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\ • THE GERMAN PUNS .WOULD CUT RUSSIAN ARMIES FROM SUPPLY DEPOTS MEANS A LONGER BATTLE Four -Teutons I Czar's Annies Depend Upon Great Supply Statloni Intend to Deprive Them of Rail road Communication, Breaking Them Up Through Lack of Food. -> Many people are wondering when the German fight on Russia will let up, and Her armies be sent to the west or the south to operate against, other foes. That the plan of the Central Empires is more stupendous than was at first recognized is grad ually becoming apparent. Walter E. Ives, formerly a lieu tenant in the Prussian Dragoons, writes an interesting explanation of the aims of the general staff of the Teutons. His article appeared in the New York Times, and if his expres sions are correct the mass of the German armies will continue their struggle against Russia for a consid erable length of time. He says: Since the fall of Warsaw interest in the military situation has largely assumed the character of a specula tion as to what will be the next aim and, accordingly, the next move southeastward the German general staff. The assumption is generally' pre dominant that the near future will bring a renewed vigorous offensive of the Teutons on the a\ ost front, or an invasion of Italy or,t?erbia, made pos sible by their going on the defensive along the Xar£w-Yistula,Wieprz-Bng and DniesfeV line in the east. ' This view betrays a misconception of tl>0 military situation in general, the magnitude of the German- operations in the east in particu- '. The military sit’iation is mostly I'kened to that of the days of Napol eon's invasion of Russia, and numer ous critics Indulge in a comparison of the two campaigns against Russia, deriving from it the prediction that the Czar's country is unconquerable, and that, consequently, the Germanic allies are doomed to failure. The maximum strength of the en tire Russian forces at Barclay de Tol ly’s and later Kutusow's command exceeded at no time four hundred thousand men. Divided into< three, mostly not co-operating armies, the Individual, comparatively small units could be easily provisioned from va rious small bases of supplies. When the enemy's advance would threaten one. anbther would be at the Russlamarmy’s disposal. Thus, never feverely beaten in battles, which they always avoided, the Slavs never ceas ed to be a constant menace to the French armies. To-day it is* not a question of provisioning from three hundred thoviand to four hundred thousand men. but one of supplying from five million to six million sol diers. For this purpose, and In particular regard of Russia's comparative scarc ity of big cities and inadequate roads of communication, four great cen tral provisioning depots, Petrograd. Moscow, Kiev and Kharkov, were for years prepared, and are now estab lished in the Russian empire. All operations of the armies north of the province of Volhynla are ulti mately based on Petrograd and Mos cow; those from Volhynla and south of this province are based on Kiev and Kharkov. If the Russian armies in the field can be rut off from all qr any part of these four central bases of supplies, the remaining subordi nate provisioning depots will in short time prove inadequate to provide for the enormous numbers of troops. Once the sources of all supplies have been dammed the Russian arm ies may be considered as eliminated from the conflict, for a withdrawal behind these centres into a country topographically, economically and technically wholly unfit and unpre pared for the maintenance would mean their dissolution into numerous units unable of co-operation. The German advance, on the other hand, while it gradually draws fur ther from its great supply centres, Koenigsburg, Thorn, Posen, Breslau, Cracow and Lemberg, will find plenty of subordinate centres strategically, economically and technically well fit for adequate provisioning of the vast armies,-su«h as. for instance, Lub lin, Warsaw, Vilna, Riga, etc., and modern means of comihunicatlon in western Russia, though not equal to t West European means of travel and transportation, are altogether differ ent from the few miserable post roads in th© times of Napoleon the I., and have hohr cut distance between War saw and Moscow into less t'l an'one- fifth of the original length. The plan to follow up a Russian retreat can, therefore,^be carried