Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-04
GALE AND CODBRST CAUSE DEATH AND DAMAGE IN EASTERN STATES
WARSAW'S FALL
IS REPORTED BUT
NOT CONFIRMED

/, Berlin, Aug. 4, (by wireless to
Sayville.) 1.-The Overseas News
agency today says the Russian
legation at The Hague, Neither
lands, has officially announced the
evacuation of Warsaw on account
of the lack of ammunition. The
bridges over the Vistula river,
the same advices say, have been
ordered blown up.
The actual evacuation of War
saw was not referred to in the Rus
sian official communication issued
in PetrOgrad today and no c0nfir.
nation of the report has been re.
ceiyed from any other source.
Riga, Aug. An obedience to or
ders for the removal of government in
stitutions the state bank already has
been transferred from Riga to Tula,
south of Moscow. The other banks are
being removed and the educational in
stitutions are being mainly transferred
to Dorpat, 157 miles northeast of Riga.
Riga is the principal Russian sea-
port on the Baltic next to Petrograd
and is an important commercial CEN
ter. Its industries embrace milling
and brewing and the manufacture of
machinery, railway cars and tobacco.
The city has a population of about
| 10000
| Berlin, Aug. 4, (via London. 1.-The
| forces of Prince Leopold of Bavaria
are now hurting themselves against
the fortresses defending Warsaw, ac-
cording to the official statement given
out today by the German army head
quarters staff. The statement adds
| that the Russians have withdrawn
| from their position at Blonic, Is miles
west of the Polish capital, back onto
| the outer line of defenses of the city.
The text of the statement follows:
There is nothing new to report in
| the west.
''In the east, in pursuit of the re-
| treating enemy, our troops reached the
district of Kupischki, east of Pom
| iewicz.
North of Lomza the Russians were
pushed back to the advanced defense
| positions of the fortress.
Eastern Prussian and west Prus-
| sian regiments captured. after heavy
/ fighting, the Narew crossing near Os-
| trelenka, which was strengthened by
| field Notifications Several thou
| sands of Russians were taken prison
ers and II machine guns were cap
tured. Our pursuit of the enemy is
proceeding.
Before Warsaw the Russians were
thrown from the Blonic position into
the outer line of the fortress. The
army of Prince Leopold of Bavaria is
attacking the fortress.
"Austro-Hungarian troops and the
army of General Won Weyrsch are in
possession of the west part or the fort
ress of Ivangorod to the Vistula river
"The enemy yesterday also attempt
ed to arrest the advance of the army
of Field Marshal Won Mackensen but
he again was defeated near Lenczna,
northeast of Chelm and west of the
Bug river.
"Since early this morning the de-
feated enemy has been retreating be-
tween the Visutla and Bug rivers in
northerly direction
"Near and south of Uscilug. on the
Bug, the enemy also is retreating.
Petrograd. Aug. (via London. y
An official statement given out today
by the Russian general staff says:
During the last three days the en-
emy has made enormous efforts to dis
lodge us from the sector of the Mar
ew river from Ostrolenka to Lomza.
I'm the district of Jedwabno the
enemy is conducting trench warfare,
but in the exploding of mines we
have continually held the upper hand.
'On the right bank of the Pisa and
Skwa rivers the whole enemy army
attacked us, having first launched
against us guns brought from Bran
CO. Nevertheless we soon saw COM
p1ete German defeat in this sector,
for it took the enemy a week to drive
back from the village of Serwatka our
rear guard regiment, while the battle
for the passages of the Narew, near
Novogorod, has not even begun.
Near the mouth of the Skwa, the
enemy, thanks to the forests, succeed
ed in passing to our side of the river,
but we successfully prevented him
from bringing his artillery across the
Narew and at the point of the bay
onet we annihilated some forces which
were deprived the protection of their
artillery.
These failures compelled the enemy
to withdraw from this sector