Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-02
Special by United Press Wire.

Petrograd, Aug. 2:-The Russian
armies falling back from Warsaw are
fighting one of the most magnificent
rear guard actions the world war has
seen. So effective is the Russian de-
fense just outside the gates of the
city that military men declared that
Warsaw could never have been won
by direct assault.
The great AUstro-German siege
guns and the massed forces of the
enemy could not have battered their
way into the capital they held. The
taking of Warsaw will only slightly
relieve the Germans feeling OF disap-
pointment over the failure to trap the
Grand Dukes army, according to ad
vices to the war Office. When it be-
came evident that the Russians were
about to escape the trap General Won
Hindenburg sent out a hurry call for
reinforcements. These forces ar
rived and have been seen in opera
ton in Poland, according to official
statements from the war official,
which contained this significant
clause:
-. This fact creates favorable condi-
ltionSf for active operations on the part
Eof our all IN the wS
| London, Aug 2:-An enyelopfrs
movement that has far more than the
! jeapture Of already-deserted Warsaw
| for its object is being worked out by
the German forces in Poland and is
being fought desperately by the
Grand Duke. What little informa-
ton can be CLEANED from the Russian
| front tends to show that the main
line of the Kaiser's attack has been
shifted again, this time further east
in one i-lal effort to annihilate the
Cars forces.
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg,
evidently weakened in order to give
more men to Mackensen, who is max
ing the effort to cut of the retreating
Russians, is making no progress over
the Narew toward Warsaw. But
military critics here find little conso-
lation in that. He needs to make no
progress at present. The fall of
Warsaw is assured and few more
German lives would need be sacri-
feed to take the city.
But Mackensen is making great
trian forces near Sokal are more than
holding their own and the combina-
ton of the two is a serious menace TO
the beaten Russians. One avenue of
retreat is already cut. of and how
much more of the road to the Brest-
Litovsk line will be closed to them
depends on the speed with which
these two armies advance when the
Russian lines here are weakened, as
they must be, for the final effort to
extricate as many of the troops as
possible Lublin has been in Ger
man hands since Friday. Cholm, the
second terminus of the Lublin-Cholm-
Ivangorod railway, was taken yester-
day. How much further the Ger
mans have gone is not known.
The Germans captured on the east
ern front during July 170,536 Rus
SLAMS, including 1923 officers, ffty-one
guns and 35S maehthe guns, says the
statement, which covers the operations
between the Pilitza and the Baltic and
In the southeastern theater.
Warsaw has not yet been occupied,
but its evacuation makes its capture
probable within a few hours.
For the first time a battle in the air
has been fought between squadrons of
hostile air craft, and to celebrate the
anniversary of the war the Germans
claim the victory.
Six German aeropInnes while recon
noitering over Chateau-Salins chal-
lenged fifteen French airmen to com
bat and succeeded in putting several
machines ont of action. For torty-fiYe
minutes the battle went on until the
arrival of re-enforcements forced the
Germans to retire Berlin says the
avtators returned safely.
Paris declares that renewed efforts
by the Germans to recapture the post
tons lost at Schratxmannele and
Reichackerkopf, In Alsace, resulted In
heavy losses for the enemy, who were
forced TO retire without having accom-
plished their object
Geneva reports that general Ital-
ian offensive was begun on the Tyroi,
Trentino and Carnia fronts, forcing
the Austrians to eyacuate some of
their strongest positions. Daimatian
regiments which attacked Freikofel
lost 90 per cent of their electives.
The Italians have pierced the second
Austrian line on the Corso plateau,
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