Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-08-13
Russians Give Up Strate-
gic Railway Center
Without Struggle.
SLAVS MENACE GERMAN
LINES IN BALTIC REGION
PetrOgrad Officially Declares
Forces Have Escaped from
Warsaw Trap.

BERLIN, Aug. 18 Cvia London.
4:45 p. m.)-The Polish city of Siedlca.
fifty-five miles southeast of Warsaw
mas been captured by the Germans.
Announcement to tfEis effect was
made today at army headquarters.
The city of Siedlce lay directly IN
the path of the Teutonic forces which
pressed eastward from Warsaw after
the capture of that place. 1t il in
this section that the Austro-German
forces are advancing most rapidly.
Sledlce is the capital of the province
OF that name and has some 25.0o0
Inhabitants.
News of the quick capture of
Siedlce was received with astonish-
ment here though the Bavarians were
known to have reached the region of
kaluszyn, twenty miles west of
Siedlce, more than forty y-eight hours
ago.
Because of its Importance asa. CEN
ter for railways leading to Brest
LitoVsk from both the Warsaw and
Ostrow district, it was believed here
that the Russians would offer des-
perate resistance. The region to the
west and south of the city is of splen-
did character for defense.
The Russians. according 10 all re-
ports reaching here, are now retreat
ing as rapidly as they can march east
from Warsaw.
Siedlce lies fifty miles east of PraRa
and Warsaw. The Bavarians only
entered Warsaw four days ago and
on their pursuit of the fleeing Slavs
have advanced more than twelve
miles a day about as RAPIDLY "a thew
could move forward even without
resistance. under the hot sun over the
treeless Polish plain.
BY the Associated Press.
PETROGRAD, Aug. Is. 12 m
(via London, 1886 D. m.)-The RUS
sian armies having successfully ex-
tricated themselves from the Warsaw
, sack in which the Germans tried to
enclose them are now stuhbornly op-
posing the German advance toward
Bialystok on line seventy miles r,
the east of Warsaw and on both s,ideH
or the railroad between the Polish
| capital and Bialystok.
! The Baltic German campaign an
pears to be at a standstill with the
Russians astride the highway be-
| tween Vilkomir and Ponieweseh.
threatening the communications be-
tween these invading armies.
The Germans are approachipg
slightly nearer to Kovno. They are
pounding that position with their
heavy guns, to which Russian artii-
lery is replying effectively. Peasants
who escaped from the German labor
gangs describe the deliberate prhpa
rations for the assault on Kovno
which were begun three months ago
The Germans imported an enormous
mass OF structural materials. built
paved roads from the westward and
dug foundations fifteen feet deep for
mortars, taking endless pains in pre-
pairing the cement platforms.
When the refugees escaped no AZ
centimetre guns had arrived but those
of smaller calibre, each recurring
three large tractors, We're being
hauled into position.
~:
BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 10, 12Ns D. M.
The Russians for the time, being are
holding in check the Baltic flank Of
the German armies which are strug-
Cling to cut the Warsaw Petroerad
railway, and are battling toward the
Dvina, beyond which lie the roads
to the Russian capital This has
been accomplished with the aid of
reinforcements and by virtue of one
counter attack after another.
The fortress of Kovno still holds
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