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Show I WARSAW FALLS ItlTO HftNDS OF GERMANS H PRINCE OF DAVARIA LEAD3 H TROOPS INTO PC-US H CAPITAL H ABANDONED OY RUSSIAN8. B Retreating Russians Are Fighting Only H Rear Guard Actions In Poland to H Allow Their Main Army to B Make Its Escape Intact. B The (IcnnanH nro In poHcaslon of Hj Warsaw, capital of Poland, and tlio H third InrgcHt city in tlio Russian cm Hj plro. llavnrlnn troops entered tlio Hj city Thursday morning, August 5, B Laving taken succCHBlvcly tlio Hlonlo 1 lines anil thu outer and inner fort H roasoH the city itself, tlio Russians Hj only lighting rear guard actions to B allow their main army to mako its B escape. H While to the Davuriuns, command- m cd by I'rinco Leopold, has fallen tlio H honor of taking over Warsaw In tlio B name of tlio German emperor and his B consort, who nro expected to mako a H vtato entry within u few days, tho B rcal conauerors are tho troops light- H ng under Field Marshal von 1 linden- burg, along thu Nurew liver to tho m northeast; to tho Austro-Gcrmans, 1 who crossed tho Vistula to tho south 1 of tho city, and to tho armies of ttw 1 Austrian archduko, Joseph Ferdinand, 1 and tho German Field Marshal von M Jlackonscn, which are advancing M northward between tbo Vistula and 1 ilug rivers. H Tho Husslans nro fighting deeper- m atcly and Btubbornly to check tho H progress of theso four armies and B havo had several successes, Inflicting M heavy Iobsos on their pursuors; but H thoy nro being steadily pressed back, B which mado the longer occupation ot H tho Warsaw Polish salient a hazard- M ous undertaking. B Even now, although tho steadiness H of tho Russian troops and their llercc 1 counterattacks have gained much val- H uablo time for them, it Is problematic H cal whether tho whole Russian army H will succeed in reaching tho now po- M eltlons chosen for It, or whother, it it H should get there, it will not find those H positions turned by tho Austrlans H who havo crossed tho Dug southeast H of Chelm and tho Germans under Gen- H eralB von Scholz and von Gallwltz, H who havo crossed tho Narow. H At tho northeastern end ot the B line, tho Russian communications nro H threatened further by General von H Iluelow, who Is advancing toward H Dvjnsk on tho Vllna-I'etrograd rail- H way. Indeed, tho Austro-Germnns M havo set thrco traps to catch and de- B Btroy tho Russian nrmy, Nono ot H thorn was sprung, but ono was so H -near to closing that Grand Duke H Nicholas was forced to evacuate H Warsaw' and now is lighting with all H his might to prevent tho others from H cutting off his rotreaL H Thus fur ho seemingly has been H successful, for although tho Garmunu H claim thu capturo of a largo number H of prisoners, tho nggregato is small H when compared with tho immense H forces engaged. In addition tho Rus m lan guns uparcutly aro well on their H way, to tho rear. H . Tho Russians aro also preparing to B ovneuato Riga, tho port on tho gulf ot H that name In tho north. Tho arrival H ot tho Germans ten miles south of H that city already has been the cause H lof tho civilian population aopartlng. H While expressing tho fullest contl H denco in tho future, tho llrltlsh mill- M tary critics mako no attempt to bo- 1 Ilttlo tho nchlovumcnts ot tho Ten- H tons or the effect their success Is likely to havo in tho near east and m tho H What tholr next movo will bo Is a H matter ot conjecture. Some military B observers bollovo they will continue H to attack the Russians In tho hope ot H finally crushing then, a task which, B- it is considered, is rendered difficult H by tho fact that tho Russians In tholr H retreat lay tho country wasto, mak- H ing it necessary for tho Invaders to H bring up every ounce of food required Hj for their army, H Other observers think Serbia will H bo attacked, so as to impress tho Dal- H kan states which remain neutral, Hj -whllo Btlll another group looks for a B big offensive ngalnst tho Franco-Brit- H Ish-Uelglan lino in tho west. All ot H tho observers aro of tho opinion that 1 'wherever tho now operation Is begun H It will bo on a big scale. H Tho Germans also have had local B successes in tho west, recapturing on H the crest of the lino In tho Vosges a m portion of the trenches which tno m French took from thorn some time |