RUSSIANS IN RETREAT.

Northern Advocate, 19 July 1915, Page 3

RUSSIANS IN RETREAT.

FIGHTING STEADILY.

HEAVY ENEMY LOSSES.

(Press Assn.—Reed. 9.15 a.m.)

PETROGRAD, July 17

The Germans are pressing hastily into new position north-east of Warsaw and seek to invest all the strongholds around Warsaw, hoping that when the city is captured Russia will sue for peace, but Russia will undoubtedly fight and steadily fall back on the Volga if necessary, inflicting meanwhile colossal losses on the in-

vader,

A large consignment of big guns is expected in the late summer which will put a different complexion on the campaign and doubtless, enable Russia to pour immense forces into Southern and Central Europe.

Official: The enemy on the right bank of the Windawa and Wenta are advancing in the direction of Tukkurn and Altuz. We forced back the enemy's infantry eastward of Popeliany. Fierce fighting was continued on the Widdi front and on the right bank of the Orjuza on Friday, three German regiments capturing the village of Podosia. They gained the left bank of the Orjuza and took thre e Russian guns, but in a furious coun-ter-attack the German forces were annihilated with the bayonet pd the guns retaken and the enemy "expelled from Podosia. The Siberian and Turkestan troop 3 fought an enemy with double their strength and showed admirable valour and perseverance. We fell back on the Malaya district to Ciechanow, the enemy having doubled their reserve. A Cossack brigade, north-west of Radom, captured 280 Austrians and two machine guns. The enemy between the Vistula.and Bug assumed a general offensive and after stubborn fighting slightly progressed on the left bank of the Viprz. The enemy several times forced our barbed-wire defences eastward of the villago of Grabovitz, but were repulsed with rifle and bayonet. Partial enemy attacks at Krylov Sokal were repulsed. We took -prisoners several hundreds.