Show GERMANS BY BV RUSSIANS WHILE withdrawing FROM WARSAW DELIVER POW ERFUL COUNTER ATTACKS lit it Is not certain that russians can make good their retirement from warsaw as germans are endear oring to cut off retreat tito tho anniversary of tho the outbreak 0 of thu the war was passed without tile the germans warsaw win saw which was understood to lid ho part or of their program however ineas of 0 this climax to tho the austro german offensive in ili tho the cast which was begun early in ill may la is hourly expected for what little information Is 18 allowed to leak through la Is to the effect that tho the Itus for several beveral lays daya have been withdrawing awing to the brest line leaving small forces borcea to t tight light re reir ar guard so that the main armida ight make good their retreat ic treat these rear guard actions have developed lit at many places into fairly largo large battles its as tho the litte alatis whose steadiness has been phenomenal enal in tho face of defeat ilef cat ure tire offering stubborn resistance to the german Cler maii advances and delivering powerful Dower tul coun bouti I 1 for or example they have prevented meld field marshal von alinden burg from roin throwing more ot of hi lila troops across the narow repulsed german Cler nian attacks to the northwest of warsaw and driven hack back to the river some of nie he invading troops who crossed the vistula to the south of warsaw it 1 is not certain whether tile the itus HUM stan alan armies can inako good their retirement ti from warsaw cor certainly 1 tile tho austro uie are doing their 11 air best to prevent it and have moved up very strong reinforcements to hasten their encircling movement tito the ape ap carance arance of fresh trobia also suggests KResta nii that the german staff will not be satisfied with the capture of tho the city or even the destruction st of part of the russian army but should this be accomplished will break the brest line and finally try to crush tile the entire russian force meanwhile tho the germans who appear to have an all inexhaustible supply of munitions nie are lighting fighting desperately to retain every position which they hold along the western front they have recaptured part of tho the trenches which they lost to tile the british near and are making an effort to regain what they lost to the french in tho the of alsace an ali unconfirmed report romos comes from rome roine that the austrians Aust rians are preparing tor for evacuation the of trieste and slave nave already removed the machinery of the munitions factories |