ng the progress
of the armies of Von Mackensen and Archduke Joseph Ferdinand.

By noon of July 21, 1915, the Silesian troops of Von Woyrsch had
stormed the bridgehead on the Vistula between Lagow and Lugawa-Wola,
with the result that Ivangorod was now inclosed from the south, while
to northwest of the fortress Austro-Hungarian troops were fighting on
the west bank of the Vistula. Austro-Hungarian troops too were
battling their way close up to the fortress directly from the west.
Line after line was giving way before the Teutons. The Russian retreat
over the bridge at Novo Alexandria to the south of Ivangorod was
carried on under the fire of German artillery. Numerous villages set
afire by the Russians were now sending great clouds of smoke into the
sky over all this region.

The troops of the Archduke Joseph Ferdinand, after a stubborn
resistance on the part of the Russians, seized enemy positions on July
21, 1915, near Chodel and Borzechow, advancing another step toward
Lublin. Eight thousand Russian prisoners, 15 machine guns, and 4
ammunition wagons were taken.

By the 23d of July, 1915, the Teutonic troops were close up to the
encircling forts of Ivangorod and stood on the Vistula all the way
between the fortress and the mouth of the Pilica. On the 24th the
Teutons announced a victory over the Fifth Russian Army by General von
Buelow at Shavli. The report read: "After ten days of continuous
fighting, marching, and pursuit, the German troops yesterday succeeded
in bringing the Russians to a stand in the regions of Rozalin and
Szadow and in defeating them and scattering their forces. The booty
since the beginning of this operation on the 14th of July consists of
27,000 prisoners, 25 cannon, 40 machine guns, more than 100 loaded
ammunition wagons with their draft animals, numerous baggage wagons
and other material."

This day brought the announcement also of the capture of the
fortresses of Rozan and Pultusk on the Narew, after violent charges by
troops of General von Gallwitz. The crossing of the Narew between
these places was now in German hands, and strong forces were advancing
on the southern shore. The Russians had been resisting obstinately in
this quarter, and the Germans had made their way only by the most
heroic efforts. German headquarters announced at this time that in the
battles between the Niemen and the Vistula covering the ten days since
July 14, 1915, more than 41,000 prisoners, 14 cannon, and 19