ken through the
extended positions of Mlodzi, Nome and Kaniewo. The number
of prisoners was considerably increased and four guns were
captured.

From the north of the Vistula to the Pilica the Russians
also have begun to retreat. Our troops in a short engagement
during the pursuit made 620 prisoners.

Between the Upper Vistula and the Bug fighting continues
under the command of Field Marshal von Mackensen. The
Russians have been driven by the German troops from the
hills of Biclaczkowice, south of Piaski, as far as
Krosnoskow, and both these places have been taken by storm.
The fire of the Siberian army corps could not ward off
defeat. We made more than 1000 prisoners.

WARSAW'S EVACUATION

_An Associated Press dispatch from London dated July 20 recorded the
doubt in the English capital of Warsaw's holding out, as follows:_

The Morning Post's Budapest correspondent reports that the gradual
evacuation of Warsaw has been ordered by the Russians.

Continued successes of the great Teutonic movement against the Polish
capital were indicated in the German official bulletin received from
Berlin this morning. This stated that the Russians were retreating
along the whole front between the Vistula and the Bug. The bulletin
reads:

The Germans have occupied Tukum and Windau (Province of
Courland).

Between the Vistula and the Bug the battle continues with
unabated violence.

The Austro-Hungarians have forced a crossing of the Wolicza
River in the neighborhood of Grabovetz and advanced across
the Bug to the north of Sokal, the Russians having during
the night retreated along the whole front between the
Vistula and the Bug.

The Germans captured from July 16 to July 18 16,000
prisoners and twenty-three machine guns.

[Illustration: Scene of German operations in Courland]

That German columns have occupied Tukum, thirty-eight miles west of
Riga, and Doblen eighteen miles west of Mitau, is admitted by an
official statement issued at the headquarters of the Russian general
staff. The same report admits that the Austrians have gained the right
bank of the Volitza and have crossed the Bug River on a front reaching
to Sokal. The bulletin says:

On the Narew front the night of the 18th the enemy took the
offensive, capturing the village of Poredy, on the right
bank of the Pissa River.