Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-21
RUSSIANS SHOWING
INCREASING POWER
|NRES|ST|NGFOE
Retreat Continues, However,
But German Drive on War
saw Is Slower.
TEUT0NS UNDER GUNS
OF NOW0 GEORIEvSK
Fortress of 0strolenka and Radon
Have Been Captured by Al
lied Forces.
66, ,790 SLAvS ARE CAPTURED
Car Suffers Great Casualties During
Enemy's New Offensive.
Heavy Fighting on
Dniester.

LONDON, July 21.-There is
no halt, so far as official reports
indicate, in the Teutonic drive
aimed at Warsaw and having as
a larger motive the inhiction of a
crushing blow upon the Russian
armies. The Russians, however.
seem to be showing increasing
powers of resistance as the lines
of the attacking hosts draw closer
to the Polish capital, and the adj
vance of the enemy consequently
is slower.
Latest official statements
showed the Germans under the
guns of the fortress of Nowo
Georgievsk, the key to Warsaw
on the north and only nineteen
miles from the city Further
north, the fortress of Ostrolenka
fell.
The Berlin Vossische Zeitung
estimates that using official head
quarters reports as a basis, the
number of Russian prisoners
taken since the beginning of the
new offensive is rs oflssEs an,
5000 meh, winch the newspaper
calls "a nice start"
Germans Win Ground.
The most important success now re-
ported by the Germans has been won
by Gen. Won Woyrich. south of IVAN
eorod. This seems to have been a sur
prise attack. The Russians, who had
heavy reserves in the nefghborhood.
later delivered vigorous counter at
tacks, but failed to recover the lost
ground. Windau. in Courland. on the
Baltic, is definitely in the hands OF
the Germans, who are now within
thirty-five miles of the important Rus
sian seaport of Riga.
Possession of Riga by the Germans
would force the Russian armies near
Shawl and M:tau to retreat, as the
Baltic port is their chief point of sup
plies The ambitious advance of the
Germans in the Baltic provinces in
dfcates they hope not only to capture
warsaw. but to cut off the retreat of
the Russians by placing forces between
the retiring armies and Petrograd.
In Embarrassing Position.
All these late advances place Grand
Duke Nicholas. the Russian COM
mander-in-chief, in an embarrassing
position.
To risk obstinate resistance might
|imperil his retreat, but 1t is pointed
out here that such an extended Austro-
German line may obtain weak points
against which a counter move might be
made in the hope Of saving the Polish
capital Military writers assert that
the presence not only of landwehr but
lines Indicates the central powers are
exerting every resource to crush the
Russians.
Radon Is Captured.
Radon, capital of the province OF
Radon, which lies fifty-seven miles
south Of Warsaw. was captured today
by the Teutonic allies according to an
official communication issued in Vienna.
None the less steady is the Austro-
German advance through southern Po-
portant communication lines in the
Lublin region have not been pierced.
Heavy Fighting on Dniester.
BERLIN. July 21. via London--A dis
patch to the Lokal Anzeiger from Ger
nowitz, capital of Bukowina, reports
heavy fighting along the Dniester river
near the Bukowina-Galicia border The
Russians brought up heavy reinforce
ments and made determined attempts
tn retake positions on the left bank of
the river which had been captured by
the Austrians. They were supported
bv heavy artillery, but. the dispatch
SAYS, their attacks gained them moth
ing.
Russians are on the offensive, having
made desperate attacks during the last
four nights. They succeeded in break
ing into the Austrian positions in one
place, but the attacking forces subse-
ouently were captured, and here, as
elsewhere, the Russians were unable to
make gains The battle of Monday
night lasted six hours, during which
the Russians made eight assaults at
many points.
Of1cial Records Moved.
According to dispatches reaching Ber-
lin. all the official archives in Riga,
the Russian Baltic port. now threat
ened by the Germans, together with
the moneys of state banks and court
records were taken to Petrograd Mon
day. Government officials have been
advised to be ready to depart 1t 10
said more than 10000 Inhabitants of
the city fed last week.
Must Join Russ Troops.
prints under a Cracow date the follow
ing order issued by the Russian gov
ernor to the civil population Of Lublin.