The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-07-24
PROGRESS OF THE WAR

From Sundays Salt Lake Tribune
Interest still centers on the Austro-
German effort to cause a complete
collapse of the Russian lines and ell
inmate the Muscovites as a factor
in this Summers campaign. This
task accomplished, the Germans
would devote the remainder of the
Summer to an offensive campaign
against France while the Austrians
we're seeking to hammer back the
Italians. If the Austro-German cam
paign in the east succeeds, the Rus
sian line can be held back with half
of the present forces pitted against
them. The other half will be re-
leased for operations against Italy;
France and perhaps Serbia.
An examination of the map will
show that Warsaw and its neighbor-
ing Notifications form the extreme
western salient of the Russian line.
From this salient one line extends
far to the northeast and another far
to the southeast, and each of these
lines is bow-shaped, with the con-
cave cutting back into Russian ter
ritory. The northernmost tip of the
line is near the Baltic sea somewhere
between Libau and Riga, and the
southernmost tip is in eastern Galicia
near the junction of Russia, Austria
Hungary and Rumania.
At present the Germans appear to
be attacking both of these lines some
what to the northeast and southeast
of Warsaw, respectively, for the pur-
pose of breaking through back of
the Polish capital and thereby isolat-
ing it. To the north the Germans
have taken Przasnysz, which has
changed hands several times in the
last six months. 1t is said that along
this line the great General Won
Hindenburg is in command, while
southeast of Warsaw the Austrian
archduke and the German command
er, General Mackensen. are in charge.
The archduke and Mackensen have
not met with much good fortune
since the Russian bear stopped and
began to claw back at his pursuers.
First, the archduke was defeated in
the region of Lubin. and now Mack
ensen has met with a reverse. 1t is
difficult to say how serious the
Austro-G German defeat along this
line has been, but evidently it has
given the Muscovites breathing space
and a chance of bringing up badly
needed supplies. At the same time
the Austro-G German armies are find
ing the question of supply a difficult
one, for they have now left far be-
hind the splendid Galician system of
railroads and are in a country where
means of transportation are COM
paratively meager.
But perhaps the most important
operation is the n which the Ger
mans are directing toward Riganear
the northern-most end Of the line.
Riga is a great Russian seaport and
the seat of the governor general of
the Baltic provinces. Its capture
would give the Germans a splendid
port on the extreme right of the
Russian line, and the German armies
operating in that region would not
need to depend for their supplies on
the long line of communication from
East Prussia or even from the port
of Libau. which they captured some
weeks ago. The fighting on the
Windau river southwest of Riga has
been fierce in the last few days. and
the Germans have succeeded in
crossing the river.
Next in Importance to the opera
tons against the Russians was the
drive of the crown princes army
against the Verdun Notifications.