out on a basis entirely different from- i that of I&12, and before all, uullke vthe French Emperor’s adventure, it has a certain and definite aim—the severance of the Russian armies from their only vital bases of supplies— while th© campaign of Napoleon was bare of all strategic objects, merely undertaken to carry French power glory. ln.to Ahe.capital of the only unconquered rival. And so the course of strategy, which'the German staff will, further on pursue, can not be doubtful. The Teutons will cling to their most for- rrjiJdable enemy in the east until he ' is definitely crushed. The soundnese of this reasoning is indicated by the magnitude of the operations un^er way on the eastern front. For the mere capture of a city a campaign so gigantic that Us pror portions will never be even approxf- cojtfpived hv thw _ lasmsjL. jams. would have never been launched How Utile the preset operatloas Is evRleted burg In the north and von Macken- sen in the south had co-operated to that end and had failed.. However, the objects of the north ern and southern offensives, for the time being at least, are not at all directly co-operative. While von Mackensen’s operations are directed against all Russian troops which age based on Kiev and Kharkov, Field Marshal von Hlndenburg's strategy aims at the Russian armies supplied from Petrograd and Moscow. If this theory Is correct, the first step of the Teutonic general staff most have for Its object the separa tion of the Russian northern armies from those of the south; then to operate against the two groups of Russian provisioning centres in the north and south separately* The only direct railway communi cation between both groups of Rus sian armies leads from Kiev over Sarny and Kovel to Brest-Lltovsk. All other communications eastward from the latter fortress, the most southern of which runs oveiv»Pinsk and Gomel at an average distance of one hundred miles from the Kovel- Kiev road, lead to the bases at Petro grad and Moscow. The vast country between both roads is swampy and wholly unfit for military operations, and traversed only by one single one-track road, connecting both main roads between Sarny and Luninez. A glance at the general staff map will show that the possession of Kovelytherefore, virtu ally separates qll communications be tween the Russian armies of the north and oyihe south. The dl^fectfon of Field Marshal von Macken«en'8 x a^lvance will consequent-, ly, la all probability, thortly be found .^jrswing again eastward and later The. control of the Lubltn-Chelm-Kovel railroad must therefore have been the principal aim of his northward movement. Kovel,, and then Sarny, the last link connecting the north and the south shoqld now be the object of von Mackensen's centre; Luzk and RowV no that of his right wing. ^ To the Austrian armies along the upper Bug, the Zlota Lipa and Dnies ter, will fall the task to engage and detain the Russian forces opposing them, in order to enable von Macken sen to cut them off from the north east—from Kiev and Kharkov. The field marshal's left wing wiU prob ably remain in co-operation with the Austriau army northeast of Lublin, which, under Archduke Joseph Fer dinand, will continue to drive against Brest-Lltovsk. Serious attempts to take this stronghold of the first class by force will hardly be attempted. The army of Brest-Lltovsk, form ing the extreme left of the battle front of the Russian northern arm ies. extending over Blalystock to Grodno, and Kovno. must fall a vic tim to Field Marshal von Hlnden- burg's operations, directed from the northwest, from the provinces of Kovno and Courland, where they have now assumed the proportions and agained the significance which I predicted fftr them in an article in tiie New York Times as early as May 5. All movements along the Vistula and the Narew are now but of sec ondary Importance. Their object Is merely to detain as large a body of Russian troops as possible, prevent ing them from supporting the Rus sian armies protecting the Vllna- Dunaburg lap o/ the railroad to Pet rograd, the capture of which would atnomattcftTTy seat their fate. This, the Russian staff can not have failed to recognize, and it is hard to understand why they have clung on to the western part of the Narew line so long. and. even harder, what could have possibly been the Object of dooming a large garrison to capture In