The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-08-11
GERMANS sweep ON
FEAR IS EXPRESSED FOR SAFE
TY OF RUSSIAN ARMY
IVANGOROD IS CAPTURED

Object of Retreating Russian Grand
Duke is to keep His Armies In
tact-Rssian Retreats art Menaced
Toward North and South-Prepare
to Evacnate Riga.
London Friday: With the great
Russian fortresSes OF Warsaw and
Ivangorod captured and the fall Of
Riga, the capital Of the Baltic prov
mces, imminent, the Austro-German
onslaught has reached its high tide in
the east and the next step VIII be the
German emperor's triumphant entry
into the Polish capital.
That evidently is likely to be foi-
lowed by the pronouncement OF a
united and semi-autonomous Poland,
embracing not only the territory
wrested from the Russians, but the
Austrian crown land Of Galicia.
Meantime, the Russian armies are
nghting their way backward toward
Russian property, inflicting blows on
the invaders wherever possible, try
ing to fend them OF the railways
running north and south, in order
that the ends Of the German nippers
may not meet and bring disaster to
the Russian arms.
The position of the army Of Grand
Duke Nicholas Is matter Of solici-
tude, as the occupation OF Warsaw Is
believed to be the prelude to envelop-
ing the retreating troops.
Petrograd reports show the grand
duke has retired to the right bank OF
Vistula, both ct Warsaw and Ivan
gorod, destroying bridges and con-
testing the German advance across
the river.
Back Of the retiring Russians is
the vast morass Of central Poland,
with few railways and primitive
roads, naking virtually impossible a
quick movement Of guns and supplies,
while back of Warsaw, the only fort
ress available as rallying point Is
Brest-L -LitoySk.
Thus the Russians are menaced
by Gen. Won Buelow's column bend
Ing southwark, and by Field Marshal
Won Mackensen's southern army
bending northward. The fall Of Ivan
gorod proper is officially reported
to-day in bulletins both from. Berlin
and Vienna.
Berlin reports Friday via London:
The Russian fortress OF 1vangorod,
situated on the Vistula river forty
i've miles southeast Of Warsaw, was
captured by the Teutonic armies
Thursday.
Petrograd reports Friday via Lon
don: A Russian general staff state
ment, explaining preparations to
evacuate Ivangcrod, says:
Because Of the impossibility Of
Irangorod sustaining seige, all its
provisions were methodically remov-
ed Thursday.
con some Of our lines west Of
; Ivangored. our rear guards detained
the enemy for some days, without
heavy fighting, but on Wednesday
conformably to our general plan of
action, those rear guards blew up the
concrete bases supporting the brick
easements of the forts, destroyed the
bridges ad withdrew to the right
bank Of the Vistula."
The evacuation Of Ivangorod ap-
parently was admitted Thursday
night by Petrograd in an official
statement which said:
s'In the Ivangorod district the Rus
SLAMS have crossed the right bank OF
the vistula, blowing up the bridges
behind them"
A statement issued later in the
night explained that the Ivangorod
forts were not properly constructed
Tor modern. warfare This statement
was made sin reply to the Austrian
claim that a great victory was achiev-
ed in Ivangorod capture" It fur
ther states that all the provisions in
the city were "methodically" recov-
ed after which the Russian rear
guard blew up the concrete bases
supporting the brick easements OF the
forts, destroyed the bridges and
crossed the river.
IYangorod is located at the con-
fluence Of the Vistula and Vieprz
rivers. It is situated on the railroad
running to LuFow and Brest-Litovsk
and also on a line connecting with
Warsaw.
London Friday: Discussing the sit
uation around Riga, the Petrograd
correspondent Of the Morning Post
says:
Russian military forces seem
merely to be observing the German
advance and falling back before it.
The Germans now are fifteen miles
farther east than yesterday. Their
main body has got beyond the diff
cult swamp region which was the
city's chief natural defense. They
now are in good forest country
through which they are being guided
by local Germans-Riga's population
is fifty per cent. German.
Refugees give Illuminating &C
counts of the conduct Of those Riga
Germans. When the Russian popu-
lation was preparing to leave Riga
assumed the appearance Of city eel
ebrating a national holiday. Ger
mans swarmed the streets and every
sign Of public rejoicing was appar-
ent."
London, Friday: ''The Russian war
office has set aside twenty-five mil
lion dollars to help pay the cost OF
the removal Of Warsaw mills and fac
tories to the interior Of the empire" )"
says the. Petrograd correspondent Of
the Times. "The Warsaw retreat is
less the direct outcome Of engage
ments on the Blonie line and in the
Nowogeorgiewsk region than the re-
suit Of the strategic situation as a
whole.