Arizona republican., 1915-07-31
Capture of Warsaw is Re gardcd as Only an Incl dent in d Movement to Take Retreating Russian Armies into Camp
ONE LINE RETREAT
 ALREADY CUT OFF
British Military Critics, However. Think It Im- possible That Grand Duke Nicholas Should Not Have Provided Against This
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LONDON. July S0.-The Russians are now facing the problem of evac-
 Iiting Warsaw and the surrounding countr, without losing their armies. Whle the Austro German forces are making a supreme effort to get across their line Of retreat The Teutons it is said heve met with partial success in this attempt. \ Berlin official report this evening stating that Field Marshal von Mackensen. resumine the offensive. reached the Cholm- Lublin railway about midway between those cities and that southeast of this. as far as the Bug River the Russian front is shaken"
 The success of won Mackensen in getting across the railway after he had virtually been stopped oy the Russian counter attack denies at least one line of retreat to the Russians wi4,- might still be between him and Warsaw and it has placed the Germans in a posi- ton to move against the Bug River front should it be decided upon.
 British military critics. however. re- fuse to believe that Grand Duke Nicho- las has not provided for all contingen- cies or that he was not fairly sure Of the safety Of his troops before indicat- ing to the world that he had decided to take up a new line. Indeed the news contained in the Berlan official report that tEe Germans have crossed the Wis tula River southeast of Warsaw be- tween the Pilica River and Kozienice leads military writers to the belief that the Russians have already fallen back in this region and that perhaps even the fortress Ivangorod has been left to
 its fate.
 There is no news Of inc situation on
 the Narew River CT Gen. von Buelow's wider outflanking movement in the
 koVno province. However. the opinion is expressed here that the German
 plans contemplate a series of attacks
 rather than a simultaneous one and it
 is likely that they are waiting for von
 Mackensen to reach some previously arranged position before they resume , attacks
 According to the dispatches the country around Warsaw which the Russians are leaving has been put to
 the torch while the city itself is de- nuded Of everything that might be or
 use to the Germans if it falls into their . hands
 IL may he some days before tho Teu- : tons occupy the Polish capital, if they ! finally do. for the Russians are fight i ing more than rear guard acticn. In fact they are still delivering heavy
 blows. gaining some local successes principally on the Narew, and south
 east of Chelm where they are opposing
 the efforts of the Austrians to get across tne Bug.
 However, military critics say these local successes do not affect the Rus sian plan Of falling back to a shorter and stronger front.
 : As soon as the present operations are ! concluded it is expected that thc Ger mans will turn west d movement { which. however. will take a couple Of
 months at least. It will therefore be a
 race between the Teutonic forces and | the British and French as to whicn i side will take the offensive in France. | where the situation remains about the i same as t has been for weeks past.