New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-24
GERMAN HORDES
FAIL TO PIERCE
WARSAW LINES
Russian DefenCeS Hold as
KaiSerS Hurl Three
Armies on Capital.
STRIVE IN VAIN
TO CROSS NAREW
Berlin Reports Progress South
of Lublir-Czar ReneWS
Counter Attacks.

London. July %. With the Austrians
and Germans batterinG them in the
three great attacks against Warsaw.
the Russian lines are holding. De-
spite the huge numbers of men the
TeutonS arc bringing up. the incrcas-
their own lack of ammunition. The
Cars forces are putting up an ex-
trcmely stubborn fight. and at some
points have renewed their counter at
tacks. All accounts agree that their
morale is absolutely mistaken.
Opinion here is still divided as to
whether Grand Duke Nicholas. the Rus
sian commander in chef. will accept
a decisive battle or is simply trying TO
infict as heavy losses as possible on
the enemy before withdrawing from
Warsaw and the whole Polish salient to
Brest. Litovsk and the Bug River line.
The Teutonic allies report that at some
points progress has been made. They
are operating. however. through coun-
try which the retiring troops have laid
waste and in which the roads are little
suited for the movement of the heavy
artillery necessary for the lombard
ment of the great fortresses that bar
their way
Lublin Campaign at Climax.
It is not expected, therefore. that
decisive actions on any of the fronts
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the battle between the Vistula and the
Bug rivers. where Won Mackensen's
army is advancing toward the Lublin-
Cholm railroad, has reached climax.
According to the German official COM
munication issued this afternoon the
Germans have succeeded in breaking
the obstinate resistance OF the Rus
slams at several points and have forced
them 10 retreat.
The Russian 5. however, have had lots
Of time TO prepare a series OF positions,
and it is believed that they will make
every effort TO hold them until. if it
becomes necessary, their army can re-
tire from Warsaw. South of Warsaw,
in front Of the fortress Of lvangorod,
the Russians have retired to the Wis
tula River. which. with its forts and
lack Of bridges. forms q barrier which
the Austrians and Germans will find it
difficult to pass.
The northern German army. under
Won Hindenburg. also is reported to
have made progress. but it has not vet
been able to cross the Narew River,
another natural defence Of the Russian
triangle behind the Polish capital. All
along this front the Russians have re-
sumed their counter attacks from the
fortress Of Novo Georgievsk, but these,
according to the German accounts,
failed. Before RoZan. another OF the
river fortresses. the Germans declare
that they have stormed and taken two
fortified villages and taken many pris-
Oners.
Fight RACES at lvangorOd.
From the Baltic TO the Bug the only
district in which the Austrians and
Germans are not attempting a serious
offensive lies opposite the region OF
East Prussia. which is well defended
by the Mazurian Lakes. North and
south Of Kovno German attacks are re-
ported. but the chief fighting is in
progress south of IvanPorod
The report Of the investment of
IvanCorod in Yesterdays commurica-
tion from the German War Office Duz-
LlcS Ul44ldTN eNDeTlS, VINO utCldIt II
is impossible that the great fortress
could have been surrounded complete
w. To the west Of the Vistula the
Germans report victory for the
Silesian Laudwehr. which stormed the
Russian positions and threw back their
defenders into the fortress of Ivan
gorod As the scene of the Silesian
success is fifteen miles from the for
tress. it is believed here that the Ger
man official report must have been
translated enormously as claiming the
investment of the fortress itself. when
the outlying protecting forts were
meant.
From the standpoint Of the Allies,
one Of the most hopeful features of the
campaign is the stubborn defence of
the Lublin-Cholm railroad BY the Rus
slams. Interest in the fate of Warsaw
is undiminished. but the stubborn re-
sistance Of the Russians is doing much
TO relieve the depression here.