The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-08-12
TEUTONS TAKE WARSAW.
Honor Of Taking Over Polish Capital
Falls to Prince Leopold.

London, August 5.-The Germans
hold Warsaw, capital of Poland, and
the third largest city in the Russian
empire. Bavarian troops entered
the city this morning, having taken
successfully the Blonie lines and the
outer and inner fortresses Of the city
itself, the Russians only fighting rear
guard actions to allow their main ar
my to escape. While to the Bavar-
ians under Prince Leopold has fallen
the honor of taking over Warsaw in
the name of the German emperor and
his coDsort, who are expected to make
state entry within few days, the
real conquerors are Won Hinden-
berg's troops fighting along the Ma r
rev river to the northwest, the Aus
tro-Germans who crossed the Vistula
to the south of the city and the ar
mics of the Austrian Archduke JOS
eph Ferdinand and the German field
marshal, Won Mackensen, advancing
northward between the Vistula and
the Bug rivers.
The Russians are fighting desper-
ately and stubbornly to check the
progress of these four armies, and
have had successes, inflicting heavy
losses on their pursuers, but they are
being steadily pressed back, which
made the longer occupation Of the
| Warsaw Polish salient hazardous
undertaking.
Even now, although the steadi-
ness of Russian troops and their
fierce counter attacks have gained
much valuable time for them, it is
problematical whether the whole Rus
sian army will reach new positions
chosen or whether, If it should get
there it will not End those positions
turned by the Austrians, who have
crossed the Bug southeast Of Chelm,
and the Germans, under Won Scholz
and Won Gailwitz, VINO have crossed
the Narew.
At the northeastern end Of the line
the Russian communications are fur
ther threatened by Gen. Won Bue-
low, advancing towards Dvinsk, on
i the Vilna-Petrograd railway. In
deed, the Austro Germans have set
three traps to catch and destroy the
Russian army. None Of them was
sprung, but one was so near to clos
ing that Grand Duke Nicholas was
forced to evacuate Warsaw and now,
is fighting with all his might to pre-
vent the others from cutting off his
retreat. Thus far he seemingly has
been successful, for, although the
Germans claim the capture of many
prisoners, the aggregate Is small
when compared with the immense
forces engaged. In addition the
Russian guns apparently are well on
their way to the rear.
From refugees, who left Warsaw
some days ago and have arrived at
Moscow, it has been learned that
Warsaw, even at that early date, had
been denuded Of virtually every
thing that might be useful to the
| Teutons. Factories have been strip
ped Of their machinery and all war
stores moved into the interior OF
Russia, and the. government of the
city left to the Polish population.
The Russians are also preparing
to evacuate Riga, 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 con-
fidence in the future, the British mil
itary 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. Since early in May, when
they started their great counter-of-
fensive, in western Galicia, against
the Russians, who were, debouchins
through the Carpathians onto the
plains of Hungary the troops Of the
Germanic powers have cleared the
Russians out of Galicia, with the ex-
ception of narrow strip Of territory
in the southeast, have recaptured
Przemysl and Lemberg, taken Lublin,
Chelm and Warsaw and in military
occupation of virtually the whole Of
Poland. 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 them,
task considered difficult by the fact
that the Russians in their retreat lay
the country in waste. Others of the
observers think Serbia will be at
tackled to impress the Balkan States
while still others look for big Of