The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-08-10
d USSIANS EVACUATE
IN ENTIRE VISTULA LINE

LONDON August Except for the
heavily fortified and entrenched camp
at NOvo-Georgievsk, at the junction of
he Bug aud Vistu,a Rivers, twenty
miles northwest of Warsaw, the Rus.
Siahs thaye 'hstacuated their entire line
along the VistuIa. IN sIvangorod, where
the garrison had aetel as a rear guard
% delay the Austrian advance from the
iouta, has been abandoned with the rest
nd the whole army is now backing to-
Ha"'ls the Brest-Litpusk line.
The force Occupying the Novo- G cor.
Sievsk entrenehed camp is a strong one,
we'll supplied with amunitions and oc
rupy.ng positions considered strong and
well able to withstand a great siege
The object of the Grand Duke in leav-
,ng this garrison behind in his general
.etrCat $ to prevent the use of the
Jug and Vistula Rivers and OF the rail
Dad from Przasnysz to Warsaw for the
transportation of supplies for the Ger
many army. The Russians hold the
liver junction and the railroad bridge
across the Bug.
Sr; nd Dukes Army Safe
Reports from Petrogsad state that
he pressing danger Of the retreat of
the main Russian army being intercept
ted by the closing in armies Of Won
iindenburg and Won Mackensen is pas
1ed, but that the advance of Won Bue-
wv in the Baltic provinces has now be
ONE the serious menace for the re-
reating Slavs, who are evacuating
Riga. '.@-
The drive Of the Germans against
Riga has been checked and the great
cavalry advance has been DETECTED
through a decisive defeat 1t encounter
Vi yesterday south Of the city. Find
ing the defense of Riga too strong to
'"e forced with his cavalry, Won Buelow
as now headed south, toward the
Wilma Petrograd railroad line.
Military critics are inclined to see in
this move a decision on the part of the
Germans to push the Russian right still
further back, having failed to effect the
'apture of any part of the main army,
with the object Of giving the Slavs no
est. The critics believe that the
main strategy will be to penetrate so
ar into Russia as to force the Car to
negotiate a separate peace, when the
full strength of the Austro Germans
may be turned against the Allies in the
west
Teutons Are Paying Dearly
The Russians rear guards, before
"varrat'ng their positions at Bloine,
Jiradcf and Groitzi, set fire 70 those
towns, the advancing Germans being
forced to fight the flames before con,
tinuirg their advance. The Russians
ar" failing back from one prepared pc.
sition to another, INJECTING as severe
losses as possible upon the Germans
|" tbs series of rear guaEd actions,
which are taking place along many
'"iIes Of the front, the Teutons are pay
in" 'rnrly for the ground they are
gr;"in".
Dee ""tch"s TO the Daily Mail frnrn
cop 'nha""n state that the Russian gar
ri.on Mt KovnO is being withdrawn, to
ioin IN the general withdrawal to the
Du"nhurg Rrest Iitousk line Ac
corIir" to the Copenhagen correspond
emf tn Governor and his staff have
left tn" city and the banks have closed
their doors and removed their treasure
and hooks The civilian residents have
been leaving the city 70" the mast week
o" i"formatio" from the military au.
th"'i'les that the place would be rvac-
uRtrl
Auotr'ons Now Slavs Down
AdNirrs from Vienna state that the
Russians cvacuating the lvangorod pc.