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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1915
Page
9
German forces tighten hold on Warsaw area with the Ivangorod railroad line reportedly cut off and plans to sever the Petrograd line, threatening siege conditions for Russian troops. Fighting lingers on the Narew and southeast fronts, while Argonne and Vosges clashes continue. Italian Isonzo battles wax larger with disputed progress claims. Gallipoli engagements remain minor but favorable to the Allies.
Allied armies push into South Poland in a decisive fight for the Chelm Lublin Ivangorod railroad corridor. Russians retreat from forward positions and fall back to a main southern line. cannonade reportedly heard at Czernowitz.
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Vienna dispatch summarizes an official German Austrian communique on July 22 describing allied breakthroughs west and south of Ivangorod and along the Radom to Nowa Alexandria corridor. It notes Soviet retreat to Ivangorod and the Vistula, heavy enemy losses, and 8000 prisoners captured.
Italian and Austro German lines remain locked with heavy exchanges near Gorizia and Doberdo. The Italians repulse several attacks on Monte Sabotino and near Selz while countering near Schraussina. Gas bombardments fail and the Doberdo plateau holds after four days of intense fighting.
Berlin via London reports Austro German forces pushing toward Warsaw forced Russian retreat to Ivangorod fortress and besieged it. Text notes west of Argonne progress, Meuse Moselle artillery combats, French attacks near Leintrey failing, Bavarian troops repelling assaults near Reichssackerkopf, plus prisoner gains and aerial victories. Eastern theater notes large Russian retreats from Lake Rakiewo to the Niemen and advances near Shavli with prisoners and materiel captured.
German airmen defeat three French fliers over the Muenster valley. Four thousand Russians captured northeast of Shavili as Germans gain. Russians pushed back south of Vis tula toward Warsaw. Austrian forces close to investing Ivangorod fortress near Warsaw. Turkish attempts at the Dardanelles repulsed by French and surrendered to British. German attacks on Little Reichackerkopf collapse with losses. French aviators bomb German station near Autry. Typhus and cholera spreading in Serbia. Capella and Nordlyset burnt after submarine attack. Austrians recapture near Scraussina from Italians. Italian gas attacks near Pevna fail. Four days of battle on Doberdo plateau unresolved. Numerous prisoners and guns taken. large bridgehead near Lagow and Lugowawola stormed. Austro-Hungarian and Silesian forces advancing in many sectors.
Paris reports a suburb of Arras bombarded and enemy airmen attempting to strike Camp Chalons. Artillery actions noted in Artois and at supply routes near villages and railway stations. incendiaries caused no damage.
Reports describe heavy bombardment between the Meuse and Moselle in Woevre and Le Pretre. French forces repulse a German reconnaissance east of Pioncourt. In the Vosges, north of Münst er, the summit of the Linge was seized after a stubborn fight with a foothold established south of the summit in Schratzmanele quarries and Barrenkopf wood.
Official communication from Petrograd reports desperate fighting across the eastern front. Battles along the Narew and Vistula corridors, with Cossacks counterattacking German units and large prisoner captures near Potourjitze. Russian forces push toward Chelm and Ivangorod while Austro German offensives press from Lublin to Krasnik.
The Italian war office states that the situation in Tirolo Trentino and Carnia is unchanged, with the Isonzo offensive advancing from Monte Ner o to the Carso plateau. It notes enemy attempts to sever the line failed, gains include 500 prisoners and material, and aerial reconnaissance shows heavy enemy reinforcement efforts.
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