BULGARIA

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 269, 13 August 1915, Page 5

BULGARIA

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ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT. A GERMAN COMMUNIQUE RUSSIANS STILL RETIRING. ATTACK FROM KOVNO FAILED. (Reed 12.35 p.m.) BERLIN, August 11. A communique states that Von Hinde,nberg easily rpeulsed a strong Russian advance along the Riga-Mitau Road. There is no change northward of the Niehien.. A strong Russian attack from Kovna failed. We captured 2008 here since; the Sth. We are advancing east of Lomza in in the direction of the Bohr-Narew line The enemy still, holds the head at Wymna. The entire Russian line, is retreating and our pursuing troops crossed the . Caerwcny eastward. We captured the railway junction f - -south-east of Ostrow. The Russians ar e evacuating Ben~jaminow fortress, eastward of Novogeorgievsk. Our airships bombed- Ncvogeorgievsk and Brest Litovsk. Prince Leopold's left wing, pursiIng has reached Kaluezyn. Von Woyrsch, upon the right wing, stormed rearguard positions on both sides of the Olenka, Avestward of LuTtov, capturing 1000.

AS THE GERMANS FOUND WARSAW ONLY AN EMPTY HUSK AN OFFICER'S DESCRIPTION. LONDON, August 11. The "Daily Telegraph's" Rotterdam correspondent states that the first German descriptions of the, entry nito Warsaw betray the truth that they hav e grasped an empty husk. Everything of military value has been destroyed, leaving the impression of gaping emptiness. A superior German officer describes the extraordinary character of the fi.ghting when. the ; Russian rearguard with indomitable courage harassed from Praga the. advancing enemy motoring to Warsaw past scorched fields,' burne.d farms, wrecked carts and fresh (graves. They were compelled to stop and remove trees "hich tii e Russians had placed on the roadways approaching the suburbs. Arriving in the city they found a fortress of earthen' walls, with antiquated defence works, endless streams of refugees coming out along the roads and standing by the side of the roads watching the Germans marching in. '.Every window and balcony was occuIpied by residents eager to see the entry. The cafes were crowded, and the shops open.

Though the city was calm, a few hundred yg,rds away on the' river-side the ; Germans were lying behind street barriers and hiding round. corners of houses to fire across the river, where the Russians were entrenched The machine guns rattled on both sides with occasionally a louder greeting from th e heavy guns. Black smokei rose beyond the river, where the Russians continued destruction

RUSSIANS SUPERB IN HOUR OF TRIAL READY FOR MORE FIGHT. LONDON, August 12 Mr "Washburn says: "The capture of Warsaw, undoubtedly«represents the greatest German achievement. in the war, but it is unfair to magnify the importance. The city was not lost through defective generalship or inferiority of troops, but th e inability of .the Russian Empire to convert suickly its vast resources, for war purposes. I've been in and out of Warsaw constantly since the evacuation started, and there has not been the slightest confusion or panic. The troops wer e neither demoralised nor discouraged, though bitterly disappointed. None wanted peace, all saying they must-re-take Warsaw and beat the Germans. If th e enemy found anything valuable in the city all would b e greatly surprised. The army practically vacated the city on Wednesday night, thus , blocking German hopes of causing disaster. Th e Allies can hav e the satisfaction of knowinng that the Russians played the game to practically the last mniute and the .last round of shrapnel, then retired in perfectly good order, leaving to the Germans an undefended city, the' armies throughout the movement acted on a symmetrical plan following a timetable in conjunction with the whole front, and taking the maximum toll of the enemy, then escaping intact. If consider that by capturing Warsaw they have struck a decisive blow to Russia they should recollect that after a year's -warfare they stand to-day on practicably the same point whe,re Napoleon commenced his disastrous campaign. The Russians will gladly fight on indefinitely. We feel greater admiration for them than ever. In the. Galician .successes they fine; in to-day's trial they are superb. EVACUATING DVINSK V ; :-. PETRQGRAD, August 12. -tHvilians are. e-veeuating: v Dvinsjc •■■■: "Government institutions are preparing '-" : t(v u leave'.-"' < ' : "•■"_. '"■ ||»i • "raHw'ay. £;.'

Another officer Avrites: The population did not sleep on Thursday night. Ther e were loud explosions as forts were blown up and military buildings and workshops fired. At 11 in the, evening the control of the city was given to the civil police, and the troops commenced to cross the bridges in masses. At 5 in the morning the bridges were blown up. At 6 an automobile with two German officers arrived, followed by six cavalrymen with lancers decorated with flowers and singing "The Watch on'the Rhine." Higher officers in motor-cars at mid-day. Russian she'll and shrapnel were falling into the town. The German occupation gave the impression of a German town on a festival day, except that flags weire absent.

PETROGRAD THE OBJECTIVE A WARNING TO RUSSIANS. PETROGRAD, August 12. Menshikoff, in an article, in the "Novoe Vremya," says the objective of the German offensive is Petrograd. The distance does not offer insuperable' difficulties. It is necessary to boldly recognise the fact. VIGOROUS RESISTANCE ON THE BUG GERMANS DRIVEN BACK. PETROGRAD, August 12. Official: On th e night of August 9 the Germans peb-slsteritly attacked. We annihilated three German battalions We took prisoner a .hundred. On, the.Wliol 6 . of the Bug we have bepn reinforced and are resisting vigTlte Germans advancing from Cholm have been driven back towards , the river Ufcharka i -awistrians la tie region of ; Slryfti'tea Ssfng teullet*?. *,. j u