ating troops hastily brought up to stop their advance. By August 1
two entire German army corps reached the right bank of the Vistula.
Ivangorod, now threatened from all directions, could evidently not be
held much longer.

The fortress surrendered on August 4, 1915, after a violent
bombardment of the outer forts had taken place, beginning on the first
of the month. Austro-Hungarian troops under General von Koevess
especially distinguished themselves in the attack on the west front.

CHAPTER LX

WARSAW FALLS

The retreat from Warsaw began during the night of August 3 and 4,
1915. Already the city had been stripped as far as possible, to judge
by reports from Petrograd, of metals, such as church bells and
machinery that might possibly be of use to the Germans. A portion of
the civilian population left the city. The Blonie line just to the
west of the capital was given up under pressure from the Teutons on
the 3d. While the retreat was taking place the Russians gave all
possible support to their forces defending the Narew lines, so far as
they still were maintained.

Desperate charges were hurled by the Russians against the Germans
moving forward all along the front Lowza-Ostrow-Wyszkow. The bravery
of the Russians, especially in their counterattacks on both sides of
the road from Rozan to Ostrow on the 4th of August, won the admiration
of the Germans.

The correspondent of the London "Times" reports that on August 4,
1915, there was probably not over one Russian corps on the west side
of the Vistula. "Half of that crossed south of Warsaw before 6 p. m.,"
he writes, "and probably the last division left about midnight, and at
3 a. m. on August 5 the bridges were blown up. The Germans arrived at
6 a. m." The formal entry of the Polish capital was made by Prince
Leopold of Bavaria as Commander in Chief of the army which took the
city.

[Illustration: The central figure is Prince Leopold of Bavaria, who
led the victorious Teutons into Warsaw, August 6, 1915. The Prince
with his staff are posed before Warsaw's magnificent cathedral.]

The formal announcement issued by the German Great Headquarters on the
5th of August read: "The army of Prince Leopold of Bavaria pierced and
took yesterday and last night the outer and inner lines of forts of
Warsaw in which Russian rear guards still offered stubborn resistance.
The city was occupied to-day by our troops."

[Illustration: Advance and Capture of Warsaw.]

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