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Show lirn VIA l IK I IMS ULlilTirill lllUUfi u GIVEN WELCOME Real Rejoicing Shown When Victorious Armies March Into City of Warsaw. LITTLE DAMAGE DONE Jews, Russians and Germans Wave Hats Joyously to Soldiers Peasants Shed Tears. Berlin, Aug 7, via London. The Gei man troops were welcomed to undamaged un-damaged Warsaw as liberators according ac-cording to the leport forwarded to Berlin by Kurt Aram, a special correspondent cor-respondent of tho Lokal Anzelger Telegiaphing under date of August 5, Aiam places emphasis on the statement state-ment that the city was not evacuated without a conflict The forts were protected by barbed wire, trenches, pitfalls and mines against Infantry attacks at-tacks The city Is not mentioned as having been damaged The inhabitants of the Polish capital capi-tal the correspondent says, filled the streets and welcomed the In marching troops with eeJ sign of real enthusiasm enthus-iasm and rejoicing. The streets were ricbJy beflagged. The Polish peas-ints, peas-ints, who long had been restrained in the city, begrn leaving earlv In the morning for their farms taking their livestock and their household effects They greeted the Germans with tears Joyous Reception Given. The Berlin correspondent of the Berliner Tageblatt confirms the report re-port that the German troops met with a jovous reception- The streets werr filled with Jews, Russians and Germans Ger-mans who waved their hats joyfully to the German soldiers Ma of tho inhabitants penw'e standing in the lclnitv of the castle although an m-fnnlrj m-fnnlrj battle with the Russians was proceeding to the east of the building build-ing The stieet carsjvMo running as usual us-ual the correspondent said, and almost al-most all the shops were opened Very little damage has been done In the 1 rity proper The earthworks about the forts show the German artillery (made many fair hits. Offensive Move Continues, i Tho correspondent at Ivangoiod of the Lokal Anzelger points out the occupation oc-cupation of that fortress in itself is less Important than the fact that It makes possible an important increase of concentric pressure on the Russian troops in south Poland The offen slve of the armies of Archduke Joseph Ferdinand and Field Marshal von Mackensen ho adds continues northward north-ward and the effort on the yet unchanged un-changed east Gallclan front is likely soon to make itself felt. |