New Britain herald., 1915-07-30

MAY BLOCK RUSSIAN RETREAT Czar's Forces Stripping City of Every
 thing of Military yalue-German
 Aviator Bombards Nancy-Turks
 Claim Gain in Dardanelles.
 London, July 30, 12:02 a. m.--War- saw, the third city of Russia and the, goal for which the German armies in the east have been striving since Octo- Der. is at last in the throes of aban- donment
 Germans in overwhelming numbers are at the gates of the Polish capital and despatches both from the city it. self and from Petrograd say that fur ther resistance would be. unwise.
 Fall of City Expected.
 Discounted not only throughout France and Great Britain, but in Rus sia itself, the fall of the city is expect ed hourly, and the problem now is that the Russian armies now intact, threatened as they are from the south by the Austro- Germans and more seri- ously from the north, where the Ger man forces which have swept through Poland are aiming at the railway from Warsaw to Petrograd. This latter menace the British press admits is inn minent and the hope in the allied countries now is not the safety of War saw but for the continued cohesion Of the Russian army.
 The Warsaw post office already has been shifted to some point to the east ward the populace have been warned to remain calm and presumably for days Russian troops have been strip ping the city of everything of military value.
 German Aviators Over City.
 German aviators are lowering over the city,and according to German ad- vices plans have been completed for the triumphant entrance of the Ger man Emperor accompanied by his consort.
 With Warsaw captured, whether or not 1t proves a conquest of lasting strategic advantage, a great we've of enthusiasn{ VIII bverruns Germany and Austria Hungary and 1t is predicted sH&fS that the armies of the central r5owers will then seek to force a period of trench warfare in the east, mean while throwing great weight of men and guns to the west with the idea of resuming the battering toward Calais and perhaps Paris.
 Quiet on Western Front.
 In the west there has been little in recent days to break the monotony of mining.
 The British public is so little i'm pressed with the events in the east that David Lloyd George, the minister of munitions, in speech yesterday ap- parently thought it necessary to drive home the gravity of the situation in the minds of those inclined to over optimism, reminding them that re- verses in Russia would increase pres- sure on the western allies and sum- ming up his opinion with the admoni- tion that "the situation is serious, if not perilous."
 French OfIicial Report.
 Paris, July 30, 200 P. M.-The French war office gave out a state- ment on the passing hostilities reads as follows:
 "In the Artoise district, near Sou- chez and at The Labrynth' there was all last night, fighting from trench to trench with hand grenades and bombs Between the Disc and the Aisne on the plateau of Quenniveres. there was continued activity yester- day with artillery and bomb throwers. Between Boureauilles and vaugquois and in the forest of Milan court, the expedition of mines by the enemy did no damage.
 German Attack Repulsed.
 aIn the forest of Leprete a Ger man movement of attack at La Croix- Des-Carmes was easily repulsed.
 "A German aviator yesterday threw downson the town of Nancy total of four bombs but no casualties re- suited.
 sIn the vosges at Barrenkopf, the lighting continued until midnight with great fury. A fresh German counter attack was repulsed. A cur tain of fire maintained by our troops inflicted heavy losses on the enemy"
 Turks Claim Victories.
 Constantir ople, July 29, Via Lon- don, July 30, 4:45-An official state ment issued today at the Turkish l War Office was as follows:
 "On the Caucasian front, we per- | sued remnants of the enemy who had | been defeated on the Berbado height | great quantities of muni- i tions and food supplies and a nunf- | Der of Russian prisoners. /. .In the Dardanelles Wednesday | night accommodating column from our right wing surprised part of the trenches, capturing many guns and much material"