Novo-Georgievltch, the strategical importance of which had vanished with the abandonment of Wartaw. The natural course would have been the abandonment of Novo-Geor- gievitch simultaneously with War saw, and subsequently the gradual abandonment of the positions 1 along the Narew from Its mouth, In co operation with the gradual retire ment of the armies from the Polish capital. Clinging too long to Novo- Georgievitch and the western part of the Narew-front may become a source of great regret to the Russian general staff. Meanwhilaiiall hopes for the Rus sian armies of the north rest on Kov no. The road through this fortress is the best and most direct to reach the Petrograd railroad at Vilna. Fur ther northeast, between. 'Wilkomlr and the,region west of Dunaburg, the country is extremely difficult for an advance. At the same time, Kovno forms a menace to the right wing of General von Buelow’s army. £rom Kovno, in the direr Aon of the mouth of the Niemen, if at all, must come the Russian counter- stroke. While it would have a fair chance of temporarily, at least, checking the German advance on the principal Russian ‘‘bread line,” the capture of the fortress on the other hand would doom the campaign of a great part of the Russian northern armies. x If Kovno should fail, Grodno, the centre of the Kovno-Brest-Lltovsk front, the Brest-Litovsk, would not have to be forcibly taken by ihe Ger man troops now pushing forward from the Narew and Bohr region; it would become void of its strategic value, and would have to be volun-; tarily abandoned. , A further Russian retreat would now necessarily converge from aM'[ J 1 roqds on Minsk, from where the only road of escape leads east toward Smolensk and Moscow. With Vilna and Dunaburg in their hands, the Germans would, therefore, undoubt edly aim at the Minsk-Smolensk line. Thus the campaign will continue to be a relentless struggle for the four principle arteries of the Russian fighting machine. In which part they can be Intercepted is irrelevant. One cut, be It effected at Blalystock, or hundreds .of miles further northeast, ■—> Ptraabwffrw uut I'MH!. “Wr Yf TO ATTACK TH _1— , ALLIES TO TRY TO RETRIEVE RUSSIAN DISASTERS , FIERCE FIGHTS NENEWED N1CH0LLS AGAINST MORGAN IN CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARY Allies Now flee the Immineat Neces sity of Taking the Dardanelles Be fore Germany Can Make Use of a . Gateway to Turkey—German Com mander Removed. London, Wednesday: Recognition of the importance to the Allies of forcing the Dardanelles to retrieve Russian reverses, is demonstrated by the sudden landing of British forces in the vicinky of Karachali, on the north of the Gulf of Saros, and re sumption of the offensive both at the southern end of GalllpoU peninsula and north of Gaba Tepe. The Australians and New Zealand ers recently have been strengthening their positions at Gaba Tepe. The new landing place on the Gulf of Saros, being on the flank and rear of the Bulair lines, if developed, would menace the strong Turkish defenses across the neck of the peninsula. - The grand duke of Mecklenburg, according to the Athens correspond ent of the London Star, has been ap pointed commander-ln-chief of the Turish forces in the Dardanelles, suc ceeding Field- Marshal Liman von Sanders. With reference to the change in the head of the German alliance forces in the Dardanelles there is some ob scurity. ' Field Marshal von Sanders has beeq one of the leading figures in the reorganization of the Turkish mili tary system under German tutelage. With Field Marshal von der Golz, also a German, he has been active in directing the Turkish army during the war. and for a time was in charge of the Ottoman forces at the Darda nelles. It was reported last month that he had been seriously wounded in a bat tle o.n GalllpoU peninsula. Later It was said his injury was sustained at the hands of Turkish soldiers. Eitver Pasha, Turkish minister of war, wka said to have assumed command of the forces on the peninsula, and it was reported that Field Marshal von Sanders had been recalled to Berlin The Allies are making greater ef forts to force the Dardanelles—and thus succor the Russians, hard press ed by the Austro-Germans, and at the same time influence the Balkans. For some time the Dardanelles news has been cheerful for the British. While no details of operations have been given out, the