| Show u TIGHTEN GRIP ON W WARSAW ARSA W WI I 1 k German Victories Vic cr es in Poland May Force Abandonment of ai Polish Capital by Russians Though They Repulse Attacks Attacks' on Positions West of City ARMY IN COURLAND IS CUT TO PIECES General von Buelow's Forces I Cut Off Retreat and Deliver I Crushing Blow Dispersing i All of Czars Czar's Troops Not Killed Wounded or Captured SOUCHEZ BATTLE RENEWED r t Berlin July Thc l The Overseas O I I I News Neis agency g- g gives es out the following following follow- follow t ing ing- for publication I The rue German people ar are arc expect expect- expecting expecting ing n a decisive lc battle on oli the Russian Rus Rus- inn sian front he result t. t of oJ which may decide Cide tho the y r ten days days days' t the thc A have ha made 1 i j J r T n J rs I or 11 t t I T ON ONDON lI J Tho 24 24 July Tho Austro- Austro Goiman armies armies' seem unable to force folcO tho the from tho the important taut tant taut positions to the imm immediate w west st of Warsaw aw and from t the tho e lute line along the Lublin Lublin-Chelm railway but the German y victories es in northern Poland and anti north of the Polish capital have hav tightened their grip on t the le city and military n critics say that the abandonment abandon abandon- abandonment on- on ment of Warsaw r by the tho Russ Russians again becomes more more probable After weeks weeks weck of or battering the che Carman German German Ger Car man forces for tor the first time have havo crossed the Narow Vitt river north of ot Warsaw Warsaw War War- 1 saw an and now have a considerable i weight of or m men n on n tho south bank ank of or I that river her between the thc fortresses of or I Rozan alJ k which a n. Berlin of official or- or tidal dispatch describes as having been uce stormed irresistibly The Tho communication com com- however Cl does not state whether the tho fortresses capitulated One n Arm Army The fight tIght in southern land Coin ac according according nc- nc cor cording to German Gelman claims has resulted In something akin alln to a crushing victory victory vic vIe tory tOlY such as was familiar In wars of or former years jears ears General von on Buelow's forces having cut off oft the re retreat retreat ro- ro treat and delivered led a bod body blow It Is 18 stet t c 1 1 ht that the tho ip tl th ne r e- e n mans tiring thing troops badly dispersing those which were not nat killed oi wounded or captured That fiat the Russians aro are holding th tho immediate front Is plainly c ev- ev i- i dented b by a Gerin German n official statement which refers only to minor operations in this area and nd tells of a a. comparatiVely comparatively comparatively Insignificant number of of or prisoners prison prison- ers CJ'S taken talton Military critics sa say this indicates indicates' that th I there have been no no se serious serious se- se rious liS attacks on side e which probably means means' that hiat are aie pug ug in Ill awaiting awaiting- reinforcements ts nn and andone some one favorable favorable- lJ W tho n I from their tt li l olds tee Hie in iI in ill co cont counterattacks nt J Tho The 1 ire itt ri ui y the Investment of ot i d' d I l I I not nou-f t patently erroneous t MS tI s thc the r i p b-p speak al' al of ot attacks s west P pC p ch tiro h Uk und Fund up though U claiming that hUrl hurle lt f l laic lC tue C across the to to hO of or tho elt city P cb F nd tt their hick forces ob- ob a 1 foothold on or the Cl eastern bank tit nt Mining a acid d d gr grenade nalle throwing around Souchez about the tho only riot not able event ont along tho the western front and this has hns' brought no change In the tho sit allon The Th Turks again have assailed the British left on the thu H peninsula The rhe attacking party approached the British trenches with the tho snap that tine the they ha kayo hayo o heretofore show II but the Turks withered before tho the machine gun bun gunfire Ira fire and the J British h lost JOISt no ground Today wa was t the h confirmed annl anniversary of oC Austria's ultimatum to Serbia which no so soon loon wa was followed b by the great braat war The rhe Serbian aimy has been heard little of oC for several c lal months but It would cause caUSo II no do surprise c If Ic something sonic some thing dc developed eloped soon HOon along this front with the th Serbian forces 0 |
