DESCRIPTION OF THE BATTLE AT WARSAW.
SHELLS BURST WITHIN FOUR MILES OF CITY.
FIERCE CONFLICT RAGES FOR FIVE DAYS.
ENEMY RETREAT TO AVOID BEING CAUGHT IN VICE.
'Revived October 50, 12.30 a.m.)
Pethograd, October 2S.
The conflict before Warsaw was conducted fiercely for five days, and long trains of wounded came in together with bands of German and Austrian prisoners. Villages were burning in all directions. German shells burst within four miles of the town, yet the city remained thronged with people. Even aerial visitations did not cause a panic among the populace, although 50 were killed and 99 injured. Villages were, taken and retaken many times in the fluctuations of th«. battle.
The German trenches were admirably constructed as for a long stay, but the precision of the Russian artillery wrought desolation among the invaders. The Russians forced back the German wing beyond the Kalasch Road, while cavalry from the north cut into their rear.
The Russians crossed over ten miles of country south of Warsaw unopposed and found that the German retirement had begun. The enemy were afraid of being caught in a vice by the Russian armies operating north and east. The retirement was unexpected.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15753, 30 October 1914, Page 7
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