Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-08-13
WARSAW FALLS INTO
HANDS OF GERMANS.
PRINCE OF BAVARIA LEADS
TROOPS INTO POLISH CAPITAL
ABANDONED BY RUSSIANS.
RstreatIns Russians Are Fighting Only
Rear Guard Actions IN Poland to
Allow Their Main Army to
Make Its Escape intact

The Germans are in possession of
Warsaw, capital Of Poland, and the
third largest city in the Russian en-
pire. Bavarian troops entered the
city Thursday morning, August O.
having taken successfully the Blonie
lines and the outer and inner fort
resses of the city itself, the Russians
only lighting rear guard actions to
allow their main army 10 make its
escape.
While to the Bavarians, command
ed by Prince Leopold, has fallen the
honor Of taking over Warsaw in the
name of the German emperor and his
consort, who are expected to make a
state entry within a few days, the
cal conquerors are the troops fight
ng under Field Marshal Won linden.
burg, along the Narew river to the
northeast; to the Austro-Germans,
who crossed the Vistula to the south
Of the city, and to the armies Of tn,
Austrian archduke, Joseph Ferdinand,
and the German Field Marshal Won
Mackensen, which are advancing
northward between the Vistula and
Bug rivers.
The Russians are fighting desper-
ately and stubbornly to check the
progress of these four armies and
have had several successes, inf1icting
heavy losses on their pursuers; but
they are being steadily pressed back,
which made the longer occupation OF
the Warsaw Polish salient a hazard
GUS undertaking.
Even now, although the steadiness
Of the Russian troops and their fierce
counterattacks have gained much val.
liable time for them, 1t Is problemati-
cal whether the whole Russian army
will succeed in reaching the new po-
sitions chosen for it, or whether, If 1t
should get there, it will not find those
positions turned by the Austrians
who have crossed the Bug southeast
Of Chelm and the Germans under Gen
erals Won Scholz and Won Gallwitz
who have crossed the Narew.
At the northeastern END Of the
line, the Russian communications are
threatened further by General Won
Buelow, who is advancing toward
Dvinsk on the Vilna-Petrograd rail
way. Indeed, the Austro-Germans
have set three traps to catch and de
stroy the Russian army. None Of
them was sprung, but one was sc
near to closing that Grand Duke
Nicholas was forced to evacuate
Warsaw and now is fighting with all
his might to prevent the others from
cutting off his retreat.
Thus far he seemingly has been
successful, for although the Germans
claim the capture of large number
of prisoners, the aggregate Is small
when compared with the immense
forces engaged. In addition the Rus
sian guns APPARENTLY are well on theh
way to the rear.
The Russians are also preparing to
evacuate Riga, the portion the gulf Of
that name in the north The arrival
of the Germans ten miles south Of
that city already has been the cause
Of the civilian population departing.
While expressing the fullest conf
dence in the future, the British mill
tary critics make no attempt to be.
little the achievements of the Teu
tons or the effect their success is
likely to have in the near east and
the west
What their next move win be Is a
matter of conjecture. Some military
observers believe they will continue
20 attack the Russians in the hope of
finally crushing them, a task which
it is considered, is rendered difficult
oy the fact that the Russians in their
retreat lay the country waste, max
ing It necessary for the invaders &c
bring up every ounce of food required
FOR their army.
Other observers think Serbia viii
oe attacked, so as to impress the Bal
Kan states which remain neutral
while still another group looks for {
big offensive against the Franeo-Brit
ish-Belgian line in the west All o.
the observers are OF the opinion that
wherever the new operation is begun
it will be on a big scale.
The Germans also have had Local
successes in the west, recapturing OIL
the crest of the line in the Vosges {
portion of the trenches which tn'
French took from them some time
ago.