The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10
RUSSIA PLANS TO
PROTECT WARSAW
To Prevent City's Exposure is
Said to be Object of the
Present Retreat.
ALLIES GAIN IN DARDGNELLES
Brilliant Attacks at Krithia Result in
Advance of 1000 Yards, Says
London Report.

London, July 1.-The AuStrO-Ger-
mans continue their almost unbrOken
advance in Gaiicia and over the Polish
frontier, while the fighting in the west
ern theater has developed nothing to
alter the situation.
A brief Austrian communication re-
ceived this afternoon indicated that
the Teutons were being held up along
the Gnila Lipa, but q subsequent and
fuller official statement made no such
admission, although conceding that
hard fighting in this sector was in
progress
On that part of the eastern front TO
the north and northwest OF Lemberg
it is claimed that the Russians are
falling back precipitately, the Austro-
Germans having occupied another Pol
ish town, Zawichost, just over the
frontier. The present position Of the
Russian forces covers a great semi
circle around Lemberg, the two tips Of
which, to the north and to the south
Of the capital, the Austro-Germans are
attempting to roll back. In the mean
time they are hurting great masses OF
soldiers at the center in the vicinity
Of Tomaszow.
The success Of this movement would
so sever the Russian armies as TO leave
Warsaw unprotected from the rear AMI
the desire to checkmate this apparent
| " explains the continued Russian re-
tirement to the north.
A DardaneIIes Gain.
A British official statement issued
today regarding the operations Of the
Anglo-French forces against the Oar
danelles says the plan of operations on
June % was to throw forward the left
Of this line southeast of Krithia. pivot
ing on point about one mile from the
sea and, after advancing on the ex-
IRENE left for about half mile, estab-
Hsh a new line facing east on the
ground thus gained
Germans Keep On
London, June 3O.-Driyen back over
their own frontier north OF Lemberg
and forced TO cross the River Gnila
Lipa in southeast Galicia, the Russian
armies continue to retreat before the
AustrO-GeTmans along q front Of ap-
proximateIy go miles.
The Berlin official communication
| records progress by the Teuton troops
/ in virtually the entire southeastern
theater, although violent fighting Is
still in progress beyond the Gnila Lipa,
which joins the Dniester at Halicz.
Having forced a passage OF this
stream, General Won Linsingen's army
is presumably astride the railway run
ming from HalicZ to Lemberg and
Stanislau. and now doubtless is aim
| ing at the line which runs from Lem
/ berg to Odessa through Harnopol.
1t seems evident that Germany is
/ bent on further punishment for the
Russians before relaxing the intensity
OF her Galician campaign, but with
| the Russians across the frontier the
! Germans viii have to rely almost sole
II on road transport and their sd-
Tances viii necessarily be slower
Bri1ans Sound Warning.
The British press is still Foicing the
hope that the Russians viii soon find
q tenable line and deliver a counter
/ blow, but there is a note Of anxiety
in nearly all their accounts. together
with the warning that either the cap
/ ture OF Warsaw or the seizure of the
| great railway lines which supply 1t
/ would be disastrous TO Russia and
/ surely would be followed by another
/ general German offensive in the West
Notwithstanding the French attacks
/ around ATras, il is argued that the
Germans must feel comparatively Sc
cure in the West else they would not
/ have risked their tremendous envelop-
/ ing move against the Russians. The
| French are persisting in their assaults
/ in the neighborhood Of Arras, but with
out appreciate change in the situa-
ton
Allies Gain in Dardanellees.
Rome, June 30.-The correspondent
| OF the Piccolo in a message from Con
stantinople, via Sofa, cables:
& have just received authentic
news that action OF Anglo-FrencE feet
/ in DardaneIles has been renewed with
/ great violence and is meeting With
/ important success"
Russian Retreat Orderly.
! London, June 29--With the Russian
emperor on the Galician front, a new
minister of war, General PolivanOn, in
charge Of Russian military affairs and
| the grand dukes lines still intact.
there is a general expectation that the
Russian forces viii yet oppose strong
resistance to the Austro-Germans,