The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-08-12
A. EpEnERIck WERNER,

BY FREDERICK. WERNER.
International News Service Correspondent
Berlin, Aug. From the Baltic
sea to Galicia the Russian army is In
retreat over front approximately 500
miles long. .....-.. ..
ION to Petrograd," has replaced the
battle cry OF "on to Paris"
Ivangorod, the strong Polish for
tress on the vistula southeast OF War
saw, has fallen. .Austro-German troops
entered the city on Thursday. II Was
officially announced here.
Riga Next to Fall.
The evacuation Of Riga, on the Bal-
tic, is expected hourly, as the great
cavalry army OF General Won BuelOw
is less than ten miles from the city
and driving strong against the rear
guard OF the retreating Russians.
After occupying Riga, the German
army Of the north is expected to
strike at the Warsaw-Petrograd rail-
way and cut in two this important
line Of communication. +,
In Central Poland the army OF Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg is pursuing
the Russians who are falling back in
the direction of Brest-Iitoysk, where
they hope to take refuge behind the
extensive area of swampy ground in
that region.
With feverish desperation the Ger
man engineers at Warsaw and Ivan
gorod are repairing the bridges over
the Vistula, which the Russians blew
up before they retreated. o., g..
-. IVangorod Important City.
The evacuation of Iyangorod was
part Of the general plan of Grand
Duke Nicholas to withdraw his troops
all along the line. The city Is an
important railway center. One line
runs into Ivangorod from Warsaw.
another from Novo Minsk, another
from Brest-Litovsk and others from
Radon, Lukow and Lublin. 90,
Three separate armies were in
front of the city, but an official dis
patch from Vienna indicated that It
was the AustrO-Hungarian army I'm.
der Archduke Joseph Ferdinand that
nrBt entered the stronghold.
Before retiring the Russians blew
up the forts which had not already
been reduced by the mighty howitzers
Of the Teutonic forces.
News Of the important victory at
Tvangorod heightened the patriotic
fervor that had been aroused by news
Of the capture Of Warsaw. The city
is gay with flags and pictures OF the
German generals in Poland are dis
played everywhere.
Poland Operations Unfinished.
In the meantime, however, II 10
plainly evident that the gigantic op-
erations in Poland are far from fin
ished. It is the plan OF Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg and Field Marshal
ron Mackensen to pursue the retreat
ing Russians relentlessly and give
them no rest. This is shown by the
fury Of the fighting south of Ostro-
lenka, where the. armies OF General
Won Scholtz and General Won GallwitE
are driving toward the railway Juno
tinn or Ostrow. North of Cholm the
army OF Field Marshal Won Macken-
sen ia pushing northward in the dlrec-
ton Of Brest,LitoYsk, along the Bug
river
That the Teutonic general STATS
have decided to try to outhank the
retreating Russian army In order to
get between It and the swamp area
that lies south of Brest-LitoVsk Is
indicated by the official news that
Austro-Hungarian cavalry is being
sent northward at full. speed along
the east bank OF the Bug. The ad-
vance guard Of this cavalry army .has
reached Uatilug, a railroad town on
the east bank OF the Bug, FIVE miles
from Vladimir Volynsk. Uatilue IA
only about twenty-five miles from the
southern rim Of the marsh land.
II the Germanic forces can get be-
tween the swamps and the retreatine
Russians Grand Duke Nicholas will
have to defect the course OF his re-
tirement toward the northeast IN or.
der to take refuge behind the fortress
OF BrestAtoysk. This would put the
Russians in peril Of the German forces
in Courland and those on the Narew
river front.
Fate Of Russians In Balance.
Although It is now apparent. that
the Russian commander was Able to
get his main army out of warsaw.
the fate OF the Russian forces stilI
hangs In the balance German STRAIT.
egg took into account the possibility
OF successful retreat from warsaw
and It was for that reason that Gen.
eral Won Buelow was sent so tar into
the. north.