrians had relatively
slight losses in taking the outer forts,
although the desperate fighting lasted
ten hours.