New Britain herald., 1915-07-23
.OUTL YING DEFENSES
| OF WARSAW CHECK
DRIVEOF TEUTONS.
Russians Battling Desperately
5
Against Surging Austro-Ger-
man Tide.

FALL Vi LUDLlN AMI
CHELM NOW IMMINENT
.i.rurko- German Forces Landed in Trip
oli--vienna Denies Italian Claims
OF ADVANCES in Gorilla French
H,,ri Back Kaiser's Forces in
IS Eiescc Fighting III France and
Hold Captured Ground.
The strength OF the outlying de-
lenses Of Warsaw appears to have
been checked for the time being at
least, the impetuousity OF the Teu-
tonic drive on the Polish capital.
Driven back from the fortress Of
fvangorod, southeast Of the city. the
Russian line is still maintained at
that point1so far as the latest Official
reports show. It is wavering along
vest around the city, Berlin claims,
from the fortress OF Novgeorgieysk
along the line Of the Narew to tho
north the Russians are battling des-
perately against the snrging German
tide.
sssls Russians Fighting Hard.
To the southeast sthe great sarrries
Of Field Marshall Won Mackensen are
still e11s.aged in q M sfsiy thr,1st TOR
kI~-
line. Both official and unofficial ac-
counts agree that the fighting here
is desperate and that the issue has
not vet been decided. sss
On nearly all the other fronts the
Russians. while Tighting hard. are
failing back, statements from he
0arious capitals Of the belligerentss In
dictate Is 81
Iladlln and CheInl Doomed
a Dispatches to Berlin newspapers
declare the capture 81 Isildlirl ana
uhelm Us considered only question.
6fshrief time The bravery OF the Rus-H
sian troops and the strong resistance
they are showing ia the face OF lack
Z DC sh f1icient amrnun ton II praised
/. The struggle sof the Italians for
Eorizia IS proceeding Clairls cf ad-
;vaffces mode Nv Rome are daniel Ia
Vienna. "
ut is reported ia Rome TINT Turko-
German forces have been landed In
TripoH. s III 3 'ss zs
No Decisive Actions.
Fighting along the lines III France
was IN progress at several points dur
ing last week. bat thre were no de-
cisives actions. The Germans tried
-
they had lost on. the heights near
Metzeral. but although they penetrat u
ed the French lines at one point they
twere driven out by a counter attack,
tile statement says.
The American note on submarine
Warfare was delivered by Ambassador
Gefard to the German foreign Office
This afternoon
Russian Resistance Broken.
Berlin. July 2S via London 1870 D.
IA HI Al despatch from Vienna to the
Nation zeitung says the final attempt
Of the Russians to stop the advance Of
their opponents in the critical battle
on the new line southwark OF the Lub-
iin-C Glenn railroad, southeast Of War
saw. has ended in failure. The de-
eisive action IN this campaign is like
~ to come in the territory between
the vistula and the Bug rivers s
The Russian southwestern front is
seriously menaced, the despatch adds.
The railroad line running through
Iyangorod, Lublin and Chelm is only
few miles north OF the Teutonic
lines and the capture of Lublin and
Gheln is said to be q question of only
b brief time.
Russians show bravery.
The correspondent OF the National
zeitung, ait Tarnow, Galicia, while re-
porting that the Austro- German for
ces are advancing steadily. points out
that there are difficulties to be met.
The Russians, he says have to con-
tend with lack Of ammunition, but
the statement that their morale is
Shattered Is untrue. On the contrary
they are displaying the greatest brav-
cry of any endurance, and only in the
case Of the contingents without high
er officers do they surrender readily.
Thirty-four miles south Of Lub-
lin, there occurred an engagement at
close quarters, which was unusually
awaited their attacking opponents.
and resisted them with the bayonets
Tney had assembled strong
reserves, and the Germans and the
Austrians had to expend the great
est efforts to overcome them. Tt was
necessary to throw the Russiass from
che trenches
Lack or Good Roads.
The lack of good roads in Poland
pFesents an especially unfavorable as
pect from the standpoint of the in Z
yaders. Deep sand makes the move-
naents even of infantry slow, while
from ten to twelve teams Of horses
! must be utilized to draw heavy guns.