Show demea BY STIFF DEFENSE WHILE withdrawing FROM WARSAW DELIVER POW ERFUL COUNTER ATTACKS it Is not certain that russians can make good their retirement from warsaw war aw as germans are endeavoring to cut off retreat tho the anniversary of the outa outbreak reak of 0 the war was passed without C the e cef a mans occupying warsaw which was wah understood to be part of 0 their program however news of this climax to the austro german offensive in the east which wits begun early in slay may la Is hourly expected for what little information formation Is allowed to leak through la Is to the effect that tho the russians for several days havo have been witha withdrawing cawing to the brest line leaving small forces to tight light rear guard actions so that the main armies might mako make good the their I 1 r retreat these rear guard actions action 1 have developed at many places into fairly large battles as the russians whose steadiness has been phenomenal in tile face of defeat are offering stub born resistance to the german advances and delivering powerful coun ter attacks for example they havo prevented field marshal von handen burg front from throwing more ot of his troops across tile carew ro repulsed pulsed german attacks to tile the northwest of warsaw and dri bilven v en back to tho the river some ot or th lb invading troops who crossed thu the vistula bistu to the south of warsaw it is not certain whether the russian ilu armies can make good their retirement tj ti from warsaw Certain certainly lythe the austro germans are doing their best to prevent it rind and have moved up very reinforcements to hasten their encircling movement the ape arance of fresh troops also suggests that ti the le german staff will not be satisfied fled with the he capture of tho the city or even tile tho de of part of the russian army but should this be accomplished will break the grest brest line and finally try to crush the entire russian force the germans who appear to have an inexhaustible supply or of munitions are fighting desperately to retain every position which they hold along the western vestern front they have recaptured part of the tren trenches clips which they lost to the british near hongo and are ara making an ellort to regain what they lost to the french in the SIu Alu euster enster of alsace an unconfirmed report cornea comes from rome that the austrians Aust lans rians are preparing lor for the evacuation of trieste and have already removed tho the machinery or of tho the munitions factories |