Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-07-31
Counter Attack Stopped.


The success of General Won Macken.
sen in getting across this railway, af-
ter having been virtually stopped by
the Russian counter attack, denies at
least one line of retreat of the Rus.
slams and he might be in Warsaw. 1T
also places the Germans in the posi-
ton to move across the Bug river
front should this be decided upon.
The news contained in Berlin Off:
cial statement that the Germans had
crossed the Vistula river south Of
Warsaw, between the Pilica river and
Kozienice, leads the military writer's
to believe that the Russians have al
ready fallen back in this region, and
that perhaps the forests Of lvangOrOd
has been left to it's fate.
City Denuded.
According to dispatches received
here, the country around Warsaw,
which the Russians are believed to be
leaving to the invaders has been
pushed forward. The city itself has
been denuded of everything that
might be of use to the Germans, if it
falls into their nandS.
1t may either be some days before
the Teutons occupy the Polish capital,
If they finally do, for the Russians are
fighting more than a rear guard az.
tion.
Fighting in West.
AS soon as the present operations
against Russia are concluded, whether
or not, they succeed in throwing any
large part of the Russian army, it is
expected that the Germans will turn
to the west, movement which, how.
ever, will take couple Of months at
least.
There has been much fighting in
the west. The French advance con-
versng on Nuenstnr, from the north
and from Netderal, to the southeast
of Nuenster valley, in which the town
stands on open road to Colmar.
The following official statement
was made public today:
ut is officially announced that new
prisoners who were charged with es-
pionage were tried by general court
martial on the 18th and 18th. They
were found guilty and sentenced to
death and the sentences having been
fully confirmed, were carried out this
morning"
The Norwegian steamer, Trondh.
jemsfjorg, 2,730 tons, was torpeGoed
and sunk today by German subma-
rine.
The Belgian steamer, Prince, 1900
tons, also was sunk by striking q
mine.
The crews of both vessels we're
saved.
Try to Retake Island.
An attempt was made by squad
ron of two Austrian light steamers
and a flotlla of six torpedo boat de-
stroyers yesterday to recapture the
Austrian island of Pelagosola in tho
Adriatic, which was occupied by the
Italian naval forces last Monday, ac-
cording to an official communication
received today by the Italian minis
ter of marine.
The attack was repulsed, the state
ment adds, and some members Of the
/ Austrian landing parties were forced
into ships.
Becomes a Law.
The new Swiss landsturm bill was
adopted by the first chamber today
and became a law. The measure pro-
vides for substantial increase in
the number of trained soldiers Of
Holland to approximately $4,000 of
ficers and men, instead of 100000,
who are now under arms.
A telegraphic dispatch to the Trib.
une from Laibach, in Carniola, says:
tThe Austrians attacked the Ital-
ians at Gorilla with 10000 men, In
Guiding 10000 Bavarians, on the night
of July %, with disastrous results.
The Austrians' losses numbered 12,-
900. ~. 4
s.On the following day a fierce Aus
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