New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-14
Geneva Says Retreat on
Entire Polish Front Is
Contemplated.
HOLDS
COUNCIL OF WAR
Report Capture of Two Hun
garian Battalions in
South Poland.

London, July 13.--The myster.' that
has fallen over the military situation
in Southern Poland, where Official re-
ports from both sides record no seri-
Gus fighting and General Won Mack
ensen and his vast army have dropped
from view after their tremendous sue
cesses, was deepene1 tonight ty an
unofficial dispatch from Geneva which
declared the Austrians had been so
severely defeated that the whole ad-
vanced line was in danger.
According to this dispatch, the com
munications of the Archduke Joseph
Ferdinand's army had been cut, and it
had become impossible TO get supplies
TO it. The Archduke, il said, WIS go
ing to Cracow for a council Of war,
as reinforcements which were being
rushed to the front we're unaLle to
check the Russian advance.
An equal mystery is the persistent
silence maintained by Field Marshal
Won Mackensen, wno, apparently, is
making no effort 20 resume the Ger
man advance on Warsaw.
Petrograd reasons thar this Inaction
Is due 20 fear that Won MacFensen's
left flank fould be exposed while the
Austrians were on the defensive. But
a suggestion is made by Londcn OBJ
servers that the brilliant German mill
tary commander is planning an unex-
pected coup.
Petrograd reports lively engage
ments along the East Prussian front,
in the Bobr and Narew regions, and
further TO the southwest, between the
PISA and Rosoga rivers There also
has been fighting in the Przasnysz re-
gion along the line north of warsaw.
The Berlin official statement tonight
says:
"The situation in the eastern and
southeastern theatres Of the war re-
mains unchanged"
The official communication issued at
Vienna says:
"The general situation in the Rus
sian war theatre is unchanged"
Action Near Ossowetz.
The following official communication
from General Headquarters was issued
tonight in Petrograd:
Local actions continue on the Bobr
and Narew fronts. A lively artillery
fire occurred near 0ssowetz and Jed
wabno from the evening of the llth to
the morning Of the 18th.
an the valleys Of the Skroda, PISA
and Skwa rivers there has been only
rife firing. Hostile infantry in small
force on the night of July II made at
tacks in the region of the villages OF
Tartak, Olchine and Groudousk, which
were successfully repulsed.
Geneva, July ia dispatch TO the
Tribune lie Genevc" from Innsbruck
says:
"Archduke Joseph Ferdinand is ex-
pected to-day at CraCow to preside
over a war council.
"If within the next Few days the
Austrians cannot stop the victorious
Russian advance tho whole front must
retreat. Since the loss of the post
tions south of Lublin the revictual-
ling Of the armies has become impos-
sible. Large Austrian reinfcrccments
have been hurried TO the province of
Lublin. put the Russians, though
hghting against superior forces. con-
tinue advancing.
THE Austrians have been returning
to Galicia since July TO- and are now
at Wrzawy The Russians defeated
the Austrians at Hamosc and sur
rounded and captured two Hungarian
battaiions.
1T is reported from Lemberg that
an important council Of war was held
there July 10 and that number OF
superior officers were disgraced."
Wrzawy is in the valley Of the San,
eleven miles southwest of Kras1ik. II
lies in the tip of one of the wedges
Galicia forms in Russian Poland.