The "Miracle of the Vistula" (Cudem nad Wisłą) took place as the Army of Poland turned the tide of the Polish–Soviet War, "POLES SAVE CAPITAL; Chief Says Drive on South Menaces Main Russian Army", Chicago Daily Tribune, August 18, 1920, p1 just as Soviet Russian armies had approached to within only 8 miles of the capital at Warsaw near the Vistula River.