Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-07-29
EnyeIoping
Movement Checked Be-
fore Warsaw By S1avs|

The great European d has not
materially changed with respect to
armies and movements from condi,
tons prevailing q week ago. 1T was
then assumed that Germany would
march straight into Warsaw with but
little hindrance-indeed. Il was be-
lieved in some quarters that Russia
would e~vacuate Warsaw hi order to
save the bulk Of it's army-but the
Russians under the grand duke seem
to have rallied and have temporarily,
at least, checked the German adj
vance.
PetrGgrad expresses the hope that
the Germans may be repnlsed. but
Berlin is still hopeful that Warsaw
will fall, as the German forces have
succeeded in q great enyeloping
movement and i on three sides of
the Polish capital. Thelr aim, aside
from he capture 81 Warsaw, IS to
capture or crush the bulk Of the rus
stan army.
Tt Is admitted by the allies that the
situation in Poland is very serious
Should the Russian army be crush
ed, it is freely conceded that At would
take considerable time for Russia to
again resume active opposition, to
say nothing of assuming the offensive
besides, Warsaw, in German pos
session, would seriously handicap the
Russians In any movement whatever
along the German frontier even
should it be able to rehabilitate its
army.
As Seen by London.
London, YiIy 2s.--The magnitude
OF the German enyeloping movement
in the eastern field lis absorbing the
attention of the British officials and
public. The latest reports show Tint
General Won BueloW's 10000 cavalry.
have turned southward from Riga and
are within eighty miles Of the rail
way connecting Petrograd with War
saw.
In this way the Northern German
line is closing in on the main north
ern railway artery to the Russian zap
ital, while the southern army similar
ly is approaching the main southern
artery running to Odessa.
The Times declares human history
can show no parallel to the tremen-
dous extent of this enveloping move
ment, which it says involves results
to Russia and the western allies com
pairing with Russia's resistance to a
Mongol invasion.
Plan to Enveiop cxar's Army.
The Times believes the operations
are a real danger to the whole system
of railway defenses of which War
saw is the center, and that It Is ap.
parent the Germans T planning to
envelop the entire Russian army in
this region. The newspaper points
out that the fall Of Warsaw will have
a grave significance for the west, as
it will mean that Russia,s power to
resume a successful offensive will
have been indefinitely postponed, and
that the principal bases for offensive
operations will be III the hands q
Germany.
4 - -5vHNH&y EsN9M&
See Hope Of Resistance.
Today's Petrograd official state
ment saying that the Germans have
been thrown back at one point of the
Narew river brings some relief to
London, as the miiitray observers
here hold that the final results de
pend largely upon Russia prolonging
her resistance until climatic condi.
!. tions in that country interpose a bar
rier to the full realization Of the Ger
man plan.
Reports from the other military
fields with the exception OF the Ital-
ian frontier. where tbs Italians say
they have taken 1900 prisoners, show
comparative inactivity.
Premier Asquith today announced
that the total British losses In killed,
wounded and missing III both tho
military and naval branches Of the
service up to g week ago had reached
sso,s95.
Take New Height.
Paris, July 2S.-.The French oficfalI
statement this afternoon says:
b-ombardment yestaray Of Fur-
nes and Of East Dunkirk was followed