Show STIFF RUSSIANS WHILE withdrawing FROM WARSAW DELIVER POW ERFUL COUNTER ATTACKS it Is not certain that russians can make good their retirement from warsaw as germans are endear orina to cut off retreat the anniversary of the outbreak of the war was passed without the ger mans occupying warsaw which waa understood to be part of their pro gram however news ot this climax to the austro german offensive la the east which was begun early in may Is hourly expected for what little in formation Is allowed to leak through Is to the effect that the russians for several days have been withdrawing to the brest line leaving small foicey to fight rear guard action so that the main armies might make good their retreat these rear guard actions have developed at many places into fairly large battles as the russians whose steadiness has been phenomenal in the face of defeat are offering stub born resistance to the german ad vances and delivering powerful coun ter attacks for example they have prevented field marshal oa hinden burg from throwing more of his troops across the isajew repulsed german attacks to the northwest ot warsaw and driven back to the river some ot the heading troops who crossed the vistula to the south of warsaw it Is not certain whether the rus sian armies can make good their re ti rement from warsaw certainly the austro germans are doing their best to prevent it and have moved up very strong reinforcements to hasten their encircling movement the ape arance of fresh troops also suggests that th german staff will not be satisfied with the capture 0 the city or even the destruction st of part of the russian army but should this be accomplished will break the line and finally try to crush the bentlie russian force meanwhile the germans who ap pear to have an inexhaustible supply of munitions are fighting desperately t retain every position which they hold along the western front they have recaptured part of the trenches which they lost to the british near hooge and are making an effort to regain hat they lost to the trench in the muenster of alsace an unconfirmed report comes from rome that the lans are ing for the evacuation of and have already removed the machinery of the munitions factories |