Show GERMANS DELAYED BY TIFF DEFENSE RUSSIANS WHILE withdrawing WARSAW DELIVER POW ERFUL COUNTER attacks it in I 1 not certain that russians Ruc iian can make good their retirement pent I 1 irom warsaw aa na german are sAre endeavoring to cut of off retreat the of the outbreak ot at the war was passed without the ger gar mans occupying warsaw varsa which was understood to be part of their iro grist news of 0 this all ax to the offensive in the ease which vas begun early in may 02 s hourly expected for or what little information lr ir allowed to leak through ie 12 to the effect that the russians russian for days kayo ave beba withdrawing adlar tt the brest line leaving email small forces to fight rear guard act actions lons so that the main mate arnies might make good their thew retreat 0 these rear guard actions have de at many places into fairly large battles aa as the russians whose steadiness ha has been phenomenal phenomena I 1 the face of defeat are offe offering rug stubborn resistance reele tance to the german advances and po powerful erful coun ter for example they have prevented field barshal von yon hindenburg g more of his troops across the carew repulsed german attacks to t he northwest of warsaw and driven back to the river some of tue the invading troops who crossed t vistula to tho the south 0 of warsaw it Is not certain whether the russian armlee armies cany cant make good their retirement ti from warsaw Certain certainly lythe the austro germans are doing their best beat tl vi prevent it and have moved up very strong reinforcements to hasten basten their encircling movement the ot of reh fresh gaps also suggests that the will not be satisfied with the of oi the city or even the destruction st ruction n of 0 part of the russian army but should this be accomplished will break the brest line and finally try to crush the entire russian force meanwhile the germans who appear to have an inexhaustible supply of munitions are fight fighting lac desperately to retain stain every position which they bold along the western front they have recaptured part of ehn trenches rillah they lot lost to the british near hoog hooge and are making an effort to regain what they lost to the french in the muenster Mue nater of alsace an unconfirmed report cornea comes from rome that the austrian austrians are preparing for the evacuation of trieste and have already removed the machinery of the munitions factories |