THE FALL OF WARSAW

Grey River Argus, 7 August 1915, Page 5

THE FALL OF WARSAW

THE CLOSING STAGES

GERMANS TERRIBLE ARTIL-

LERY FIRE

RUSSIANS HEROIC BRAVERY

(Reed. 1 1. 50. p.m.) ; PETROGRAD, August 6. | The situation at Warsaw on the 3rd \ August was complicated by the th^rd German menace in the shape of the crossing of the Vistula, threatening to break the Line of communication. General von Woyrsch crossed tAvo pontoon bridges at Maciejowice, meeting with no serious resistance until Saturday, when he was thrown back heavily on the river, with the loss of eight hundred prisoners. Germans still retaining bridgeheads, fought stubbornly, pouring reinforcements at such speed that four divisions were across the Vistula en Sunday afternnon and forced the Russians to retire to Carwolm. General vo*n Woyrschs offensive pushed with desperation, proved the most serious attack, menacing Warsaw. The Russian communications' were excellent, but after three months' constant fighting it was becoming difficult to throw large masses of reserves when so many points were attacked j simultaneously. j Eye-witnesses state that it is a marvel that human beings can live in the bell which the German artillery is creating in Poland, yet the Russian soldiers fight bravely, and when the enemy's fcujjs are >m full j blast they rush to the attack dealing , blows as terrible as they are unexpected. They were fighting all day long on Tuesday on the thirty-five mile front against General Mackensen's and the Archduke's packed batteries. After the trenches were destroyed the Russians took refuge in shell pits and when night came charged General Mackensen's phalanx and drove it in headlong flight. The pity was that such a noble victory was only a stage in retreat. The machinery in the Warsaw factories was brought to Moscow. There arc great German cavalry raids from Courland upon the War-' saw-Petrograd railway. It is now expected that General DimitricfT will resume command of the former army defending Ivangorod.