Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-14
GVHears Roar
Of Artillery
at 'front.'
GOVERNMENT IS
READY TOMOW
May Retire to Posen
10 Saue Wasaw
From Guns.

BY the Associated Press
WARSAW, August II. am.-The
Russians attacking Warsaw have
worked well toward the rear of that
city's defenses and are attacking
fionsk. within dozen miles of the
Vistula northwest of the Polish capi-
tai, according to Friday nights Of
fetal Polish communique, available
early today.
The statement says the enemy is ad-
vancing toward the Novo Georieysk-
Legr1e sector north Of Warsaw, and
that masses of boIsheviki are attack
ing Nasielsk twenty-five miles north
west OF warsaw and Plonsk ,siX-
teen miles west of Nasielsk and about
thirty-two miles northwest of War
saw.
Ine communiQue announces that the
preliminary attack upon these places
were repulsed by the Poles
me roar or artillery on the battle
front could be plainly heard in Warsaw
today Friday. The Russians have
brought up field pieces in the region of
hadZymln, just south of the Bug OBJ
servers say. however. that the enemy
mas not yet in position guns heavy
enough to reach the city with their fire.
On this northeastern front, along
the Biaiystok road, the Russians were
twenty-one miles from Warsaw, this
mornings newspapers reported.
Try Bold Maneuver.
PARIS. August 14.-Russian boil
shevik generals are carrying out an
extraordinarily daring maneuver on
the fronts north and east Of Warsaw.
according to Prof. Vidou, an eminent
military writer. who has teIegraphed
from Warsaw to the Journal relative
to the campaign.
Northeast of Warsaw the terrain is
particularly difficult. being covered
by the Narew and Vistula rivers. the
fortress of Modlin being an especially
| formidable obstacle. he said. The So
| Wet forces are trying to move far
| ther westward, probably toward
Plock, SO as to take Warsaw In the
rear. But in SO doing they are length
vistula to the Prussian frontier
Prof. Vidou declares that this move
| ment exposes the bolshevik line to
counter ffensive,. which might easily
pierce 1t. even II not delivered in
great force.
Drive to North Continues.
LONDON, August 1.-THE Russian
army is continuing it's drive to the
north of Warsaw and has closely ap-
preached the river Vkra. an afluent
of the Bug, which joins that rive-
close to its confluence with the Wis
tula, near Novo GeorSievsk. north
west of the Polish capital. it is shown
in Fridays official statement from
Moscow. received today. The state
ment reads:
I'm the Sarny region we occupied
Bezhan village.
'Our troops, advancing toward the
River Vkra, have reached points II
miles east of that river. We have
captured Wengrow t3S miles north
east of Warsaw and Lukow ESQ
miles southeast of Warsaw. After
the occupation of Wyszkow (26 miles
northeast of Warsaw We have aIi-
vanced to the west, south and south
east.
I'm the region of Vladimir Volynski
(on the southern front near the CAL
ician border) we are continuing to
advance.
In the Crimean sector, in the Oriak-
hoff region, our cavalry is fiercely en-
gagged with considerable enemy
forces"
Refugees jam DnnziE.
LONDON, August 1.-THE rush of
Polish refugees to Danzig. reported in
has created such a serious situation
there that Sir Reginald Tower, the
high commissioner for the free city
under the league, has decided not to
allow any one to enter its territory
except emigrants with American vises
on their passports, en- route to the
United States, says a Danzig dispatch
to the London Times. All the refugees
are examined on the frontier of the
free city's domain and are. turned
back unless the American vises are
on their papers.
been organized now contains 5000
persons