, 1915-07-24
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London, July 22ud-Ftom the Gulf Of
Rign, III the north, to that pnrt OF Southern
Poland back on to which they drove the
Russians flom Gellcin, the Austro- Gcrmnus
are still surgjug forward. If Warsaw does
not surrender it viii be almost a miracle,
and the news of it's evacuation, followed BY
the entry Of The Germans amid such scenes
MS were enacted vt P~lzemysl and Lrmbers,
would not come ns a surprise.
a Berlin official bulletin, beginning Mt the
northern tip of the Eastern battle line, re-
cords progress Of tue Germans, to within
fifty miles OF Riga, and then following the
battle arc southwark it chronicles further
successes in the sector northeast of War
saw eliminating in the capture Of Ostro-
,nka, one Of the foitreeses designed to
shield the capital.
The peril to Warsaw is accentunted by q
Russian official despatch which says that
the Germans are within artillery range Of the
fortress OF Novo Georgieg5k. the key to the
capital from Abe northwest and about TWEEN
ty miles from it. Immediately southwest
OF Warsaw and under twenty miles from it
Bloui has fallen; further south Grojec has
been taken and in South Poland, Radon, the
German cavalry beng now Astrile the i'm
portAnt railway from Radon to IvRngor0d.
The Lubliu- Cholm railway is still in the
hDnds OF the Russians, but the town OF Lub-
lin has either beeu captured or is in danger
Of falling into the grip Of the Austro-Ger-
mans, the Russian 9 mmAnder having issued
al order through the Civil Governor that
in case OF "a retreat, the male population
should attach itself to the retrestiug troops.
Field Marshal Sir John French reports rs
follows: "Ou Monday evening after success
9,n- .v,l,1;,v ,,1,o ;,,k .--k - H., CI.
teau Hooge, enat Of Ypree. on: troops ocou-
ped about 100 yards Of the euemy's
trenches and thus gain has since been con
solidnted. We captured Is priscnrts, ia
Gliding 2 officers and also took 2 nachne
guns, , other German machine guns being
destroyed by the explosion. Elsewhere on
our front there IL no hn4 TO report
A GerluAu official stnteuent Hay5 After
blowing up mines near Chateau Hooge,
Gust Of Ypres, the British attacked on both
sides OF the road from Chateau H"o % to
y pres, but their attack collapsed b fore our
positions. At aome points the attack was
within range OF our artillery aud could not
be carried through, but the British ooou-
pied the excavation made by the explosiou.
1t is uuoficiaIly reported that tue Italians
have won au important victory on the eGst
Of the I+ouzo, near Sagrado, the Austrian
losses beng IN the nelghbourhood OF ten
thousand. Fighting on the Carso plateau
is reported to be raging h+rcely, the
Italians pushing steadily forward over
ground elaborateIy prepared by the Aus
tlians with many t%renches. wire en'angle-
ments aud other defensive work. A deter
mined Italian offensive began in this region
yesterday morning and is being pressed
forward vigorously. The Italian took two
Thousand prisoners in THE fighting and col
lected fifteen hundred rifles, but their
losses are admitted to have been heavy.
The sinking Of the Russian Steamship
General Rsdetzky" on Saturday by Il
GrrmsL submarine ia reported.
A fleet of fifty uine Turkish sailing vessels
carrying military supplies hss been sunk
by Russian destroy ers i'll the Black Sen.
Upon Mr.. AtQuith's motion. the House
of Conmons unanimously voted n n w credit
of one hundred and fifty million pounds,
which will tide over the parliamentary
recess. TIE vote does not involve tile new
loan, but merely sanctions expendi-