public has been told that the hope for a successful issue Is brighter. Th# British, statement reads: ‘‘Sir Ian Hamilton reports that fighting at several points on Gallipoli peninsula has taken place during the last few days. Substantial progress has been made. "In the southern zone two hun dred yards on a front of three hun dred yards "has been gained east of the Krithia road and has been held In spite of determined counter-at tacks which have been repulsett with heavy losses to the enemy. Repeat ed attacks by the Turks elsewhere In this zone were beaten off. "Several attacks by French corps have been made, and their whole hearted co-operation has proved of the greatest assistance. ‘‘In the Ansae zone a footing in the Chunuk Bahr portion of S&ri Bair also Has been gained and the crest oc cupied after fierce fighting and the successful storming of strongly held positions. Here, too, the enemy’s losses have been considerable. The advance was commenced at night un der cover of% searchlight, from a de stroyer. ‘‘Elsewhere a fresh landing has been successfully effected and con siderable progress made. ‘‘Six hundred and thirty prisoners have been taken, together with one j Nordenfeldt. two bomb mortars, nine 1 machine guns and a large number of bombs. Scattered about are quanti ties of the enemies’ rifles, ammuni tion and equipme t.” • Constantinople reports: “In the Dardanelles Saturday night, under the protection of the fleet, the enemy landed a part of his new forces in the environs of Karachali, on the north of the Gulf of Saros, and the re mainder on two points north of Ari Burnu. We dispersed, completely the enemy forces which landed near Kar achali, which left behind some twen ty dead. “North of Ari Burnu the tro<J{>8 which landed made a slight advance under the protection of the fleet. We repelled attacks and took some sol diers jind officers prisoner. “We achieved considerable success near Seddul Bahr in beating back at tacks.” Voters of Fourth District Select Sac- : —■ v ' • --— : _ ' cesoor to Judge Joseph T. Johnson. Sam J. NichoMs of Spartanburg and B. A. Morgan of Greenville will make the second race for the Demo cratic nomination for congress' from the Fourth district, according to nearly complete unofficial returns re ceived in the special election to fill seat vacated by Federal Judge John son. A. H. Miller of Greer ran third in the race, his total vote being near ly 1,000 below that of B. A. Morgan, the second man. The total vote accounted for is 14,625, which is probably within 2, 000 of the entire vote polled in the district at the first primary Tuesday. Of this number Nicholls received a total of 4,802, Morgan 3,612, Miller 2,532, W. W. Johnson of Union 1,- 785; Ira C. Blackwood of Spartan burg, 1,144, and R. J. Gantt of Spar tanburg 150. The second primary wifi be held Tuesday, thp 24th, 'The county Democratic executive commit tee will hold a meeting at noon Thursday in the county court house HfittllNGjOES ON EASTERN OPERATIONS INDI- NO HOLDING UP PRAGA i LONZA FALL SHERIFF MAS FIST WITH PIEDMONT Petrograd Reports man Troops Operating Riga, But Kovno is Facing diate Attacks—German Armies in Poland Continue to Gain Ground. London. Wednesday: There is no indication that the Germans have withdrawn or are preparing to with draw any considerable portion of their forces from the eastern front. The offensive which led to the fall of Warsaw has not been relaxed and the position of the retiring Russians Is still perilous. Partial dismantling of Vilna pre paratory to evacuation as reported from Petrograd, is somewhat puzzling . w i . « . to British cpmmenators, inasmuch as , ’~ u ~ *»"« »*«• the result of the election The vote In the several counties is as follows: Greenville, 45 out of 59 boxes: Nicholls, 1056; Morgan, 2,- 275; Miller, 967; Johnson, 70; Blackwood, 37; Gantt, 23. Spartanburg, 74 out of 86 boxes: Nicholls, 2,467; Morgan, 627; Miller, 905; Johnson, 193; Blackwood, 1,- 325; Gantt, 108. Union, complete returns: Nicholls, 389; Morgan, 69; Miller, 82; John son, 1,418; Blackwood, 41; Gantt, 5. Laurens, 29 out of 33 boxes: Nicholls, 890; Morgan, 641; Miller, 578; Johnson, 104; Blackwood, 41; Gantt, 14. 