The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-22
HERMAN ADVANCE TOWARD
RIGA IS ALSO UNCHEC l<ED|
rate Of Polish Capital and In
tfegrity of the Russian Army
is involved In Situation.
RUSSIAN FRoNT PIERcED
DECISIVE Defeat VIII Mean the,
Cutting of the Russian Army
in Twain.
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LONDON, July 81. While prey
ers for victory were being s9ad today
throughout Russia, the Austfians and
Germans continued their drive ut
Warsaw from the North, the West
and the South. Meanwhile they were
reaching farther north toward Rlga
en- the Baltic, from which their Ad-s
vance guard is not more than twenty
miles distant. s u
The tone of dispatches from Petro-
grad bespeaks plainly that the cotm-7
try is aware of the graveness OF the
military situation involving not only
the fate of the Polish-ca pttal, but the
integrity Of the Russian army In
Poland, the northern and southern
twain by decisive defeat along the
Lubltn- Chelm railway. It IS along
this section that the Russians are
now lighting most desperately. for
this railway is the sole great artery
of communication Of Poland with
southern Russia. sweeping SWAY
from Lub1in and Chelm toward
Odessa. Having several times been
reported within Ave miles Of the rat
claims, having pierced the Rnstsens
front, this section Of the TeutoMtc
forces should he within rifie shot rot
the railway but no claim has been
made of having seized #.
III Northwest Of L1blft however, the
Teutonic forces have pushed forward
the bridge7head positions south %
Around the circle, which is tighten
ing on Warsaw they made steady
progress though meeting with serious
opposition along the NareW river
northwest OF the capital. Elsewhere
generally speaking. the Russians arS
falling back, employing the tacticHs
with which they harassed Napoleon
in 1912. That is they are not only
burning all bridges and destroying
roads. but are laying waste the coilx-
tryside with fire and dynamite re-
moving such provisions az they can
destroying such as they cannot take
away. driving cattle and other live
stock before them and leaving for
the Invaders ruined and desolate
waste.
All Courland has been laid waste
and Windau in flames sent up g glow
visible many miles away.
The British public is following with
keen anxiety the campaign In the
East. hoping that Grand Duke Ntchz
olas may stem the AultroA3e
tide or at least. extricate his armies
and continue In further retreat the
cohesion he has been able to- main
tain thus lar. Isl 3sss
Eliminating the stroke against Riga
the operations in Poland occupy
front Of roughly 500 miles. dtvisible.s
into three principal areas, the Wrist
along the Narew north and west az
WARSAW, the second the center on the
Yistula between Warsaw and Iyan-
gorod, the third in the vicinity OF
Lublin, where the Austrians and Ger
mans are lighting for the railway: The
situation as the British press sees IT.
Is critical and the papers editorial
remind Russia that as 1t checked the
Germans at the gates Of Warsaw last
fall and drove them back when
lin eleven miles of Lublin. so It should
now hold them Ss
Coincident with dispatches from
Russia saying the spirit OF the army
is unbroken and the belief In d iniate
victory is strong comes thee report
that the feeling is growing that
ala ia doing more than Its share in
the war. bearing at present a1naos
the entire burden. These c0mpl amt
according to special correspOndent
are not confined to the rank and dlet
Russian HewspaperS contrast the COL
ossal battle In which their nation
engaged with the comparative mac
ton along the western front.
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