The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-08-05
WIRELESS FROM BERLIN
GIVES LONDON THE NEWS

Londoa. Aug. s. G:25 ps mJ-The
nrst news of the fan Of Warsaw was
received in London this afternoon in
a message transmitted by wireless
from Berlin. II said that official an
aouucomcnt had 0ccn made of the
capture of Warsaw by the Germans.
Continuing. the report from head
quarters says:
THE German armies under Gem
crnl Won scholz and General Won Call
wltz. advanced In the direction OF
the road between I.omza, OstroV and
NyszkoN. and fought a number Of Vio-
lent cngngcmouts. The brave and
desperate resistance of the Russians
on both sides of the road between
patrov and Rozan vas without sue
cess.
"TwCnty-tRo Russian officers and
i.NfO soldiers were taken prisoners.
The Germans also captured seven
teen machine guns.
"Gcrman cavalry yesterday and the
dag before defeated in Courland de-
tachmcnts Of Russian cavalry at
points near Genczc, Brshi and pais-
kfzhty a total Of 2.225 Russian
prisoners were taken.
"Thc situation near and 20 the
north ot Nalgorod remains un-
hanged.
Tho campaign Is being continued
between the upper Vistula river aud
tho river Bug German cayalrymcr
have entered Wladimir-W Wluynsk. or
the Bug river.
"ln the Vusges there has been ncN
cngagcmonts near tue Linrckopt.'
The fan ST Warsaw marks the cut
mination ot tho greatest sustained oi'
t,nsivc movement of the European
war Thrice have the TCutuuir ullic'
Knocked at its oates, only to he de-
MED by the strength of It's dcfcns'
and the rrsistauccs of the forces hold
ing b..
Apparently imprcsnahlc in IN" la''
of direct attack. IL was compelled t'
CupituIut, before the sweep eft vas
movement which threatened to cu'ir
Gle the capital and with It the Rus
sian armies o1gagcd IN the Dtmpngi
of which BE- was the storm center
| From the north, northwest west
south and southeast the Austro-ier
man forces have been pressing upoI
I the Polish capital In thcir combino'
Idriye to force the Russians out Of 20
/ land and % possible 10 break of thei
offensive power for AN indefinite per
! iod o., administering a decisive de-
/ feat an along the line,
The movement may hc said % haN
. had It's inception iu May, WhoI IN
great Tcutouic march through Gal
] iriu began To get at tho ltusslH|
armies In Poland from the southeast
ltt nrst was necessary to clear GalicI
or the proptor part uf a. of the troop
uf that nation
How successfully this vas accom-
phshcd is familiar history Fi'b
Murthal Nuu Mackcascn's campulsI
In it. Hrst Important stage cnlmin"i
ing when late in June LcWhcrg va
rc-takcn and the Russians we're driNe
lover the Galiciaa border Then carr
In July the Touionir forces. comin
'up from the south halted while pre-
partitions were made for the mex
Istngc of the campaign.
sigus Of tho form this was to lh"
were soon apparent Great arml'
had been assembled to the norm a"
these. early i1 July began prcssin
down upon the ltuAHl"hH ii"0l N""
direction \ vigorous offensive wa
opencd in the Baltic provinces, tn
Trutouic troops attacked from poit
to uolnt along the east Prusslap hot
der and with Field Marshal Won Hin
denburg directing The general opera
tIan. along this section Of the hghun
front. IA determined drive began IN On
. Prznsnys2 region.
, simultaneously the Tcutonic armi'
m the south showed rcuWakening a'
) .ivrv. Weld Mnrshl Won Macker
sen resumed his advance, his Germa
: forccf working with the Austrihns
. innirt unashing blows upon the Ru
p SLAMS from this direction step
3 sep. the Austro- German hosts puuni
I cd their way toward tha city fro
the north ana the south. while q