2,000,000 BU. WHEAT ORDER CANCELLED BY THE ALLIES Either a Sign of Fall of Dardanelles ’ and Entry to Rannla or Ijack of Funds. Cancellation Thursday by repre sentatives of the Allies of contracts aggregating nearly two million bush els of wheat bought for September shipment to Europe was puzzling to the grain trade Friday. Some sea board exporters claimed to have clos ed out open contracts and Canadian exporters also reported some cancel? latlons. James A. Patten, discussing the cancellation, said: “If peace were in sight Europe would stilr need wheat and she would have the credit to get it. Tlie cancellation of ortiern there fore would seem to indicate one of two things: Either Europe has found a source of new supply, which means Russian; or Europe finds that she can not pay.’’ It was said that two of the largest firms which cancelled contracts were the Armour Grain company and the J. Rosenbaum Grain company. Geo. u. Marcy, president of the Armour company, said: “1 am un hie to un derstand what has happened abroad. It must be something important or they would not have cancelled pur chases that show such profits and give them away. Poasibly It Is that the Danladblles are to be opened. But we have no Information. England wants to hold her gold and by buy ing wheat in Canada and Australia she can use her credits and keep her gold with which to buy munitions. If Europe does not buy our wheat freely It will mean much to us and make a great deal of difference in prices." GIVE ENTIRE ATTENTION TO PUSH FIGHT ON RUSSIA may be accomplished st Wllkowiskl. or miles away at Minsk on the other,- will suffice to doom great parts of the Russian army. -> It muft not be forgotten that the Teutons have before them no longer the flower of aa excellently trained 9 of which advanced on them in August, 1914, but an army whose continuous defeats and w hose loss of the greater part of its first line troops can not fail, in time, to have an adverse af- lect. QiLiJLs.moEaIe. an .opponeuLwho, s sorely in need of officers, muni tions and supplies of all kinds. His elimination from the campaign along the lines just mentioned is but a question of time. Not before it has been accomplished will the Germanic hosts turn to the west. Prisoner Killed by*a Mob. Andy Crum, one of the criminals seized on island 37, when the sheriff of Mississippi county. Ark , was re cently killed, was taken from the -JnU a> Oeeelai Arhn Tbnwd by fifteen men and lynched ■ . ' ♦iw » Does Not Mean Intervention. . , The foreign minister In Gen. VU- La’l cabinet stated Wednesday that he did not believe the sending ef to Vera Crns meant Amert- Germans Under von Hindenberg At tain Banks of Dvina and Threat- en Russian Second Line. . r The Baltic flank of the German armies under Field Marshal von Hln- denburg has virtually attained the banks of the River Dv^na between Riga and Dvlnsk, with Petrograd less than three hundred miles away. Thence southward the line sweeps west with the Russian fortress of Kovno still holding out but next week may see a great battle on the road toward the capital. The second line of defense upon, which the Russians proposed to fall back after abandoning Warsaw, has ass the appearances of having been rendered untenable und the British and Russian press is beginning to Hee in the Austro-German plan an ambitious plunge with Petrograd as the goal. . • :■ In the meantime the Russian rear guards are fighting desperately, es pecially in the critical Dvina region and at Kovno, to capture which the Germans are making a terrific sacri fice of men. It seems plain the Germans pur pose no great demonstration in the west but intend rather to press to the utmost their Russian campaign on the theory that conditions in the west are such that neither the. French nor the British immediately will attempt a general offensive. Will be Raised at Once. Wreckets were re»dy Wednesday to begin (he task of raising- the steamship Eastland, which has been since the disaster. ed the German attacks around the fortress of Kovno, which is sixty, miles northwest of Vilna. Except in the region of Riga, where the Germans evidently have been checked, the Germans and Aus trians still move forward. Their pro gress Is not unhindered, however, for the Buscovltes continue to fight vari ous rear guqrd battles. Lomza, the Russian stronghold on the Narew, has been captured, the fortress of Kovno is threatened, and Vilna. 