Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-29
TEUTONS MEET REPULSE
ON NAREW, is CLAIM
Stubborn Fighting Between vieprz
and Bug Results Success
fully for Slavs.
SITUATION NOW PUZzL1NG
Russians Have Not Yet Been Put to
Severe Strain on Southern
Front, Correspond
ent Declares.

LONDON. July 2o.-The Ger
man endeavor to capture Warsaw.
pushed forward with notable
energy for period covering more
than two weeks, has not made
any material progress since last
Tuesday, according to reports
coming from Petrograd, London
and Berlin. On the contrary, the
Russian authorities in their latest
official announcement reiterate
their claims that the German ad-
vance movements in the direction
of the Polish capital have been
checked, and they specify when
and where. The Berlin announce
ments do not dispute Petrograd.
Going into details the latest
Russian report recites the favor
able outcome to advance guard
engagements near Mitau, in Cour-
land, Russia, and says the Ger
mans are continuing their efforts
to cross the Narew river at a
point near Novogorod, north of
Warsaw. The line on the left
bank of the Narew. from Ostro-
lenka to the River Prut, has seen
spirited fighting, but remains un-
changed. and to the right of the
Narew German attacks have been
repulsed.
The Russians claim by coun-
ter offensive to have thrown back
the Austro-Hungarians across the
Dniester river, near Sokal, Galicia.
Foes in Stubborn Fighting.
Between the vieprz and the Bug there
has been stubborn fighting, in which
| the Russians claim success and the cap
| ture of 1,50O German soldiers.
|
Galician frontier north of Lemberg. the
Germans made determined attempts to
advance but were driven back, accord
! ing to the Russian war office Desper-
ate fighting still is going on at SokaL
Status of Affairs Puzzles.
| The exact status of the operations on
| the eastern front is proving puzzle to
students of the Warsaw campaign. even
official Petrograd being uncertain
whether the vast operations between
the Bug and the Vistula rivers mark
the crisis of the battle or only pause
| to allow one side or the other to draw
breath or rearrange its forces.
Telegraphing from Petrograd, the
Morning Post correspondent says;
There is marked difference in the
dealing with the attacks on the north
ern and southern fronts. The latter is
the scene of hard fighting. inch by inch.
and the Germans have made no general
progress here, but are making pro-
longed pauses over the great proportion
of their front in order to detach rein
forcements for the purpose of bringing
into line the backward sections.
Fight in Tropical Heat.
They are also fighting in tropical
heat, which makes even existence bur-
been put to any severe strain, and deal
with the German attacks faithfully
wherever they are delivered. More than
two-thi of this front, namely, from
the Vistula to the Vieprz, is quiescent.
Gen. Boehm- ErmollTs forces have
again succeeded in getting across the
Bug at the same point on which they
made a previous advance. namely. be-
tween Sokal and Poriet. They doubt
less will be dealt with as before by
capable Russian cavalry. In any case
the nature of the country to the right
of the Bug promises little for the enc
my's enterprise.
Not Opposing Teuton Advance.
"The Niemen-Dvina front is still the
potential potentiality of the future. For
the present the only conflicts there are
those between cavalry patrols and ad-
vanced pickets. The Russians are watch
ing and not opposing tho German advance.
1 might Nken the Russian position to that
Of a spider in his web. Whenever the
enemy attacks the decision is promptly
taken on whether to lot him continue to
entangle himself further or to dispatch
enough forces either to smash the attack
or to compel the enemy to bring up more
strength
'"The enemy II now shaking the Russian
web over about two-thirds Of its cir
cumference, while tho spider sits watch.
ing his progress and waiting for the mo-
ment to take decisive action That mo-
ment is still far OF on all the fronts"
Warsaw Realizes Danger.
Although it IL possible the present
German drive may fail. as the attacks
on Bolimow failed last January. the
roar Of guns and tho arrival Of wound
ID have convinced the population Of
warsaw that the situation 10 critical
said the correspondent Of ths Tint8Q In
thet city in Q dippotoh 6led Saturday.
failure to bold the Ruagian lines
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