The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-22
TEUTONS POUNDING
WAY TO WARSAW
Grip on Approaches to Polish
Capital Said to Be
Tightening.
RUSSIANS EVADE BATTLE
Fight Along Narew. However,
May BE LOng-PetrOgrad
Prays for Victory.
RUSSIANS EvADE BATTLE
special Gable Despatch to THE SrS.

Spesin f0Ofe DfsDTfCN 70 IHE Sun.
LONDON, July 21.-The Autro-Germsn
forces continue battering the approache
to Warsaw with terrific energy and, ic-
| cording to their official reports, are
Tightening the Gordon with steady per-
sistence.
Very little definite information is COM
ing from Russian sources. The retire
ment OF the Russians to the Narew his
| enabled Novo Georgievsk one OF the
greatest Russian fortresses. to bring It's
big guns into play upon the German
column. Their range reaches the Bzura
lines lately evacuated by the Russians.
II is expected at Petrograd that the
! contest for the possession of the right
bank of the Narew will be prolonged
\ and effective. Russian resistance "a
also expected between LublIn and Cholm
where the conflict RACES on tremendous
scale.
The people of Petrograd are quietly
| hopeful. but prepared for the worst 1t
Is anticipated that the attack upon Riga
has not been begun. but that Gen. Won
/ Lauensteins army is engaged in man
oeuvres with the object Of outianking
the Russians in the neighborhood
Fear Lack of Troops.
! a report from Zurich ascribes TO the
I militarists of Munich the fear that the
/ new German offensive will ultimately
/ fail for lack Of reenforcements. These
can be obtained IT is admitted only by
Withdrawing part OF the forces from
I the western front, which Is impossible.
For this reason. according to the re-
port, confidence In success is not very
/ strong.
The advance from further south to-
ward Brest-Litovsk on the Cholm-Lub-
lin railroad, gives the only ray of light
for Russia. Gen. Won Mackensen Is not
advancing so rapidly to cut Warsaws
railway communications as It was
thought he would. The Berlin official
statement tonight reports that the Rus
slams have reintrenched Themselves In
front OF the German army.
Other forces OF the Germans have cut
the Radom-lvangorod line and are at
tacking the bridgehead defending the
latter town, but the line appears to he
Newspaper dispatches say the Kaiser
is already on his way to enter Warsaw
with Field Marshal Won Hindenburg 1t
is added that the Kaisern IL to follow
TO accompany him in the triumphal en-
try.
The Grand Duke Nicholas. who is in
Moscow, according to Petrograd des-
patch. expressed himself to delega-
tion from the municipality as confident
| nm ,ilt m al h. a
be victorious.
Russian sentiment over the situation
in Poland and the Baltic provinces was
shown by twenty-four hours Of prayer
decreed by the Holy Synod. which ended
at o'clock tonight. according to the
Petrograd correspondent of the Daily
. Mail. At the same time the growth Of
anti-German sentiment was so great
that the authorities at Petrograd and
Moscow feared attacks upon all with
German names.
The rapid approach OF the enemy
upon Warsaw and Riga has iniiamed
anti-German sentiment here he tele-
graphs. News that the guns of Novo
Gcorgievsk have been in action shows
how swift the movements on the north
ern front have been.
PetrOgrad Prays for Victory.
attempt at the same time to blast a
way from the south in solid wedge,
the troops being supported by a vast
assenblage OF guns similar to those that
forced the Russian retirement from
Galica. The capture OF krasnostav at
dawn on Sunday gave them very USE
ful starting point.
such a movement, which Is expected
to start in very few days. has for its
object the cutting OF the railway be-
tween Lublin and Cholm.
Deep sounding bells In all the
churches changed at 6 o'clock last
evening a call for twenty-four hours of
continuous service as an intercession for
victory, the service being dscrced by
the Holy Synod In spite of the heat
to-day the places of worship have been
packed hour after hour. The people
stood wedged together while the priests
chanted the ltanies Open air mass
was celebrated outside the great Kazan
Cathedral in the presence OF enormous
| crowds
There was some uneasiness over the
possibility of attacks by some OF those
marching In the numerous professions
with church banners and portraits of
the Car and the Grand Duke Nicholas
on the shops and factories whose own
ers bear German names. Recent events
In Moscow have made the people ner-
vous, and special police precautions