Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-08-13
WARSAW FALLS INTO
HANDS OF GERMANS
PRINCE OF BAVARIA LEADS
TROOPS INTO oSLiSH CAPITAL
ABANDONED BY RUSSIANS.
Retreatins Russians Are Fighting Only
Rear Guard Actions In Poland 70
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 .,
having taken successfully the Blonie
lines and the outer and inner fort
resses of the city itself, the Russians
only fighting 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
state entry within few days, the
real conquerors are the troops fight
ing under Field Marshal Won linden
burg, along the Narew river to the
northeast; to the Austro-Germans,
Tho crossed the Vistula to the south
Of the city, and to the armies OF the
Austrian archduke, Joseph Ferdinand,
and the German Field Marshal Won
MhlNn oiO
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, inflicting
heavy losses on their pursuers; but
they are being steadily pressed back,
x.gllo do linn nf
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, II Is problemati-
cal whether the whole Russian army
will succeed In reaching the new po
sitions chosen for 1t, or whether, II II
should get there, 1t 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 communication are
thiOatthOd AuithCi Ny wa
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 80
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 a 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 their
way to the rear
The Russians are also preparing to
evacuate Riga, the port on 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 will be Is
matter of conjecture Some military
observers believe they will continue
to attack the Russians In the hope of
finally crushing theri, a task which.
II is considered, is rendered difficult
by the fact that the Russians in their
retreat lay the country waste, max
ing II necessary for the invaders to
bring up every ounce OF food required
for their army.
Other observers think Serbia will
be attacked, so as to impress the Bal
kan states which remain neutral,
while still another group looks for a
big offensive against the Franco-Brit-
ish-Belgian line in the west. All OF
the observers are OF the opinion that
wherever the new operation is begun
II will be on a big scale.
The Germans also have had local
successes in the west. recapturing on
the crest OF the line in the Vosges
portion of the trenches which the
French took from them some time
ago,