Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-08-05
GERMANS CAPTURE
$4,000 PRISONERS
News of the Occupation of Warsaw Is Expected
Houry-Fresh Troops and Train Loads of
Munitions Rushed to the Polish Salient in
Endeavor to Crush the Entire Russian Army.

London, Aug. t. 1O:45 p m.-The an
niversary of the outbreak of the wal
passed without the Germans occupy.
ing Warsaw, which was understood tc
be part of their program. However
news of this climax to the Austro- Ger
man offensive in the cast, which was
begun i'm the early days Of May is
hourly expected. for what little in
formation is allowed to leak through
is to the effect that the Russians for
several days have been withdrawing
to tho Brcst line, leaving small forces
to fight rear guard actions, so that
the main armies might make good their
retreat
These rear guard actions have de.
Vcloped at many places into fairly
largo battles, as the Russians whose
steadness has been phenomenal in the
face of defeat are Offering stubborn
resistance to the German advances and
delivering powerful counter attacks
For example, they have prevented Field
Marshal Won IIindenburg from throw
ing more of his troops across the Mar
ew; repulsed German attacks to the
TO the river some of the invading
troops who crossed the Vistula to the
south of Warsaw.
In the southeast. Field Marshal Won
Mackensen continues his victorious ad-
vance. He has swept aside the resist
ance Of the Russians and forced them
TO retreat along both banks of the Bug
The Germans have already passed
through Chem in pursuit. Thus, on this
'front.' the retirement of the Warsaw
armies is seriously threatened During
the month Of July, Berlin SAYS the Ger
mans captured more than 5000 Rus
slams between the Pilica river and the
Baltic sea.
The Russians, according to petrograd,
have stopped General Won Buelow's adj
vance in Kovno province toward the
Nilna-Petrograd railway If Grand Duke
Nicholas is to hotl the Rrest line after
his retirement from Warsaw it is abso-
lutelY necessary that General Won Bue-
lows offensive should be arrested, for
should he reach the railway he would
seriously interfere with the Russian COM
munications.
1t is not yet certain whether the Rus
sian armies can make good their retire
ment from Warsaw. Certainly the Aus
tro-Germans are doing their best to pre-
vent il and have moved up very strong
renforcements to hasten their encircllng
movement The appearance of fresh
troops also suggests that the German
staff will not be satisfied with the cap
ture Of the city, or even the destruction
nf part Of the Russian army, but should
t'''S we "Vc""lP''sHe" VIII attack the
''i''' ''i'e an" t''"'aNo' ''haiiS 10 orue"
Wv ''"9si"i i'r'e'
Me"h"hiIe' th' Herhahs' VINO appear
70 nave an lneNhausuhle supply of munl-
mons are hShtlnE desperately TO retain
every P"siti"n Whlch they hold along the
western 'front.' Ihey nave recaptnred
'''' 81 t"' fehcheS "hich 'heN lost 10
IN" british near Hooge and are making
an 'H"rt 10 regain what they lost to the
'fehch IN the Muenster region of Alsace
\ d'Spatch from Geneva switzerland,
Font by way OF Paris gives Interesting
uetaHS OF the acn"n IN roland as roll
lows
lhe capture OF Lublin cost General
N"Nis'h 49, m'n IN killed, wounded
ana prisoners -Four miles north Of Lub-
I'm the Russians are lighting Hereby.
"lSputns every foot of ground while
'"N"ring their retreat
IN an advance of seven miles with
seven army corps Field Marshal Won
Hackensen lost 5000 men.
me army massed from Lowicz to
ostrowlec has begun an advance upon
Ivangorod and Novo Alexandria, the
evacuation. OF which was commenced by
the Russians Friday night according to