The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-08-05
Rear Guard Actions
Said to Have Stem
med Tide.
LINES ARE LONGER
Consequent Transport Diff
culties Explains Delay,
Say the Germans,

Berlin, Germany. (via lon,ion)
THE forces OF Prince leopold of
Nnyaria are NOW huriin. themselves
against the fortress defending Mar
SAW, according tn an official state
ment today by the German army head
quarters staff The statement adds
that the Russians have. been thrown
from their position at Blonic, fifteen
miles west of the Polish capital.
back onto the outer line of dcfrnScs
OF the city.
Riga. ltussia--(via Ictro.rnd)-
in obedience To orders for the rciunv-
al of government institutions. the
state bank here was transferred to-
day from Riga to lula
Riga. capital of the proyincc of
Courland, lies 300 miles northeast
OF Warsaw and is the objective of
the cNtrcnic left wing of the German
army half circle i'm Russia.
London. England. The rear
guard fighting OF the Russians to
the northwest of Warsaw has prov
ed so effective that the German tide
seems to have been held up, while to
the south, Field Marshal Mackensen's
arc being badly battered. About the
only Austro-German progress chron-
icled on the vast semi-circlc front
i'm the east is toward Riga. in the
extreme north, ANA before lvansorod
Warsaw still holds ont and hope
that the Polish capita! may be saved
is growing stronger throushout Rus
sia. France and Great Britain.
The German press notes a pause
in the Teutonic offensive and en-
plains that with the daily longthen-
ing OF communications the problem
OF transports and reinforcements be
comes complicated which accounts
for the delay. Al the samc time the
efficacy OF the Russ rear uard
blows is not ignored by the German
newspapers. The GermanI emperor
and his consort heretofore reported
on their way TO Warsaw for a trium-
plant entry, have had perrorce to
postpone the completion OF their trip.
From Warsaw comes the optimis-
tic prediction that if the city is able
TO endure IL week longer and the
dispatch was written four. days ago
evacuation may be avoided
lnc NcTludU uuiililulNN - S'iit
Without reports from the officers
concerned in the destruction OF the
British steamer lberian and the
American steamer Leelanaw. Con-
sequently that government reply
to the American note OH the sinking
of the latter vessel doubtless will be
delayed for at least ten days.
Russia Tells OF Narew Battle.
Petrcgrad. Russia.-The official
statement issued by the Russian gen
eral staff SAYS:
During the last three days the
enemy has made enormous efforts to
dslodge us from the sector of the
Narew river from Ostrolenka TO l.o-
m2a. In the district OF Jedoubno,
the enemy is conducting trench war
fare, but in the explosion OF mines.
we have continually held the upper
hand. On the Pisa and Skwa rivers,
the whole OF the enemy S army at
tackled US, having first launched
against us reinforcements brought
from France. Nevertheless, we soon
saw Il complete German defeat in
this section for il took the enemy 4
week 10 drive back from the village
nf Serwatka CON the right bank OF
the Pissa) our rear guard regiment,
while the battle for the passage OF
the Narew river. near Novogorod,