The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-22
Russian front.

| removed TO PetrOBrdu. ENefyman IN
Lublin is following on the heels Of
| the retreating Russian army.
| The Lublin-Ch railway, which
leads to the great Russian bases of
supplies at Kiey and Odessa, is being
| demolished by shells, while German
| infantry is within eight miles of the
| tracks Trainloads OF war material
| which the Russian army was trying
to save in the impending fall of War
| saw are held up by the bomDardment
of this, one of the two remaining
| lines from the Polish capital.
| The number OF prisoners taken by
| the Germanic allies has increased to
| more than 10000 in the last three
days. Huge stores of war materials
| and large numbers Of guns have been
| added TO the booty.
| The morale Of the Russian army is
| broken Berlin reports.
| The German circle. is being tight
| eued on three sides of Warsaw On
the fourth side, the east, the Ger
mans are pressing forward in an eff
| fort to cut off the last retreat of the
| Cars millions. Won Mackensen and
| Won Iindenburg are smashing for
ward from north and south in a g-
| gantic effort not only to break the
Russian grip on all OF Poland, but al.
! so to coop up and destroy the Rus
sian army to which have been added
| the imperial household troops of
| Petrograd and Moscow
| Further successes at every point
! are recorded for the German and
| Austrian troops. In the very shadow
of their fortresses at Ivangorod and
| Noyo Georgieysk the Russian front
has been broken and the Russian de-
| fences are being battered by German
artillery.
Little is being heard from Petro-
grad Already semi-onlcial reports
circulated there. with the apparent
inspiration of the general staff, adj
nit that the situation, so far as War
saw is concerned is hopeless. Arti-
cles by experts with unofficial con
| nection with the Cars main head
quarters find bitter fault with the
western allies. charging desertion of
| Russia in her hour of need.
While still rotreating in the Cour
land and Kovno governments, the
| Russians further south have come to
| their last staud-the Vistula and its
fortresses. Their nost tremendous
| offnrt 10 bo;,os. Sopnop.ro4nd 4, tho
vicinity of Lublin and the important
strategic railroad, which already is
under fire of the German artillery
| Berlin reports that the fall OF Lub-
lin is momentarily expected. The
| Austro.German forces under Won
| Mackensen have broken through the
Russian lines at Skarzymisk, Med
rawki and Mala, southwest of the
city and are rapidly following up
their attack
/ On the entire Warsaw front the
Russian losses are reported as un-
| preCedented, in killed, prisoners and
material. In the series of great bat
Ties now being fought out before the
Polish capital the Russians are throw
! ing their last reserves into the effort
to blunt the Germanic drives
The Austrians have left only a
fringe of men in the Italian theatre
while bringing their entire strength
to bear mon the Russians in the
east.
| London, Thursday, July 22-A
series of great battles. the result of
which VIII seal the fate of Warsaw.
is being fought to the north, west,
and south of that city Having sue
cessfully retired to positions on the
rivers, and being well Ranked by fort.
| resses, the Russians have turned and
are fighting desperately to stem the
| Austro-German onslaughts.
TO the north on the River Narew,
they delivered on Tuesday three
fierce counter-attacks from the for
tresses of Rozan, Pultusk, and Novo
Georgievsk The Germans, who had
taken one outwork of Rozan, repulsed
these counterattacks, according to
the official report received from Ber-
lin, but apparently have been unable
to make any further progress south.
ward
Immediately to the west of Warsaw
on what is known as the Blonie-Gro
jec line, the Russians have suffered a
reverse and are retreating toward the
Vistula. Further soutr. the army OF
General Won Woyrsch is making pros
ress toward the same river. which
has been reached at one point
To the south of Ivangorod Field
Marshal Won Mackensen, who is di
recting the offensive between the Wis
tula and the Bug, has reached the
Russian lines, and here the greatest
of all battles is being fought-for the
possession of the Lubin4Chelm Rail
way.
Paris. July 22.-After furious fight
ing French troops have today occup
led the village of Reichackerke il
the Vosges and took several guns anC
a number of German prisoners.
Mary Fuller in a three part circus
| drama. "Circus Mary" with Mat