225 miles northeast of War saw, is being evacuated by the civil ian population. The Teutonic drive eastward and southeastward to the north of War saw, directly east of* that city and to the south on the east bank of the Vistula, still Is in progress, while In the region between the Vistula and the Bug and along the Vleprz, the Russians continue to fall back before the oncoming Teutonic allies. Starting in northwest Russia, where the fortress of Kovno is close ly pressed, down through Poland to a point below Warsaw and thence eastward across th> Vistula and northeastward between the Vistula and the Bug. the Germans and Aus trians. according to Berlin and Vien na, are drawing more closely togeth er the lines which threaten to clear Poland entirely of the Russian armies. Field Marshal von ftlndenberg's troops north and northeast of War saw are pressing steadily east and southeast and a ring of besiegers has been formed around the fortress of Novogeorgiersk. the last stronghold on the Vistula line remaining in Rus sian hands;. Praga. the eastern sub urb of Warsaw, on which the Musco vites fell back when they evacuated the Polish capital, has been captur ed; the railroad from Warsaw to Lublin has been crossed between Ivangorod and Garwolln, evidently with the idea of moving on to Lukow. Farther eastward and southeast ward between the Vistula and Bug and along the Vleprz the Russians are still falling back, but at some points, especially between the Vteprs and the Bug, they contl'.ue their re sistance. The big of prisoners at Warsaw was small, Berlin declaring that only a few thousand were taken. Nor has the numbe* of captured by Arobduke Joseph Ferdinand been large, Vienna asserting merely that the number of men captured by him “has been in creased to eight thousand.'’ The occupation of Praga, reported by Berlin, brings to a dramatic cli max the first phase of the drive at Warsaw and Poland. Praga is essen tially a part of the Polish capital with great railway stations on the roads to Petrograd and Moscow. Few de tails have been received of the final stand at Praga, but indications are that the Russian withdrawal became imperative as the German lines grad ually were drawing together, Warsaw now is the apex of a vast letter V, the arms of which are the *iver Narew on the north and the Vistula on the south. The German lines along the rivers are contract ing as the armies in the north and those in the south approach each other. The strip of territory across which the Russians may withdraw to safer positions now is barely more than thirty miles across. Petrograd reports a German re treat In the Baltic region: “On the roads to. Riga Monday night, after hand to hand fighting, w.e successfully repulsed several Ger man attacks, although they wefe sup ported by powerful heavy artillery. “After combats the same night and the fbllowing day in the direction of Dwinsk In the region of Schoenberg, Ponemunck and Vilkon^ir (northeast of Kovno, the enemy, yielding to our pressure, began to fall back, leaving in our hands about one hundred pris oners, machine guns and ammunition chests.” Berlin reports: “On the front In the district of Kovno the attack was pushed forward with continuous fighting, nearer the line of fortresses. During these engagements we took about one hundrecL^moxe Russian prisoners and four cannon. "The troops of the army of Gen Falcke broke through the line of fortresses in Lomza Monday after noon and took Fort No. 4 by storm. At daybreak Tuesday the fortifletr town was occupied. South of Lomza the high road to Ostrow was crossed. Ostrow is still being held by the enemy. “Our troops have reached the Bug from Bojany, west of Brok, to the iriouth of th* river. Mace August 1 tyfwtr-thn-e olHMra and Lm Mad ntea have bma takea prtaoaers la this regtoa. East of Warsaw the Bltteraew papers Carry Sheriff's to-Kill’' Prononacen Postmaster Traxler and Hendrix Rector of Greenville ed in a personal encounter Tu morning as a result oT'Iiot word changed just after a recent poll meeting. The sheriff cursed Mr. ler, It Is alleged, using the Til language at the conclusion of meeting. Mr. Traxler claimed that he dfcd hear the fcnrsitog and later in the ng the sheriff is said to hare apologized to him. However, the sheriff made a statement In the after noon paper^of the next day to the ef fect that heVursed the postmaster to his face and had no apologies to of fer. Tuesday morning tho two met ia> a barber shop and Mr. Traxler told the sheriff that if he had been, going about over the county