The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-07-21
TEUTONS BEGIN
BIC OFFENSIVE
Hurl Army of Millions Against
the Russians.
FORCING CzAR'S ARMY BACK
German Attack on Orduna Makes Ne
cessary For Note to State Action In
Event More Americans Are slaught-
cred by Submarines.

London, July ia gigantic Ger
man offensive, which has been started
against the whole Russian front, domi-
mates the war interest.
A correspondent of the Times tele-
graphs from Warsaw that in his opin-
ion the most decisive action of the war
on the Russian front is pending on the
hundred-mile-wide tract between the
Vistula and the Bug. The correspond
ent heard everywhere of the piece
meal disappearance of Austro-German
forces and the concentration of a great
army in that area.
1t is figured that between six and
seven million men are engaged from
the Baltic to Bessarabla. The Ger
man operations in the north are in
the hands of General Won Hindenberg,
while General Won Mackensen controls
the southern armies and General
Won Falkenhayn apparently is in SUI
preme charge of the task of cordinat-
ing the movements of both groups of
armies.
The following report was issued
from Berlin concerning the Russian
campaign:
"The offensive movement begun a
few days ago in the eastern theater Of
war, under command of Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg, has led to great re-
suits. The army of Gen. Won Beuloy,
which on July IA crossed the Windau
river, near and north of Kurshany,
continued it's victorious advance.
Eleven officers and 2,44O men were
taken prisoners and three cannon and
five machine guns were captured.
The army of Gen. Won Gallwitz pro-
ceeded against the Russian positions
in the district south and southeast of
Olawa. After a brilliant attack three
Russian lines were pierced Dzielin
was captured and Lipa was reached
and attacked The Russians retreated
after the evacuation of Przasnysz on
the 14th to their line of defense from
Ciechanow to. Krasnasielo, lying be-
hind them.
On the 18th the German troops also
took these enemy positions by storm
and pierced the position south of
/ Zielona, forcing their opponents to re-
treat. The Russians have retreated
on the center front, between the PISA
and Vistula rivers, In the direction of
the Narew.
Southeastern theater of war: Aft
er the Teutonic allies had taken dur
ing the last few days a series of Rus
sian positions on the River Bug and
between the Bug and the Vistula, i'm
portant battles developed on this en-
tire front, under the leadership of
Field Marshal Mackensen
$50 far twenty-eight officers and
$3.50 men have fallen into our hands,
and nine machine guns have been cap
tured. West of the upper Vistula the
offensive has again been begun by the
army of Gen Won Woyrich."
From Paris comes a report of a
night of comparative calm on the
western front was followed by an artil-
lery action of considerable violence
about Souchez. infantry actions favor
able to the French on the heights of
the Meuse, and a German attack with
burning liquids at the ravine of Son
vaux north of Verdun. On the heights
of the Meuse the French recaptured
one section of the trenches taken by
the Germans and the German attacks
north of Verdun was repulsed with
heavy losses to the Germans. The
latter fired a dozen shells of large
calibre into Arras.