Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-06
Teutons Praise the Rare
Courage and Desperation
Of Slav Soldiers
GERMANS PAY DEARLY
FOR EVERY FOOT GAINED
1t Is Hinted the Next Move
Of the Germans Will Startle
the World

DtIllH, VIA ne I1uSUe, aug U,-lH
full retreat over the vast front from
the Baltic to Galicia the great Rus.
sian field armies Of Grand Duke
Nicholas are now threatened with
destruction. With Warsaw in the
hands of the Germans other fortresses
and cities are now falling, or are about
to fall, before the Teutonic forces, the
greatest campaign in history is rapidly
drawing to close.
An official statement from Vienna
today announced the capture of Ivan.
gorod, the fortress guarding Warsaw
on the southeast. IyangOlOG is sixty
milcs from the Polish capital on the
rjpht bari; of the Vistula river.
The occupation OF Riga, the i'm
portant Baltic port which has been
used as a base for the Northern Slav
armies is only matter of hours.
Making Heroic Defense.
NOvO Georgiewsk, the fortress 20
miles west of Warsaw, is being hastily
evacuated by the Russians 1t is be-
lieyed to have been dismantled Of big
guns some time ago, but the garrison
left behind to make last fight is
rapidly Withdrawing in an effort to
escape capture by the Bavarians who
hold Warsaw.
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg on
the north and Field Marshal Won Mack.
ensen on the south are delivering
smashes against the Russian flanks,
threatening the capture Of a whole
army corps,
The world has never witnessed such
retreat as that which the Slavs are
now making over a front of more than
300 miles, with great Teuton forces
hacking and driving at their flanks
and lines Of communication in an eff.
fort to envelope and destroy them.
With rare courage and desperation,
recognized by friends and foe alike,
the Slavs are trying to save the rail.
way from Warsaw to Petrograd, to.
ward which General Won Buelow is
battering his way from the Baltic
region.
Death Toll Is Heavy.
The rush of Won Mackensen north.
ward toward Brest.Litovslt from the
Imblim.C Cholm line spells disaster tC
the Russian left wing if it succeeds
The flower of the Slav army is oppos
ing the Austro.German in this region
Every foot Of ground is being bought
dearly by the Teutons as the Russians
slowly withdraw, resisting at every
step.
Between the widely separate wing.
ot the Slav field forces steady re
treat is in progress. Grand Duk,
Nicholas is endeavofing to wheel owe
l'U0O,OOO men to straight front in al
effort to block the German steam rol
ler which has ground and crushed it
way through Galicia, across the plain
OF Poland, taken Warsaw and is nov
threatening to sweep on eastward.
Ihe greatest strategist of the age
could not organize giantic retrea
without sustaining enormous losses il
guns and men. And for this reaso
military critics are predicting the rou
OF the great Slav armies.
What Will Come Next.
The German public is so engrosse
with the mighty effort to cut off tn
NnSslan retreat that there is littl
speculation as to what the next Germa
move will be. 1t is limited in offieia
circles that it will startle the world.
News from Warsaw following th
,Nl're Of the city was meagre today
Oe victorious Bavarians under Prime
''PoId are understood to be In hu
pursuit of the retreating remnants o
'' garrison. II is supposed, ther,
'''' mat the Russians either did no
s''''gd in destroying all of the bridge
sIHNhlhg the Vistula or the Bavarian
l",NlN threw pontoons across and hui
The city.
Az least 100000 Russians are still
NE angle west Of Warsaw, of whie
Io'o 'eorgiewsk is the apex. Wit
'ue Hermans in possession Of Warsa,
' .uelr rear they are threatened wit
r'Ure Retreat by railway is impo
o''' as the only two lines which migl
used lead directly into Warsaw.
Riga About To Fall.
a. an attempt is made to retreat ov,
,l pIalns in northeasterly directio
,sg % Slavs face the danger OF being cl
ny the German advance upon II
",1I'aw Petrograd railway.
ine Bavarians who occupied Warsa
ee expected 10 reach Novo Minsk
n;a{ ,,l, east Of the Polish capital by +
,snt In their pursuit Of the refrea
Hlavs II is not believed the Ru
"ill attempt to make a stan