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Show GERflJSlEli -6! STIFFDEF f s RUSSIANS WHILE WIT:-IDRAW, FROM WARSAW DELIVER Fr " ERFUL COUNTER ATTACKS ' : ' It is Not Certain That Russia r. ' Make Good Their Retirement Rr' Warsaw, as Germans Are E-,1 -" 41 oring to Cut Off Retreat. t A The anniversary of the oi;!rt. , . 4 the war was passed without ,t i- i mans occupying Warsaw, Voics A understood to be part of thrir gram. However, news of this c ' to the Austro-German offensive east, which was begun early ja v . j is hourly expected, for what !;-1 '.' formation is allowed to leak t'nr. is to the effect that the Rur-sia:; several days have been withdr; ' to the Brest line, leaving groan .'-!? ' to fight rear guard actions so ' the main armies might make t" their retreat. These rear guard actions ta -; ' veloped at many places into ? large battles, as the Russians. , steadiness has been phenomen-' the face of defeat, are offering 5. , born resistance to the German -j ' vances and delivering powerful u terattacks. For example, thev prevented Field Marshal von H::i ( burg from throwing more of his:: across the Narew; repulstd t; . j attacks to the northwest of Wav and driven back to the river k:l- ' the invading troops who cro-s'i ' Vistula to the south of Warsaw. It is not certain whether t?.e F:. sian armies can make good th :: retirement re-tirement from Warsaw. Certaa:-.---. ' Austro-Germans are doing their to prevent it and have moved up strong reinforcements to hasten encircling movement. The a?s:;:.? of fresh troops also suggests ;!: :. German staff will not be sati.-S: i s. the capture of the city or evtn :.- :-, struction of part of the Russii.3 a"., but, should this be accomplishfd. break the Brest line and fiaaiiy ; 7 to crush the .entire Russian fire-Meanwhile fire-Meanwhile the Germans, ':o pear to have an inexhaustible of munitions, are fighting dt-;;-:..-;. to retain every position whki :: hold along the western front. T: 7 have recaptured part of the t:r. which they lost to the British Hooge and are making an effort :c :r gain what they lost to the Frtr..: 1 the Muenster reigion of A'.saee. An unconfirmed report ccraes ' Rome that the Austrians are r.v; : ing for the evacuation of Trie;:' have already removed the n;ac:i:v; of the munitions factories. |