Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-22
TURNS ON ENEMY
AND GIVES BATTLE
TO SAVE WARSAW
Austro- German Onslaughts
Continue, but Advance
Is Less Rapid.
PROGRESS SOUTHWARK
APPARENTLY CHECKED
Greatest of All Great Battles
Raging for Possession of Lub-
lin-Cholm Railway.
THERE is CRUx OF CAMPAIGN
On Russian Resistance at Thai Point
Rests Fate of Ancient Polish
Capital.
PROGRESS SOUTHWARK
APPARENTLY CHECKED
THERE is CRUx OF CAMPAIGN
On Russian Resistance at That Point
Rests Fate of Ancient Polish
Capital.

LONDON, July 21.-A series of great
battles. the result of which will seal
the fate OF Warsaw, is being fought
to the north. west and south Of that
city. Having successfully retired ito
positions on the rivers, and being we'll
fianked by fortresses, the Russians
have turned, and are fighting desper-
ately to stem the Austro German on
slaughts.
To the north. on the River Narew,
the Russians delivered yesterday threo
fierce counterattacks from tho fort
resses Of Rozan, Pultusk and Noyo
Georgievsk. The Germans. who had
taken one outwork of Rozan. repulsed
these counterattacks, according to the
official report received from Berlin to-
night. but apparently have been un-
able to make further progress south
ward
Immediately to the west of Warsaw,
on the Blonie-Grojec line. the Russians
have suffered a reverse. and are re-
treating toward the Vistula. Further
south the army of General Won Woyrsch
Is making progress toward the Sag,
which has been reached at one point.
ARMY OF MAcKENsEN
REACHES RUSSIAN LINES
To the south Of Ivangorod Field
Marshal Mackensen, who is directing
the offensive between the Vistula and
the Bug, has reached the Russian lines
and here the greatest of all the battles
is being fought for the possession of
the Lublin -Cholm railway.
On the resistance the Russians are
able to offer along this front, where
the Teutons are making their biggest
effort. probably depends the success
or failure of the Austro-German ope-
rations. Apparently, the Austro-Ger
man forces feel pretty certain of the
outcome. for 1t Is said that Emperor
William. who is at Pozen, has sent for
the Empress. in order to make state
entry into the Polish capitaf when IL
falls
Ihihgs are moving a little more
quickly In Courland. where the Ger
mans claim to have met with successes
All along the line. bringing them within
striklnS distance of Riga and the
roads which supply that town from the
south.
Another battle Is in progress a1onr
the borders Of Bessarabia, but the of'
ncial communications do not say how
this Is going.
FRENCH CAPTURE HEIGHTS
DOMINATING VALLEY
In another bid for the valley of the
recent In the Vosges, the French haye
captured the heights dominating that
valley from the east.
ABOUT the same time French airmen
dropped bombs on Colmar. Beyond this
ana German attack in the Argonne.
which the Germans claim met with suc,
cess and another German attack In the
Forest OF Apremont. which the French
assert was repulsed. only artillery ON
sasements have occurred along the
western front.
me Italian offensive on the Isonzo
continues. and Rome reports further
progress. particularly on the Carso
plateau.
when the South Wales miners learned
or the settlement of the strike thou
sands of them returned to work and
Tonight all the night shifts are work
ing.