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Show RUSSIANS I1G IlfUASI STAND EMPEROR WILLIAM INTENDS TO MAKE STATE ENTRY INTO THE POLISH CAPITAL. French Make Another Bid for the Valley of Fecht, While the Italians Continue on the Offensive on the Corso Plateau. A series of great battles to decide the fate of Warsaw is being fought to the northwest and south of that city. Having successfully retired to positions on the rivers and being well flanked by fortresses, the Russians have turned and are fighting desperately desper-ately to stem the Austro-German onslaughts. on-slaughts. Immediately to the west of Warsaw, War-saw, on what is known as the Blonie-Grojec Blonie-Grojec lines, the Russians have suffered suffer-ed a reverse and are retreating toward to-ward the Vistula, Further south the army of General von Woyrsch is making mak-ing progress toward the same river, which has been reached at one point. To the south of Ivangorod Field Marshal von Mackenzen, who is directing di-recting the offensive between the Vistula Vis-tula and the Bug, has reached the Russian lines and here the greatest of all the battles is being fought, for the possesion of the Lublin-Cholm railway. On the resistance the Russians are able to offer along this front, where the Austro-Germans are making their biggest effort, probably depends the success or failure of the Austro-German operations. Apparently the Austro-Germans feel pretty certain of the outcome, for it is said that Emperor William, who is at Potsdam, has sent for the empress in order to make a state entry into the Polish capital when it falls. - The French have made another bid for the valley of the Fecht, in the Vosges. They have' delivered several attacks which have been partially successful and have captured the heights dominating that valley from the east. About the same time French airmen dropped bombs on Kolmar. Beyond this and a German attack in the Argonne, which the Germans Ger-mans claim met with success, and another German attack in the forest of Apremont. which the French assert as-sert was repulsed, only artillery engagements en-gagements have occurred along the western front. The Italian offensive on the Isonzc continues, and Rome reports further progress, particularly on the Carso plateau. |