FALL OF WARSAW.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4002, 7 August 1915, Page 5

FALL OF WARSAW.

CLAIM BY ENEMY COMMUNIQUES. FRINGE LEOPOLD SAID I® HAVE EiIEREi THE CITY. / , RUSSIANS FALL MOH INFLICTING TERRIBLE LOSSES. HOW THE ENEMY CARRIED THE VISTULA. A TERRIBLE MASSED BON ATTACK. CEASELESS REINFORCEMENTS TELL A TALE. (United Press Association.—Copyright.) BERLIN, August 5. Oiiieuil: Warsaw has been taken. It is reported in Berlin that Prince Leopold of Bavaria's army on Wednesday night captured the outer and inner line of forts at Warsaw, the Russian rearguards stubbornly resisting. The Germans occupied the city on Thursday morning. .Many buildings at Ronigsberg have been converted into hospitals to accommodate the flood of wounded from the Eastern fro) :. The Russians are contesting every yard, inflicting terrible .loss s. All the towns in East Prussia are overflowing with wounded. The fall of Warsaw caused a great demonstration and extraordinary scenes of enthusiasm throughout Germany. Official bulletins indicate that the Russians retreated in good order. Little booty was left—nothing of a military value. It is announced that August 5 will be entered in German calendars as Warsaw Day. (Received August 6, 7.10 p.m.) The streets of Berlin are heflag'ged and church hells are ringing, while the entire population is in a transport of joy over the fall of Warsaw. The. newspapers are publishing long articles upon the fall of the city, pointing out the importance of the fortress and paying tributes to the splendid deeds of the Austro-German leaders and troops. Petrograd reports that, Russians at Ivangorod evacuated the left bank of the river, blowing up the bridges.' The correspondent of the “Lokal Anzeiger" telegraphs: — “The Russians left Nadarschin yesterday after dominating the town. People can be seen hurrying up the roads with property and a great number of cattle and burning villages and farms can be seen everywhere. All the roads are placarded. We are twelve kilometres from Warsaw.”