The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1915-07-24
RUSSIANS FIGHT
OESPERATELyTO
SAVE WARSAW
Won Hindenburg Presses the
Northern Line of Defense
With Great Vigor.
MACKENSEN ADVANCES.
Berlin Admits Some Checks.
but Believes the City
Must Fall.
MACKENSEN ADVANCES

BERLIN. via The Hague. July ~
From Rosan south toward pultusk,
Gen. Won Hindenburs has begun a
heavy bombardment Of the Russian
lines Of dsfenss north of Warsaw
along the left bank Of the Narsw
River.
German troops were making stimuli
taneous attacks on the enemy's posl.
tons both north and south OF Rosen,
when the last dispatches were filed.
Their object was TO cross the Narew.
take the fortress from the roar and
drive the whole Russian line back
to the Bug.
All dispatches agreed to-day that
tho Russians are making q desperate
stand In an effort to save Warsaw
and their whole line in Poland. II Is
admitted hero that the Germans have
suffered some checks on the Blonde
Cxersk line. southwest of the capital.
whore the defenders occupy strong
positions behind an elaborate system
OF defenses. On the other hand. ON
cial dispatches report Gen. Won Mack
ensen making progress toward the
Lublin- Choim railway. which may al
ready be in the hands Of the Austro-
Germans.
LONDON. July 3t.-On the battle
fronts Of the Warsaw triangle what
Ii generally considered the most
in, NJ y-<a NJ strV&rt. - e.. - ~t..~
the Battle OF the Marne 10 still raging
without any indication Of the ultimate
outcome. The Russians are not yet
prepared to abandon the salient, con-
tinued occupancy Of which against =
successful enemy would threaten the
very existence Of their armies. Petro-
grad comedies that there II fighting
six miles southwest Of the fortress az
Ivangorod, where the Germans
smashed wire arrangements but were
hurled back with heavy losses by .
Russian counter attack.
Both Vienna and Berlin claim,
without giving definite details, that
Austro-G German forces are now fight
ing along the Lublin- Chelm railroad.
Petrograd admits . German attack
on q village located on the railroad.
but claims this assault was repulsed.
Field Marshal Won Mackensen's men
being driven back. 1t is conceded
that some OF this regained ground
was again lost.
The battle for this important Rus
sian line of communication has now
been under way for ten days without
pause, and the Russians assert their
opponents are approaching the limit
of their endurance. The intensity of
the battle indicates that the central
powers are determined that the
fourth attempt to capture Warsaw
shall not end In the failure which
marked the other three.
| The impression Is growing here that,
unlike the 0alician campaign In which
ment Of his armies and keep them
intact. Grand Duke Nicholas In nov
| fighting In the hope OF saving Warsaw
and defeating the Germans. That the
| Germans feel their forces are not en-
tirely adequate to accomplish the pur-
pose Of their gigantic campaign II In
dicated by the news from Riga tina,
| a German army corps recently landed
at Libau has been despatched to the
south TO strengthen the attack or
| Warsaw,
WARSAW (via London). July "a
The factories in the city and districts
| Of Warsaw that are working on army
and navy contracts are being re-
moved TO interior provinces becaus,
OF the difficulty In obtaining fuel ant
raw materials In consequences OF the
nearness Of the city to the hghtinl
lines.
The Government h gratuitousl!
transporting the machinery ant
"a orkmen.