Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-15
Poles Again Withdraw
Line Nearer to Capital
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WARSAW, August 14.-The front is
being gradually brought nearer War
saw. Before Saturdays dawn artil-
lery flashes were visible against the
clouds to the north and northeast.
and at times the bark of cannon could
be heard. People on the roofs of the
highest buildings watched the gun
flashes until the early hours.
Today's communique comedies that
the Poles withdrew further in the
ing it was for the purpose of re-
grouping soldiers. who have fallen
back upon the defense line less than
nineteen kilometers out.
But even more serious than the
approach in that direction, according
to observers, is the situation north
west of Warsaw, where some 2,000
red cavalry are making rapid prog
ress toward the vistula. The cavalry's
right flank, which follows the wing OF
the Prussian frontier, has been REIN
forced by red infantry soldiers, who
have requisitioned the peasants
horses and are following closely upon
the heels of the mounted division.
Northwest Is Guarded.
The Poles say that there is no
chance of the bolsheviki crossing the
VistuIa either below or above War
saw, as the Russians have been doing
habitualiy for 200 years in taking
Warsaw from the west, and that all
precaution in these sections have
been taken.
It is estimated it will require sew
eral days before the reds from the
the newspapers continue confident
that counter stroke will bring the
results desired to free Warsaw from
immediate danger. The reds. how
ever, are making progress daily at
various points, particularly directly
in front of the city and through the
cavalry thrust on the northwest.
The Russians are now facing at
various places the Warsaw defensive
line along which the Polish newspa-
pers for days past have been insist
ing the enemy would be checked. His
drive upon the capital has been car
rying him from six to ten miles daily
in his sweep from the northeast and
east.
Backs to the Capital.
to make their final stand, and many
but not all, of the military observers
are confident that the Russians will
find themselves against an impreg-
nable defense. 1t is to this line that
.the Poles have been withdrawing, sc
as to stand with their backs to the
national metropolis, and it is here
that Poland's best troops now are
grouped.
Meantime precautions have beer
taken against an encircling movement
by reds designed to cross the >Vistula
above and below Warsaw and to en-
ter the city from the west. Warsaw.
defense extends from the fortress o.
Novo Georievsk through the fortres!
of Zegrje through Radzmin, just be
yond which the bolsheviki brought u,
artlllefy To-Day, through CeSloW u
the fortress of Ivangorod, sixty kilo
meters above Warsaw on the Vistula
In their westward drive the reds
crossing the Bug river in the region
of Brest Litovsk, occupied Siedlc
Wednesday and Thursday reache,
kaluszynn. just east of Warsaw. Ka
luszyn is within gunshot distance o
the line of defense.
BERLIN. August 14.-Russian boil
shevik forces captured Soldau. on tn
Warsaw -Danzig railroad about fiftee
miles northwest of Mlawa, Frida
night. it was learned here today. TIL
city was only slightly damaged. TIL
Poles are reported to be retreating t
the northwest
WOULD OPEN SYNAGOGUES.
LONDON, August IA dispatc