Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31
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GERMANSssABOU1 !:
TO take WARSAW
Line of Muscovites' Retreat
Said to be Menaced
By Teutons
CARS ARMY ESCAPES
According to Dispatches From BerI
lin, Thousands of Russians Have
Fallen Into Hands of Invaders.

Berlin (via The Haguel, July 81
Warsaw's occupation is a matter o
hours. The final sweep of the Ger
manic armies is irresistib!y carry
ing all before it.
Russian soldiers. have evacuate'
.heir positions practically along tn
entire line north and south of War
saw. Thousands OF prisoners are be
ing taken.
General Won Mackensen hopes tt
,e able to report to the Emperor the
.apture of the Polish capital by night
Berlin wants to celebrate tomorrow
me year after Germany declared wa
IN Russia-the overthrow of the
Slavic yoke on Poland.
The Kaiser and Kaisern, accom-
nanied by the Crown Princess Ce'
ellie, are near the front, and, II
Warsaw falls, will enter the city FOL
4 triumphant review Of the Ger
manic forces.
Russia's losses in this campaign
he first phrase of which will be end
ID with Warsaw's capture, have beer
staggering. 1t is believed III Berlin
that the scattered Slav forces, de-
"noralized by the resistless onward
rrsh Of the German and Austrian
orces, cannot again De whipped INTO
1ehtinr shape for months. Berlin
.epards Russia as eliminated from Sc
rious offensive fighting for the bal
ance of the year.
London, July 31-Geman troops
nave occupied the Polish railroad cen
.er of Lublin. according to Ger
man official statement received here
by wireless.
The grand dukes strategic plans
have been carried out successfully
Every dispatch reaching here indl;
Gates that he has successfully NOV
I'd the major portion Of his forces ou!
If; danger zone and-:has left behind
inly sufficient rear guard force to
harliass the invaders and hamper the'r
forward progress.
All industrial plants at "arsl"
have either been dismantled or mov-
ed safely behind the Russian lines.
Thousands of the population Of the
c;tv have abandoned their homes
preceding the army evacuation FUR
ther into Russia. 1t appears that
practically the only residents of this
section remaining are Hebrews Of
oro-German sympathies.
London. July 31--The Russians nov
face the problem Of eyacuating War
saw and the surrounding country
without losing their armies, while the
AustroiG German forces are making
supreme effort to get across thell
line Of retreat.
The Teutons are said to have mel
with partial success in this attempt
Berlin official report stating thai
Field Marshal Won MackenSen, resum
inc the offensive, had reached th'
Lubin- -Cholm railway. about mfGwa.
between those two cities, and tina
J southeast Of this as far as the But
river the Russian front had been
shaken.
The success of General Won Mack
ensen in getting across this railway
latter being virtually stopped by TIL
Russian counter-attack. denies a
',;least one line of retreat to the Rus
slams who might still be between
him an.! Warsaw, and also places tn
German IL Hos'iion to nova a%ains
the Bug r;vcl front. shoIll thi
be decided upon.
I British military critics, however
refuse to believe that Grand Duk
Nicholas. commander-in- chief of tn
Russian forces. has not provided fo
all contingencies or that he was nc
fairly sure of the safety Of his troop
before indicating to the world tha
he had decided to take up new line
, Indeed the news contained in tn
Berlin official statement that the Gel
mans have crossed the Vistula rive