The Penn's Grove record., 1915-07-23
TEUTONS GUNS BOOM WITHIN
RANGE OF POLISH CAPITAL
Won HINDENBURG CLOSES IN
Won Mackensen, in South, Within 10 Miles Of Objective
Lublin ChoIm RaiIroad--Germany's Great Effort in East.
WESTERN FRONT SCENE OF FIERCE ARTILLERY FIRE

London.-The Austro-G German ring
Of steel about Warsaw has been
frightened. The Petrograd official re-
ports bear out the German claims of
success from Riga in the north all
around the great arc sweeping to the
westward and southeast again into
Galicia.
The peril to Warsaw is accentuated
by the Russian official communication,
which says that German columns are
within artillery range of the fortress
Of Nowo G~eorgievsk, the key to the
capital from the northwest and only
about twenty miles from it.
The official statement of the Rus
sian War Office says the guns Of the
fortress of Nowo Georgievsky have
shelled the heads of the oncoming
columns.
All along the line from the Baltic
to the region of Sokal, across the Bug
River in Galicia, the Austro-Ge Germans
are advancing and, though the fight
Ing is severe, the Russians almost
everywhere are falling back before
vicious attacks or retiring voluntarily
to new positions.
Several more positions guarding
Warsaw fell, one of them, at Bloniei
less than twenty miles from the city
Further south Grojec was taken, and
German cavalry are astrice the Inn.
portant railway between Ivangorod
and Radon.
There has been a flash of British
activity in Flanders, where $50 yards
of trenches were taken.
The French also made attacks
which, the Berlin official report as
serted, were repulsed. French air
men bombarded German supply sta
tons. Little damage was done to the
city, but the aviators all returned
safely.
Progress for the Italians on the
Isonzo front, especially on the
pleateau of Carso, is claimed by
Rome. The Italian forces have beer
directing their attack against thu
b%ridgehead at Gorilla. At this poin
they occupied several Austrian
trenches, but, according to the Aus
trian official statement, they wer'
driven out.
BERLIN CELEBRATES VICTORIES
Paris.-In one of the creates
movements in the history OF wal
fare, the Austro-G Germans continued
their offensive against the who'll
Russian front from the Baltic on tn
north to Bessarabia in the south,
/ distance of about a thousand miles.
Reinforced by four corps. OF Ger
man troops from the west and Gel
man reserves from the home stations
the combined armies of the Kaise
and Emperor Francis Joseph are re
ported to have pierced the Russian
lines at several points.
Although no figures are given, tn
dispatches indicate that the losse
are staggering, and that the gain
have been made by terrific lombard
ments and bayonet charges, mucf
close range fighting having been re
ported.
Berlin was gay with flags and tn
whole population celebrated wit
great enthusiasm from early In tn
morning till late at night the al
nounceds victories of Field Marsha
Won Hindenburg.
In the Baltic provinces, General vol
Buelow, using large forces OF cavalry
has crossed the Windau River and
moving toward Riga.
In the Przasnysz district Won Hi
denburg, in his fourth attempt t.
reach Warsaw, has twice broken tn
Russian lines and compelled the de-
tenders to retire toward the Marcy
River.
In southern Poland Field Marsha
Won Mackensen, having rested hi
army, is again attacking the Russian
vigorously and reports the capture Q
some Russian advanced positions b.
tween him and his objective, the Lut
lin-Cholin Railway. This railway ]
a most important line Of communities
ton.