BATTLE OF WARSAW.
THE GERMAN RETIREMENT. Petrograd, Wednseday. 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. Gennan sheila 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 inCured. Villages were taken -and retaken many times in the fluctuations of the battle. The German trenches were admirably constructed as for a longstay, but the precision of the Russian artillery wrought desolation among the invaders. The Russias fnorced back the German wing beyond the Kalasch road, while cavalry from the north cut into their rear. The Russains crossed over ten miles of country south of Warsaw unopposed and found 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 unes-
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 717, 31 October 1914, Page 5
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169BATTLE OF WARSAW. King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 717, 31 October 1914, Page 5
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