Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-30
RUSSIANS IN LAST
STAND At WARSAW
MInseoyites Fighting Desperately
to Save Polish Capital.
FIERCE FIGHTING CONTINUES
assisusr.e War once Admits That u
Ma. Been PLANNED 70 Evacuats
the Fortress-HerIin Gets
Rumors Of city's Capture
Nv REpER,ck WERNER.


ny FREDERICK WERNER.
asrsznz5on@B News Service Correspondent
Iseriin- July "a. = Austro-German
arooue nj the armies OF Field Marshal
xuaR Aindenburg and Field Marshal
wCrn Maekensen are investing Novo
geeoEEhsxsk- Warsaw and lvangorod.
Mtre~ uR the greatest fortresses in
tha world. ard the mighty battle in
RaEna continues with b utmost
gsEaetty.
To tue west Of Warsaw the forces
~ Bfeid Marshal Won Hindenburg are
anlJ tsn miles from the Polish capi
I'M
Munster howitzers are throwing
RhREls into the Russian fortress OF
zrnnxarod. on the Vistula. south Of
warsaw. u into the stronghold of
Nov0 Ceorgievsk. on the Narew. north
xT Warsaw
RRss Make last Stand
Fighting with their backs to the
uaIl. the Russians are making their
1aSi desperate stand to save War
auw. With their Notifications under
hnf artillery Gre. the Russians have
% Eight TO save their trenches from
ne teutonic lnfantrymen.
Gsrman military experts point out
sbms the fall OF Warsaw may not be
gx3ected Immediately, as the Official
rgnorts Of the general stan indicate
kat riege warfare has developed and
Knas may delay operations. 1t might
6oke some time to reduce the Russian
sCrts at Novo Georgievsk n Ivan
gorod. and in the meantime the Pol.
hRh capital probably would be safe, un-
less the German armies Of General
van Gallwifz and General Won Woyrich
ere able 20 break through from the
nprth or south and cut the railroad
communications of the Russians be-
hina Warsaw.
lvnnuorod Army in Trap.
Terrific battles are in progress on
elie arc immediately surrounding War
Hku. while ON the north, on the shores
10 tho Raitic the ~retreating Russians
are putting up strong rear guard ac-
niuus against the troops of General
ven Bneiow, The Russian guns in
ehs fnrtresses are pouring a continu-
nns rain Of shells against the besieg-
Ang forces. but the German artillery
IRE is growing stronger as more and
more heavy guns reach the front The
-uovernent Of the big cannon has been
very dtflcult on account Of the
marzhy condition of the ground over
whirh the guns must be moved.
Whether the Germans will try to
rtcrm lvnng0rod at the point Of the
hnTnnef OF reduce II methodically
u1fh their artillery is a military SCI
rrst Shonld the Germans mask II
n Russian forces of General Ivanoff
khnf retired into the fortress would
Ne cu~Dsrsetely cut on from the main
9rry
AEmit Pign to Evseuate Warsaw.
7strngrad. July 24.-with the Rus
plaas nalding bRck the Germans along
- Narsw river front. the battle now
.axdne m the Lublin district is ex-
Errtca 70 Be the decisive conflict de-
t~rrnining the fate Of lvangorod and
WARSAW.
Prepsrations for the evacuation Of
hnth these fortresses have been com
plSse&. but the military experts still
nee hope for . repulse OF Field Mar
nhak vcn Mackensen's army In the
south
The retirement OF the Russian
fnross from the Radon district to the
fAsfsnsss of fvangorod is declared at
na war once to be only q p~recaution-
mry step taken in view Of possible
m~renfnnlifiss. This Is the second time
earring tho war that the Germans have
uearad fvnngorod. The FIRST time they
we're SO aecisively defeated in their
gHurts IN cross the vistula there that
they ala not recover for several
unnuthE
Evacuation Of Riga Begun.
Copenhagen. July 24.-The evacua
Rom Of Riga by the Russians is re
purted to have begun. Dispatches "a
fsermnn newspapers say that all ON
eial aoeumcnts have been remove
from Riga to Petrograd and that thou
nands az citizens are fleeing. The ON
claas have received orders to be ready
nn lrava Riga when General Won Bus
Auu's German army arrives.
Runner Of cIty's Fall.
Rnriin. July "a Thy wireless)-Rs
Dprts That Warsaw has fallen are in
nirruiaaion ana are causing wide
eprrad rejoicing. but no official an.
ssnnrHment has yet beer made.
Othsr uDorhcial rumors have II tina,
ne herman commander before War
azw has demanded the surrender OF
The city. with warning that IL will be
Ruuknsrena IN "a ho,~.