The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-06
Russians Evacuate Polish
 Capital-Still Fighting to Protect Rear of Retreat
 ing Army
SLAVS RETREATING
 STILL, BUT FIGHTING
 TO CHECK TEUTONS
Prince Leopold Takes Over
 City, But Real Honor l for Capture Falls to Won Hindenburg

London, August 5.-(10:15 |p. m. The Germans hold
 Warsaw, capital of Poland, and |the third largest city in the Russian empire. Bavarian troops entered the city this morning, having taken sue |cessively the Blonie lines and |the outer and inner fortresses |of the city itself, the Russians spnly fighting rear guard ac- Etions to allow their main army
 to escape.
 While to the Bavarians under Prince
 Leopold has fallen the honor of taking lover Warsaw in the name of the Ger
 man Emperor and his consort, who are kCADtteCb hO iitdht d Stdtc ChtAJ NitiiiA eA
 flew days. the real conuuerors are Won
 Hindenburg's troops fighting along the lNarew river to the northeast the Aus | Etro- Germans who crossed the Vistula to
 the south of the city and the armies
 of the Austrian Archduke Joseph Ferdi-
 nand and the German Field Marshal Won
 Mackenzen advancing northwestward be- tween the vistula and Bug rivers. H The Russians are fighting desperately and stubbornly to check the progress of these four armies and have had several isucuesses, inflicting heavy losses on their | 1pursuers. but they are being steadily pressed back, which made the longer oc- | Ikupation of the warsaw-Polish salient a
 hazardous undertaking.
 H Much Time Gained
 Il Even now, although the steadness of Ehhe Russian troops and their fierce coun- | ter attacks have gained much valuable E Isime for them. it is problematical wheth- Eer the whole Russian army will reach E Enew positions chosen or whether. if it E should get there. it will not find those kpositions turned by the Austrians who Ehave crossed the Bug southwest of Chelm and the Germans under Won Scholz and E Won Gallwitz, who have crossed the Narew.
 At the northeastern end of the line Efhe Russian communications are further Threatened by General Won Buelow, ad- sancing toward Dvinsk on the Villa KPetrograd railway Indeed, the Austro- germans have set three traps to catch
 and destroy the Russian army. None of them was sprung. but one was so near to Ialosng that Grand Duke Nicholas was forced to evacuate Warsaw and now is fighting with all his might to prevent the others from cutting off his retreat. < Thus far he seemingly has been suc- tcessful. for although the Germans claim 2 the capture of many prisoners, the az sregate Is small when compared with the immense forces engaged. In addition the Russians apparently are we'll on their
 way to the rear.
 Denuded of Everything
 From refugees who left Warsaw some Adays ago and have arrived at Moscow. Bit has been learned that Warsaw even
 at that early date had been denuded of nearly everything that might be useful
 tc the Teutons. Factories had been
 stripped of their machinery and all war
 stores moved into the interior of Russia and the government of the city left to
 the Polish population. S J The Russians also aree preparing to
 evacuate Riga, in the north. The arrival
 of the Germans 10 miles south of that .-ity already has been the cause of the
 civilian population departing.
 E While expressing the fullest confidence in the future, the British military critics tContinued on Page seven.)