Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-23
Report That Morale of the
Slav Is Shattered Is
Denied by Berlin.
FIGHTING IS DESPERATE
Germans Find Tt Necessary
10 Literally Throw Enc
my From Trenches.

London, July 23.-North and south
of Kovuo German attacks are report
ed but the chief lighting is in pro-
Kress south Of Ivangorod, Lublin and
Cbelm, connected by the railroad line
which is Of such value to the Russians.
and south Of sokal on the Bug in
Calicia near the Russian border.
The report Of the investment Of Ivan
Eorod in yesterdays communication
from the war Office puzzles military
experts. who declare it is impossible
that the great fortress could have been
surrounded completely. Southwark
from Warsaw, to the west Of the Wis
tula, the Germans report a victory for
the siIssian landwehr, which stormed
the Russian positions and threw back
their defenders into the fortress Of
Tvsugorod. AS the scene of the Siles-
ian success is 16 miles from the fort
ress, It is believed here the German
official reports must have been trans
lated erronsously, as claiming the in
vestment OF the fortress itself when
the outlying protecting forts were
meant
From the standpoint Of the allies.
one OF the most hopeful features Of the
campaign is the stubborn defense of
the Lublin-Chelm railroad by the Rus
SLAMS.
Luu on Earew Front.
On the Nsrew front, to the north,
there has been luH In the fighting,
but the renewed activity of the Ger
mans from Kovno to the Baltic has
developed into an important engage
ment as s result of which the Rus
slams have been compelled to retire.
Interest here in the fate Of Warsaw
IS undiminished, but the stubborn re-
sistance of the Russians is doing much
10 relieve the depression OF the Eng
lish This feeling of relief enables the
public to pay some attention to other
battle fronts. The allies report minor
successes in Mesopotomia and at the
DaFdanelIes
Along the Franco Belgian and Ital-
ian fronts there is but little change, so
far as the official report shows, al
though some fierce fighting has taken
pace at lew pOlUtS-
The relations between Italy and
Turkey indicate a formal declaration
OF war may be expected soon.
Russ Final Attempt Failure.
Berlin, July %. (via London "A
dispatch from Vienna to the National
Zeitung says the final attempt Of the
Russians to stop the advance of their |
opponents in the critical battle of the |
new line southwark of the Lublin- |
Chelm railroad southeast of Warsaw /
has ended in failure. The decisive ac- |
ron in this connection is likely to /
come IN the territory between the Wis
tals and the Bug rivers.
The Russian southwestern front is /
seriously menaced, the dispatch adds. /
The railroad line running through /
lvangorod, Lubiin and Chelm is now
only few miles northward of the /
Teutontc lines and the capture of Lub-
In and Chelm is said to be question F.
OF only brief time.
The correspondent of the National I
zeitung at Tarnow, GaIicia, while re-
porting that the Austro-German forces
are advancing steadily, points out that
there are difficulties to be met. He
says the Russians have TO contend
with lack OF ammunition. but the
statement that their morale is shat
tered IS untrue On the contrary, they
are displaying the greatest bravery
and endurance and only in the case
Of conungents without higher officers
90 they surrender readily.
Battle at Close Quarters.
At Krasnostav. "a miles south Of
Lablin, there occurred an engagement
a close quarters which was unusually
desperate and deadly. The Russians
awaited their attacking opponents and
resisted them with the bayonet. They
1ad assembled strong reserves and the
eermsns and Austrians had to expend
tae greatest efforts to overcome them
was necessary to literally throw the
russians from their trenches
The lack of good roads in Poland
presents an especially unfavorable
aspect from the standpoint of the in
ssaers- Deep sand makes the move
aients even of infantry slow, while
ron ten 10 twelve teams of horses
must be utilized to draw heavy guns
Bitter rear guard conflicts mark the
tstirement of the Russians in south
soiand They give way only one step
y time. thus delaying. although not
yance. j.