The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-01
RUSSIA

rJ1nited Press Leased Wire Service.1
PETROGRAD, July Sin pursV
ance Of the Grand Duke Nicholas' Pr 4
Icy Of strategic retreat and abano
ment Of present untenable posIt
ultimately including Warsaw, ~ gar
Office tonight announced the wit saw
a Of Russian forces along that 4tion
Of the Lubiln railway betw r Nova
Alexandria and Reiovitz. tin ts
already believed to be In hands OF
the Germans-
West OF Kovno In the Baltic cam
paian, where the German invaders
are following the path taken by NaPoi.
con In 1912, they have been repuised
and driven back, several remaining i
Russian hands, ~ prisoners. The en-
envy was repuised also at 6aousk.
.sBc tween the v:stuIa and the Bug
we retreated to positions previously
prepared, without interference" the
ificI,I statement says "South OF the
Hu.. river, the enemy was driven from
positions p-.vious'y taken, suffering
heavy losses
DETERMINED TO WIN.
ROME, July 3f.-Russians regard
the military situation optlmsttcally In
the face Of their defeat In Poland, ac-
eordlno to Russian Ambassador %
uI>rs. who 10 quoted In an Interview
n the Tribune.
The Russian ambassador concluded
his statement with. the declaration
that Russia 10 firmly decided to win
At any cost.
WARSAW WILL FALL.
LONDON, July 31.-If prodigai sac
~S 1i$> avA itt0n Nv the
Germans count, Warsaw will probably
be In German hands tomorrow. The
Russian war office was silent tonight
on the fate Of tho Polish capital. But
previous announcements have indicat-
ed the elimination Of another master
Nv strategic retreat by the Grand Duke
Nicholas. WarsAw has been stripped
Of supplies, Of food, Of munitions, ~
guns, Of metal-apd Of soldiers.
Only sraIi force, which Russia
will sacrifice 40 prisoners, remains e
Eharass the 0Arman hosts snd cover sp
|the retreat engineered by the aIavs.
Three Of four gigantic defensive po-
Esitionst Of the famous Polish quad
rllateraI will nomentarlIy fall into
German Novo
GeoraJeval and Ivangorod. The Rus
SLAMS are now naIIyins at the fou>th
pillar Of the quadriIateral, 8rest Lit
ovsk, 40 miles due east Of WarsaW.
The extensive Pripet marshes, to the
rear Of Brest LItoysk will prevent the
Germans outnanking the new Russian
battle front from the south and furth-
or attacks against the Russians after
they have consolidated their new po-
sitions must occur TO the northWar3.
This In general 10 the route Of disas :er
Napoleon took on his march to Mos
COW. Russians are confident the Ger
mans will be unable to better Napo'-
cons strategy and they therefore feel
certain the Grand Duke Nicholas
army is permanently safe.
A new offensive will come when the
ammunition is ready, and II large
bodice Of teutons are transferred from
the east TO the west, Russia's re-
awakening may occur much soon.r
than the world expects.
Tho Germans will have hollow VIC
tories % FAR a. spoIls 90, IF they take
Warsaw, Novo GeorgIevsk and lvar-
qorod. All three positions have been
swept clean. Growing crops through
OUT the region have been burned. For
tincatIons have been dlsrantied and
the guns shipped to erest L'tovsk.
Tho same policy Of abandonment
for strategic reasons gave LubIin to
the Austrian army operating TO the
south. In the north, the Hussiann
lines still hold firm.