Show r 1 I I 1 d df di i i i I Ii i f f SOVIET ASSAULTS PIERCE MERCE DEFENSIVE EAST OF WARSAW Hope Still Held at Capital That Red Hosts Will Be Stayed Beyond Vistula and andI I THat Capital of Republic Will ill WillBe WillBe Be Saved LONDON Aug 6 A G.-A A semiofficial message from Warsaw Warsaw War War- saw Faw filed last night says the Poles have evacuated between the Bug and the rivers twenty five miles southwest of Lomza Lornza and about five fifty-five miles northeast of Warsaw BERLIN Aug 6 The Thc The German government is determined determined determined deter deter- mined to prevent by all means the entente from sending troops through Germany to help Poland according to a I declaration made in the thc reichstag Thursday by Walter alter I Simons foreign minister r. r Dr Simons intimated if the I necessity arose Germany would fight to prevent such a aViOl a. a I ViOl violation tiO JJ 0 of German e t territory Tito y j t J MaV lV V Aug 5 9 p. p m. m By Associated Press The defensive line linc east of Warsaw has been pierced in several places according to reports from the front Preparations have been begun for transferring the government government govern govern- ment if that move is necessitated by the thc Russian advance Tho The officials ho however ever still sUlI hope I the soviet forces will be bo checked somewhere east of ot the Vistula I May Move to Posen No announcement has been beon made mado madoas as to what place the government I would move o to but it Is reported it would be Posen or miles southwest of ot Warsaw near the Silos Inn frontier Of the developments along the eastern defense defenso line Une the word from rom the front shows show that after a halt of or several days while reinforcements were brou brought ht up and supplies supplier forwarded forwarded for tor- warded alon along the tho river the tho forced crossings s of ot the Bur Bug at ata ata a a. number of ot places At one point southeast of ot the soviet troops are are- reported to have crossed the river In large numbers Russian Strategy Str Tonight's from h headquarters headquarters head head- ad- ad quarters announced that the tho Russians Rus Rus- Russians had forced the BUG BUI In the re region region region re- re gion of ot about seventy miles east of ot the tile capital this being a L part of ot the soviet movement to outflank the defenders of Warsaw ar The Poles counter attacked d. d and firce fighting Is continuing B Botwen and Brest Lil to sk the continues the Poles launched a counter attack against the Russians who had h crossed the tho Bug Rug below Brest to sk In the region of ot which is In the hands of the tho Russians flue Rus clans the they recoiled for an attack attach which compelled the Poles Polaa to evacuate evacuate ate ato Just to the west of the river On Prussian Border Border- There was fl fighting hUng at various arlous points to the south but without gains for tor th tho i Russians The soviet troops troop have been checked In their westward push alon along the tho Prussian border the tho statement statement statement state state- ment announces They h have vo reached In an advance apparently designed to bring them to the War War- saw-Danzig saw railway Military observers observers ob ob- servers a assert this Is 18 part of or f the i Russian outflanking movement planned to encircle the capital nUllS Russian Ian gains are arc conceded north and east of or Warsaw where the so soviet soviet so- so viet let forces are regrouping for tor what t may be tho the final exertion in their 1 attempt to bring Poland to their terms of or peace ace price by directly threatening threaten threaten- In ing her capital Owing to the tho desperate situation situa situa- situation tion Uon on the front nearest Warsaw I the Kosciuszko J squadron the air force composed for tor the most part of ot Americans Is being transferred from the southern front The squadron will aid in the defense of or the tho Polish capital I The American consulate in I Warsaw will be closed Friday I land I and Consul Is making I preparations to depart Friday night Most of ot ho records al already already al- al rend ready have been shipped awn away I I The American legation here also I also is prepared to close within I I Ia a a very few ow days clays The legation have shipped their baggage baggage baggage bag bag- II gage to Camp Grappe thoI tho the emer emergency ency headquarters of ot the tho American typhus expedition I French Batteries Move Tho The operations of the tho Ko Kosciuszko squadron dron will Viti be begun In its new newfield new I field within two or three days Meanwhile bullet battered haltered tanks which saw service In the great war crumbled 1 through the streets of ot War War- today on tho the way to engage the I Russians rho Tho arrival also began of ot I millimeter Tj guns which the rhe French Frenchu I Iu used u cd el against the Germans on the thew w we tern front artillery det de- de t with these guns JUns aa nH their v. v 1 lift ft for rr the front 1 J I Continued l on p- p paS paS' ge 3 3 c SOVIET ASSAULTS i Continued from tram page pase 1 1 where dele fighting with the Russians was wasla wasla la b pro progress ss These batteries were expected p to begin action on Friday I |