bragging of having cursed him to his face, be wan a “damned liar.” The statement waa repeated, but the sheriff said he not desire to have any trouble, ally the sheriff started to rise Mr. Traxler struck him a blow in the face. The two men fought for some time before being separated. In the city court Mr. Traxler wgs fined fifty dollars and Sheriff Rector twenty-five dollars. The fight was the outgrowth of bitter factionalism in the county. For some time men cognisant of affairs have looked for a fisticuff If nothing worse. Tuesday afternoon the sheriff asked the press to announce that he would "kill the next man who camo at him, if it means my electrocution in ten minutes.’’ The sheriff stated in court that he had three pistole on his person and that henceforth hn would look out for himself. He says he will stand nothing more. Ill feeling has recently been tensifled by hot speeches which sheriff has made over the county, claims that detectives follow him ttnually, that the rural police fighting him all the time and the-opposing faction gives him peace whatever. ♦ ♦ * t AIR RAIDS KILL 22 Want to Bny 1,000,000 C. O. Robinson of Helena, Moot, made public Friday a cablegram fron Liverpool asking quotations on \r • •• ••• bead of cattle army of Priace Leopold of flavarla has advanced to a point sear the Spanielswow-Nowo Minsk road '^‘•fioathpaatora theatre Tho army of Goo. nan Moyrseh parSaiag tho hod tho dtotrtct at Germane Get 14 and English S am Monday’s Night Ai Berlin reports: “Monday forenc from six to eight enemy aeroplane* attacked Zwetbruecken and Sankt la ic be it. which are outside the military district. From fifteen to twenty bombs were dropped on Zwelbrneo- ken, causing only unimportant mate rial damage. At < ’ankt Ingbert eight persons were killed aad two wound ed.” U>ndoa reports: An attack by Gor man alrahlfis, - which flow over tho English coast Monday night, was an nounced. The statement says one of the airships was damaged by British aeroplanes and was towed into De fend A revised list of casualties result- - tag from the airship raid was given out by the official press bureau Tues day evening as follows: Killed: One man, nine women and four children. Wounded: Five men, seven women and two children. army joined the left wing of group of armies of Field Marshal von Mackensen, who la advancing froaa the south." Vienna reports: “The enemy who retreated from the Vistula front i» being pursued. Austro-Mungarlan and German forces have crossed tho main road from Warsaw to Lublin te an easterly direction between tho railway from Ivangorod .to Lukow and the village of Garwolln. Tho left bank of the Vleprx and the right bank of the Vistula near Ivangorod having been cleared of the enemy- Our troops crossed the Vleprs in o northeast and northerly direction. "The battlefields of Lhbarto and Mlechow showed traces of th* enemy's flight. The oomber of prf» oners captured by the army of duke Joseph Ferdinand has bee* creased to eight thousand. “Between the Vleprx and the the battle cootin—— .. “On the Dniester up to Usdi (near the Bukowina border) troops repulsed the Russians at eral points, capturing sixteen dred men and five machine gui Berlin reports on the day preced ing the fall of Lomxa: “We also have made progress against the northern and western fronts of Lomza. lo th* fierce fighting which accompanied these operations three officers fourteen men were taken while seven machine guns and armored motor car were captured. South of Lomza the Ostrow-Wysekow high road was crossed and the Rus sians, who in certain places offered stubborn resistance, were driven off. “Novogeorgievsk also has been cat off in the east between the Narew and Vistula rivers. “Prega, opposite Warsaw, has been captured and onr troops are advanc ing farther toward the east. “In Warsaw a few thousand pris oners were taken.'* ™ London reports a dispatch from the Austria^ headquarters: ~ '* Operations In the southwestern angle of the battle front in Poland eastward of Ivangorod are embarrass ing the Russian Ivangorod Archduke Joseph Ferdlaand’g at Lubertdw enabled the to cut the ni—ural line of Ivangorod eastward and force across the turnpike froi gorod to Brest-Litovsk. J The Austro-Germans 1 VTO Woyrscb north of have broken through th* tensive lines, leaving the holy a narrow open ha through a difficult country of aad scrub forests. 'I