The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-25
BUG RIVER IS
DIVIDING
Between What is Now Known
as Russian Poland and Pro-
vinces of Russia.

3
WASHINGTON; July "a The ne
OF the Bug pronounced booS@sxa
ward which the Russians some DAYS
ago were said to be retreattng ana
which they were determined TO nQa1
against the invading Teutontc lcfrSss
is dividing line between wlat e
now known as Russian Foianu ALG
the provinces of Russia proper, says
the latest statement Issued by the
National Geographic Society upon ene
war geography OF Europe. The coue-
try trayersed by the River Bug or
fers many advantages for obstinate
defense. Along much or It's coursS,
the rivers banks are very uimcule.s
and the country beside for Ions
stretches is heavily wooded HSsrsn a,.,
" bad roads, and lake, pond an
marsh by the way add to labors ol:s
military advances here
Strong Line.
"Thfs river forms one OF the. strong
est lines of defense III the west OF tue
Russian empire. A network or leed
ing railways are raid to pour men
and munitions into any secs sHt &
this line fro many interior point N
the empire. From Petrograd 70
odessa, railways converge upon the
Riyer Bug. Furthermore, the river
line is paralleled along its entire H11s-
sian Poland course-just as Ger
many's eastern frontier is paraileieu
by a railroad, passing from ne
fortress in the north. osowiec, tnT Vo.asIe
Bfelostok, Bjelsk. the fortress Breet
Litoysk. Kovel, to Vladimir vo!yheks
liz the south, just beyond the GaltcAen
frontier. Another branch of this
way runs from Brest Litovsk close
beside the river, finally crossing tne
Bug and terminating at Kholm.
The Bug rises In Galtcaa, apoNs
fifty miles east OF lemberg n1Ms
west to Kamionka Busk, about TWEEN
weight miles east northeast OF Lem
berg and then turns north nortnWe
to the Russian border. In Ausa4a,
for a great part OF its couTsea
flows north along the eastern por9eIs
of Poland. Northeast of warsaw ~
leaves the Polish border, turns VEST
and joins the Vistula river. twenty
five miles northwest OF Warsaw, ar
the powerful fortress of Novo Georg-
;evsk. To its junction with the VS.
tula. the Bug travels $50 miles, more
than 300 miles of which are naHtgahAe
From Brest Litovsk, it is naEigaR4e
for larger river boats, while anoye
the fortress it is naviated by barges
and RATS.
Big Lumber Trade.
I'm peace times, considerable
traffic is carried on upon the BUG
It ssfs d very important factor IN EMe
Russian lumber trade. great RATS: Of
logs being ,foated-e down its course
from the rich forests that line It's up
per reaches Grain, towlsTprinci-
pally geese, for the quality Df which
the Polish peasant is widely noted,
and cattle are also transported on the
river. The Bug Is connected by wat
erways with the interior of Russia.
and its water borne freight can be
sent into southern or northern Rus-
STA as well as into Germany Canals I
connect the Bug with the Pripet ana
thus, with the Dnieper river and Crt-
mean land, and with the Niemen
river.
"The Bug river offers one of the
best lines in the west for the quick
and uninterrupted concentration OF
Russian armies and their supplies. IT
also reduces the amount OF frontier
to be held by a great number of niles
an advantage. however, shared IN
by friend and foe. Still, q falling back
upon this line would necessitate the
surrender of Warsaw, one of the rich
est manufacturing cities of Russia
of innumerable Industrial towns and
villages and of tens of thousands OF
acres of richly productive farm lands.
Russian Poland, beyond the bug, -
an Industrial center of the Muscovite
empire. great granary, and an Inn
portant source of leather and beef