So much for the latest news. Earlier reports showed that
the chief pressure was from the north, and that on the Narev front the German troops were fighting desperately to deecend upon their prey. Again, on the west front of Warsaw—i.e., the Bionic position—they were said to have driven the Russians back to the outer line of the fortress. To the south of Warsaw that portion of the enemy who were already across the Vistula were making considerable pro- gress, and the attack on Ivangorod had actually begun. General Maekensen's advance was, however, still being stub- bornly contested. Taken as a whole, the week's fighting in Poland has been of a most violent and sanguinary character, and we may feel sure that the German and Austrian armies have not merely suffered greatly in killed and wounded but are approaching the point of exhaustion.
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