New Britain herald., 1915-07-31
GERMAN AVIATORS SAY RUSSIANS ARE
 QUITTING WARSAW
Austro-Hungarian Cavalry Enters Lublin TeutOnS Hold All Rail-
 ways in Southern Poland
BLOCK LINE OF RETREAT
 FOR CARS FORCES

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 Hands and Kaiser's Forces Are
 Gravely Menacing Wilma German
 Aviators Bombard Three French
 Towns Child killed at Gravelines Spirited Fighting Tn Argonne.
 German aviators flying over War { saw report that the Russians are evacuating that city, according to q news despatch received by a newspa- : per at Geneva, Switzerland from { Laibach, Austria
 The Lublin- Chelm railroad, the line of retreat for the Russians in War k saw leading to the southeast is in German hands, and the forces Of the Emperor are gravely. menacing Wilma. on one of the main railroad ! lines from Warsaw north to Petro-
 Destroying All Property. z Evidence is accumulating that the. Russians in Warsaw and it's vicinity are destroying any and all property that might be of value to the Ger mans. They are even devastating farms and grain fields The French; official statement of today describes aerial activity on the part of the. Germans at three points, Nancy. St. Pol-S Sur-Mor and Gravelines, The damage in each case was slight. The lighting near The Labyrynth'' con tinues but infantry has not taken part. S
 ,ss British Steamer Sunk.
 The British steamer Iberian, owned by the ISeyland line of 5.22s gross tons, has been sunk by German submarine. Sixty one members of the crew were saved but seven lost thair l Ives. s s # Es gf { one Sof tho latter was an Amer leans. The American Consul sts < 9Gapeensto has reported that the Ibexian disregarded the Submarine ss xIA ming to stop.
 Four Fishing Boats Sunk. Four more British hshing boats
 were sunk by German submarines to- American doctors in the field in France have been under German {, shell fire. While group of them Z attached to the American ambulanc of Paris were dining today in their mess room. a shell came through \ the building and burst In the cellar. One doctor was slightly wounded, while French orderly was killed.
 Russians Evacuate Warsaw.
 Geneva. switzerland, July 31. via. Paris, 2;20 p. m. German aviators & returning to their lines after d flight cy. Na Yc xxyfas 5 xl i q clearly saw the Russian troops evacu- ating the Polish capital and march Ing toward the east, says despatch received today by the Geneva Tribune from Innsbruck. V
 Austro Hungarian cavalry, the des- patch adds. have entered Lublin and alIsthe railways in south Russian Poland have been in the hands of the Austrians since yesterday.
 A German offensive on a large scale from Pionsk and Pultusk to the con fuence of the Narew and the Bug rivers began yesterday morning and, making progress.
 Russian Grip Broken London. July s1. 12:25 p. m Aus tro-German cavalry have entered Lsublin. Ofcia1 announcement to this SuRpl0nGnIl02 German claims of last night that the Russian grip along the southern front had been broken indicates that the g important Lublin- Chelm railway now is held by the invaders, cutting off one ; line of retreat for the Russian forces in southern Poland.
 Meantime General Von Buelow con tinues his drive toward Wilma. seek ing to cut the northern railway from Warsaw to Petrograd, and the predica- ment of the Russian armies seeking to withdraw intact from Warsaw, be- comes more perilous.
 } People Fleeing Warsaw.
 Warsaw's S0O,000 inhabitants laden with such household articles and sup { plies of food as they can carry, are fleeing the city toward the east. ' Official announcement of it's aban- bonment, which even now may be $ fact, is not Forthcoming, although the slender hope of the entente countries that the Germans might be held on the threshold is dissipated and mili- stAry writers have confined themselves z to debating Grand Duck Nicholas chances of extricating his armies from < the hard pinched triangle without dis aster.
 @ Germans Cross yfstula.
 Besides the capture of Lublin and Y the seizure of the railway, the German & force have crossed the Vistula river \ between Warsaw and Ivangorod and N the problem for the Russians to hold
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