New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-21
GERMANS WITHIN
RANGE OF GREAT
KEY TO WARSAW
Guns of Novo Georgievsk
Turned On Vanguard
of Invaders.
RADON, TO SOUTH
OF CAPITAL, FALLS
Peril to Polish Metropolis In
creases and Capture of
City Seems Certain.

City Seems Certain.
London. July 20.-The Germans have
now approached to within artillery
range Of the great Vistula fortress Of
Nowo Georgiewsk. the key to Warsaw
from the northv est and only twenty
miles from the Polish capital. This
was admitted tonight in the official
bulletin from Petrograd
Blone. the same distance to the
southwest of the Polish capital and
Groiec. further TO the east. have fallen.
and Radon. the capital of the great
province Of that name, also is now in
the hands of the Austro- Germans.
From the shores Of the Gulf of Riga
in the north to that part of Southern
Poland back upon which they drove the
Russians from Galicia, the Austro- Ger
man armies are still apparently surg
ing forward. and if Warsaw can be de-
MED them it will be almost a miracle.
This seems 20 be the consensus of
opinion, even among those in England
who heretofore have been hopeful that
the Russians would turn and deliver
a counter-blow, and news of the
evacuation Of the Polish capital, fol-
lowed by the triumphant entry Of the
Germans amid such scenes as were
enacted at Przemysl and Lemberg,
would come as no surprise.
Long Record of Captures.
The German official statements re-
ceiyed to-day, beginning at the north
ern tip Of the eastern battle line,
record the capture Of Windau, an
ether seaport on the Baltic within a
few miles Of Riga. seat of the gov
crnOr-general Of the Baltic provinces;
then, following the great Baltic arc
southwark, chronicles further sue
ccsses in the sector northeast of
Warsaw, eliminating in the capture of
Ostrolenka. one Of the fortresses de-
signed to shield the capital. Ostro-
lenka is on the Narew River, sixty
miles north OF Warsaw.
The army of the German General
Won Galwitz is said to be standing in
force on the Narew line before Nowo
Ccorgievsk
Lublin May Have Fallen.
The Lubln-Cholm railway is still in
the hands of the Russians, so far as is
known, but the town of Lubln has
either 'been captured or is in danger
cf falling into the grip Of the Austro-
Germans, the Russian commander-in-
chief having issued, through the civil
governor, an order that in case of
retreat, the male population is to at
tach itself 10 the retreating troops.
The official communiquc from the Rus
sian General staff which reports the
attack on the fortress Of Nowo Geor-
gievsk follows:
"The enemy's advance continued
Monday in the region of Riga and
Shawl, on the fronts of Grunhof-
Zagory- -Krupy.
"In the trans-Niemen region the
enemy made partial attacks against the
trenches of one of our regiments north
east of Suwalkl. near the village of
Gluboki, which have been disputed
since last Wednesday. The enemy, as
sisted by numerous batteries, succeed
ed again in occupying certain trenches
which we had captured from him the
previous day.
Nearing Key to Warsaw.
"On the Narew there has been light
artillery fighting. Yesterday there were
some advance guard engagements.
Sunday the siege artillery from the
fortress of Nowo GeOrgievsk success
fully bombarded the heads of the en-
emy's columns.
Between the Vistula and the Bug
the enemy yesterday carefully APP
preached our new front On the Bug
the enemy's attacks in the Krylow-
Sokal section continue. In the region
Of Sokal the enemy has extended his
forces slightly on the right bank Of the
Pug.
ION the Dniester. after stubborn
fighting, we captured yesterday hve
hundred prisoners and five machine
guns"
The official statement issued to-day
from German army headquarters says:
"In COurland the Russians were re-
pulsed near Grosschmarden, east OF
Tukum, and near Gruendorf and
Usipgen. East Of Kurshany the enemy
also is retreating before our attack.
North OF Nowogrod. on the Narew,
German troops captured enemy posi-
tions north Jf the confluence OF the
SGroda and PISA rivers. Fresh
landsturm troops who were under fire
TOR the first time especially dis
tinguished themselves North of the
mouth of the Skwa we reached the
Narew. The permanent fortifcations
r..t.,.l on o,.o coIun,n