The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1915-08-19
THE war LAST week
EXPERT REVIEW OF The WAR
RAGING In EUROPE
SITUATION IS CONFUSED

Russian Tactics Somewhat Different
From Before, Although Army is
Still in Danger-Germans Gain
Ground-Other Fronts Show no
Remarkable Development.
The Military Expert of the New
| YORK Times writes of last week a.
| follows:
The close Of last week saw Warsaw
| In German hands and Russia, fighting
| rear-guard actions steadily to protect
the retreat of the main army, falling
PACK to the Grodno-Brest-L -Litoysk
llne. The operations from this point
nave been somewhat confused and Il
does not appear yet just what point
the Russian army has reached in it's
| retreat.
Beginning in Courland, the Ger
man operations which involved the
port of Riga were early in the week
assuming dangerous proportions. Won
Bueiow had reached almost the out
er defenses Of the town when the
Russians assumed the offensive and
drove him back from the region he
| tween the Dvina, the Ekau, and the
| Aa.
rms move has temporarily, so far
as We can judge from the reports.
put a stop to the German offense in
the immediate vicinity. The attack
then shifted south to Kovno, where
the Germans are close to and besieg-
ing the city.
This Is one OF the great danger
points for the Russians at the pres
ent time. Its importance lies not only
IN 1t being the capital OF the prov
lnce and an important railroad juno
tion, but 1t is one OF the fortresses
through which runs what is expected
to be the main line Of the Russian
defense. It's Importance is realized
by the Germans, who have concen-
trated before it guns of all calibres,
including the forty-two-cm. which
was so successful in reducing tho
forts at Namur and Antwerp.
Along the Narew the Russians
nave maintained their defensive posi-
tions with fair success as far south
as Lomza. This latter city, however.
has been taken, which means that
the Russian line Of the Narew from
Lomza to the junction of the Narew
and the Bug has practically been
given up.
In the immediate Warsaw salient,
between the Bug and the Wieprz,
the fighting is very confused, and II
is practically impossible to delineate
with accuracy the present positions.
1t IS evident, however, that the Ger
mans are closing in and that the Rus
SLAMS still occupying this salient are
In extreme danger. From the Narew
In the vicinity of Ostrolenka the Ger
mans have moved forward on a line
generally parallel to the Ostrolenka-
NoVo-Minsk railroad. The town OF
Ostrow has been reached, though
possibly not yet occupied, by Ger
| man troops.
Southeast OF Ostrow the Germans
have accomplished what they have
been fighting for for at least eight
months-they have reached the line
or the Warsaw-Petrograd railroad
where 1t Is crossed by the road from
Ostrolenka to Lukow. The latter
town has also been taken by the Teu-
| tons.
| AS 1T is the junction OF the road
last mentioned and the road from
| Brest-Litovsk to Warsaw, two of the
| three railroads from Warsaw east are
| now in German hands, leaving open
| Tor Russian use only the road from
! Novo Minsk through Siedlce. The
situation OF the Russians in the angle
appears almost hopeless.
The fears for the garrison of the
fortress OF Ivangorod seem justified.
1t is not apparent how these troops
can escape siege and ultimate cap
ture. Not only are the tips OF the
circle with which the Germans have
been trying to inclose the fortress
but short distance apart, hut of
| the two railroads running north from
| lVangorod, over which the retreat
must be conducted, one is in German
hands and the other, which general
ly parallels the Vistula from Ivan
gorod to Novo Minsk, is but a short
distance from the positions last taken
by the German lines.
| Novo Minsk still appears to be in
Russian hands, but by the time this
review appears, it, too, may have
fallen. If so, the Ivangorod garri-
son will be completely cut Off II
not. this one avenue of retreat Is still
open to them. 1t is extremely prob
| able, however, that the fall Of Luz
kow will presently be given. the
Grand Duke Nicholas may deem 1t
advisable to allow it to stand a siege,
as in the case OF Novogeorgievsk.
1t Is true that, except Immediately
east OF Warsaw, the line OF the Wis
tula guarding the Ivangorod-Novo
Minsk railroad is still in Russian
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