The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-17
STORY OF THE
 GREAT WARSAW
 CAMPAIGN

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 The fan Of Warsaw marks the cul- imitation of the greatest sustained of- fensivc movement of the European war
 Thrice before Teutonic armies have knocked at it's gates only to be denied by the strength Of its defenses and the resistance Of the forces holding t Apparently impregnabie in the face of direct attack it was compelled to capitulate before the sweep of a fast movement. which threatened to encircie the capital. and with it the Russian armies engaged in the cam paign of which it was the storm cen ter
 From the north. northewst. west. south and southwest the Austro-Ger- man forces have been pressing upon the Polish capital in their combined drive Go force the Russians out of Po- land. and 1T possigle, to break their . offensive power for an indefinite per. iod by administering @ decisive de- feat an along tre line. The move ment may be said Co have had its in- ception in May. when the great Teu- tonic marcha through Gahcia began. To get ot the Russian armies in Po- land from the southeast. it was first necessary to clear Galicia. or the greater part Of it, of the troops oil that nation.
 How successfully this was accom- piished is familiar. history Field Mar shal von Mackensen's campaign in it's first Important stage culminated when late in June Lemberg was retaken and Che Russians were driven over the Galician border. Then. early in July. the Teutonic forces coming up from the South halted while preparations were made for the next stage of the campaign.
 Signs of the form this was to take were soon apparent
 Great armies had been assembled from the north and south and early in July began to bear down upon the Russians froms that direction. A wig orous offensive was opened in the Baltic provinces. the Teutanic troops attacked from point Co point along Che East Prussian border. and with Field Marshal von- Hindenburg direct ing the general Operations along this part of the fighting front a determ- ined drive began in the Przasnysz.
 Simultaneously the Teutoaic armies in the south showed reawakening ac- tiyity. Field Marshal von Mackensen resumed his advance. bis German fore. es working with the Austrians to in- nict smashing blows upon the Rus sians from this direction. Step by step the Austro-German boats pound ed their way toward the city from north and south. while on the west ac- tivities along the line of intrenchment that had SO long held off the Ger mans in that section were resumed.
 Before the power of the Teutons en- gagged in this encircling movement the armies of the Grand Duke Nicho- las began to fan back. Przasnysz to the North of Warsaw was occupied and the German army swept on. By July 19 they had forced the Russians back to the line Of the Narew river and pushed their way to within 20 miles Of their goal The fortress ofl Ostroienka was taken and the Novo Georgievsk fertilization the key to Warsaw on the north. was approached. To the south Radon was occupied and the Russian lines of communication in the Lubin region threatened.
 Then began a tightening of the Ger. man lines around the capital. The Teutons forced their way past Blonie line southwest Of the city. pushed their way across the river Narew be- low Ostrolenka. and the battering of the fortified gates of the city started in earnest on Tuesday of this week by Bavarian troops under command of Prince Leopold Of Bavaria.
 From the beginning of the war the salient in the Russian line formed by tne band necessary Go include Warsaw