The Ely miner., 1915-08-13

taken by German troops, according Il
official announcement made at Ger
man army headquarters.
The Russian garrison fell bacl
Dver the three Vistula bridges Il
Praga, Warsaw's eastern suburb
after only brief resistance. Bavar
ian troops under Prince Leopold
stormed the last line of Russian de
lenses and entered the city on the
kOlish and Radon roads.
Continuing their retreat from Pra
ga, the Russian center is falling back
along the railway leading to Move
Minsk and over the plain north OF
the railway, keeping in contact with
Its right wing near Novo Georgievsk
Garrison Crosses River.
All reports agree that the complete
retirement from Warsaw apparently
was ordered two days ago and that
the Russian armies on both sides OF
the Warsaw salient began falling back
at the same time the Warsaw garrison
began crossing the river to Praga.
Rumors that the city had fallen, or
was about to fall, were circulated here
sarly in the day. Church bells were
tolled and there was general rejoicing
throughout Berlin.
The first bulletin from the war of
fee contained few details of the
final battle at the gates of Warsaw
or of the greater engagement on the
wings of the German armies seeking
to envelop the Slavs.
That the struggle was a short,
fierce one is evidenced by the fact
that Prince Leopold's armies arrived
before the Warsaw outer forts only
SO hours ago. 1t was the belief here
that large part of the Russian gar
rison who made the final stand at the
city gates fell into the hands of the
Bavarians.
vistula Bridges Destroyed.
1t was assumed here that the Slavs
either completely destroyed, or at
least attempted to destroy the Vistula
bridges.
The first German troops entered the
city during the night At the same
time general attacks were begun by
the German right wing extending
along the Narew to Ostrolenka. A
great battle is raging in this Sec
tion, the result of which is in doubt.
The Russians are fighting desperately
to save the Warsaw-Petrograd railway.
The fall of Warsaw marks the cul-
mination of the greatest sustained
offensive movement of the European
war. Twice before Teutonic armies
have knocked at the gates only to be
denied by the strength of it's defense
and the resistance of the forces hold
ing it.
London, Aug. with the great
Russian fortresses of Warsaw and
ivangorod captured and the fall of
Riga, the capital of the Baltic prov
inces, imminent, the Austro-Germ
onslaught has reached it's climax in
the East. The next step will be the
German emperor's triumphant entry
into the Polish capital.
Petrograd asserts that the Teuton
pincers held by Hindenburg in the
north and Mackensen in the south
failed to close on the fieeting Rus
slams in time to catch the 100000 men
retreating from the abandoned War.
saw salient
Greatest Retreat In History.
If the Russian statement is cor
rect, the Grand Duke Nicholas has
conducted successfully the greatest
retreat the world has ever witnessed.
While many opinions are expressed
as to the direction of the next smash
to be delivered by the 100000 first
line troops released by the fall of
Warsaw, the popular view is that the
Kaiser will continue to press the
Russians, launching an attack in the
path of Napoleon toward Petrograd
in the hope that the weakening Rus
sian morale will be crystalized into a
possibility of separate peace.
The Petrograd correspondent of
the Times messaged that "the fate
OF Riga is sealed" and that the evac-
uation of the city was in full swing
when last reports reached Petrograd.
The Times correspondent said that
the Russian government last week
set aside $25,O00,O00 to pay for the
removal of factories from Warsaw.
Berlin reports council to be held
on Sunday will formulate a procla-
nation declaring Poland to be semi
autonomous state under joint Polish
and Austro-Hungarian rule. This
conforms with a recent decision of
Polish congress held at Piotrkow,
Russian Poland, which proposed a
joint Polish and Hungarian
rule with separate Polish army and
the fullest Polish autonomy.
Influence On Fighting.
British critics conceded that the
fall of Warsaw will have a tremen-
Expect Eastland Indictments.
Chicago, Aug. 9.-No indictments