The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-13

Kovarsk and Toviny after a fight. and
took zone prisoners.
Near kovno we continued to re-
pulse German attacks on the front
west of the Niemen as far as Jessia.
The erma were not successful
anywhere except rear the village of
Codle,do. where u desperate artillery
duel Is progressing.
ON the front. " the Narew
and the Bug. the Germans continue
persistent attacks. especially on the
roads to Lomza, Snidaovo and Kos
sevo. Further south on the two sides
OF the k'ev-Malkin Railway our troops
Wednesday afternoon were able to as
sumo a counter offensive.
on the roads OF the middle Wis.,
tula there has been no change of
Importance. On the front bet ween
the Wieprz and the Bug Wednesday
the Germans delivered a series OF d g.
perate attacks in the direction Of
parczew and on both roads between
Cholm and Nladova. All were re-
pulsed with heavy losses to the Ger
mans. These were especially severe
east OF Ostrow. where the German
dead lay In cnormous heaps in front
OF our positions.
on the Bug. the vAstula and the
1ota blpa there has been no essen
tial change.
In the Dniester district. around the
mouth OF the Stripa. We stopped The
Germans attempt to take the often
sive.
The Germans in great force APP
preached simultaneously the en-
trance Of the Gulf of Riga and the
Aland skerries Tuesday and bonn
A..l.1 A.. tI.k,N.. rU.fau ,..tu.
the Are of our warships and shore bat
teries the German ships rapidly put
60 sea.
\ despatch from Warsaw by way of
LODI. received this afternoon, gives an
interesting account of the last hours OF
Warsaw under the Russians.
says People Did Not Flee.
The Russian soldiers retired In grea,
haste when the final orders came. They
were forced to leave behind them a grea,
number OF automobiles they had com.
Wandered and many OF the hurch bells
which they intended to take for the
bronze and copper In them. The de.
partures on the last two nights, the
despatch continues. were entirely mill
tary. as a majority OF the Poles in the
city would not leave and hid to escape
deportation.
All knew 1t was the last night wher
the reports of the near approach Of
Prince Leopold from the south becam'
noised about. Tn destruction OF tn,
thir;y-two encircllne forts began at II
o'clock and the explosions shook thu
city. The sky was red with the glare
from fires and the three bridges owe
me vistula were damned with soldiers
and columns Of artillery. The: WAS n,
intimation Of disorder or lack OF mill
tary discipline at any time,
The ridges Were blown up AT
o'clock In the morning when IL becam,
known that the Bavarians had capture,
che forts in their path. Engineer
bombed and mined the middle spans o
the structures and at the hour name,
they were blown out, However, tn,
piers were not destroyed n the Ger
mans have had little difficulty in erect
ing new spans OF bridging the space
with temporary pa~ssageways.
II was at 6 o'clock. when Russia ma,
departed and the city had become Polls
for a few mil 4tes again after man!
yea RS. that an automobile bearing tw'
German officers dashed through tn
street. its passengers a. 90 Az II thel
were on n pleasure ride. The machin,
stopped before the town hall. where ~,
citizens committee. entirely OF Poles
came forward to greet the officers. t.,
INTERCHANGE OF courtesies was brief. i
was directed hat the activities OF tn
city were to continue. Stern reference
was made to sniping. Before this con
ference had ended Into the city swep
q patrol of lancers. their lances en-
twined with flowers and all of then
singing die Wacht am Rhein."