Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-06
WARSAW is IN
GERMAN. HANDS
III - M
Muscovites Racing For New
Positions to Preserve
Forces
LEFT CITY QUIETLY
Panic of Last October Entirely Mis-
sing and Only Fifteen Per Cent
Leave Polish Capital.

London, Aug. 6-The Germans arr
in possession of Warsaw, capital Of
Poland, and the third largest city II
the Russian Empire. Bavarian troop:
entered the city yesterday morning
having taken successively the Blonle
lines and the outer and inner fortres'
ses of the city itself, the RussiEIs9n
ly fighting rear guard action >ssN9'
low their main army to make gooo
it's escape.
While to the Bavarians commanded
by Prince Leopold has fallen the no.
nor of taking over Warsaw in the
name of the German Emperor and his
consort, who are expected to make
state entry within few days, the
real conquerors are the troops hight
ing under Field Marshal Won Hinden-
burg, along the Narew River to the
northeast; to the Austro-Germans,
who crossed the Vistula to the south
of the city, and to the armies OF the
Austrian Archduke Joseph Ferdi-
nand and the German Field Marshal
yon Mackensen, which are advancing
northward between the Vistula and
the Bug Rivers.
The Russians are fighting despe'
rately and stubbornly to check the
progress of these four armies. and
have had several successes, lntilcSlng
heavy losses on their pursuers; but
they are being steadily pressed back;
which made the longer occupation o.
the Waraw Polish salient hazardous
undertaking.
Even now, although the steadiness
of the Russian troops and their ,herss
counter-attacks have gained much
valuable time for them, it is profile
maatical whether the whole Russian
army will succeed in reaching the ne"
positions chosen for it, or whether
fit SHOULD get there, it will not fine
those positions turned by the Aus
trians, who have crossed the Bug
southeast of Ghelm; and ;the German:
under General Won Scholz and vol
Gallwitz, who have crossed the Narew
From refugees who left WARSAW
some days ago, and have arrived a
Moscow, it has been learned that War
saw, even at that early date, had beer
denuded of virtually everything tha
might be useful to the Teutons. Fac
tories had been stripped, of their mac
hinery, and all. war stores moyed In
to. the interior of Russia, and tn
government of the city left to the Po
lish population.
The. Russians also are preparing
to evacuate Riga, the port on the gui
of that name, in the north, The al
rival of the Germans ten miles sout
of that city already has been tn
cause of the civilian population de
parting.
Moscow, Aug. 6.-Hundreds OF re
furees from Warsaw are arrlvin
da;lv Most of them are withor
money or means of sustenance an
are seeking aid ,at: the american cor
sulate, where an enlarged staff is a
tempting to supply temporary assi'
tance, pending the organization OF
Russian Relief Commission.
The refugees state that, althous
the population of the Polish capit'
was convinced that the Germans u
\ timately would occupy the city mi
;ority of the citizens elected to +
main, only approximately 10 p
cent. to date having left the city
All the territory Immediately to Il
west of Warsaw, containing larg
factories, Polish estates and peasal
! dwellings, now presents blacken'
and uninhabitable areas.
Care had been taken that no SUI
urban factories should fall into Il
hands of the Germans and be co
verted to their use. Chief amol
those destroyed was the million dt
lar sugar factory belonging to a F
lish lawyer. Eugene Kuruluk, wi
more than 1000 tons of sugar.