Evening star., 1914-11-24
GERMANS WHIPPED
|NPOLAND BATTLE,
IS RUSSIAN CLAIM
Gen. Won Hindenburg's Army,
Which Menaced Warsaw, Re-
ported in Full Retreat.
KAISER SENDING TROOPS
FOR ANOTHER BIG FIGHT
Check to Teutons' Advance Not Re-
garded as Deciding the
!: Eastern Campaign.
NOT A SURPRISE TO BERLIN
View Taken There Is That It Was
to Be Expected Cars Harassed
Army Would Speedily
Be Reinforced
KAISER SENDING TROOPS
FOR ANOTHER BIG FIGHT
NOT A SURPRISE TO BERLIN

LONDON, November 24.-Gen.
Won Hindenburgs army, which
last week was sweeping toward
Warsaw in its second advance
through Russian Poland, today is
reported from Petrograd to be in
retreat, after having experienced
serious reverses inflicted by the
Russians, who, with reinforce
ments, made a brilliant stand be-
tween the Vistula and Warta
rivers. ...
Another Big Battle Expected.
While the extent and the COM
pleteness of the German defeat
was not known here, the very fact
that Gen. Won Hindenburg had
been checked was by far the big
gest feature of today's war news.
The same dispatches that tell of
his reverses, however, say that
the German reinforcements were
being brought up, so that another
great battle is likely to develop
on a line nearer to the frontier OF
Posen, where the Germans will
have the same chances of renew
ing a vigorous offensive as had
the Russians in the present in
stance.
Army of 4oo, 900 Men.
Gen. Won Hindenburg has about 40O.-
600 men, but if the Petrograd report
can be accepted they have been sepa-
rated. badly cut up and thousands TAX
en- prisoners, SO these German forces
will require reformation and rest, after
the severe punishment inflicted upon
them following their daring advance
into the heart of Russian Poland.
The Times Petrogrsd correspondent,
in a dispatch supplementing one de-
claring that private advices received
in the Russian capital had confirmed
the reports of Russian victory over
the Germans in Poland, says:
According TO unofficial information
reaching here the German army of 400
00G, which made an irruption between
the Vistula and Warta rivers, has been
broken up into several parts, one Of
which was compelled to divert its
course southward and another north
ward.
Apparently in each case the Russian
forces succeeded in getting behind
these disjointed corps and inflicted
upon them great losses.
The Germans are believed to have
suffered very heavy reverses ar Breze-
ziny and Tuszyn. 1t is impossible as
yet to give even approximate figures"
Warsaw Seriously Threatened.
The Daily Telegraph's Petrograd cor
respondent intimates that the German
crown princes army during the last
dve days threatened Warsaw. but was
severely repulsed. The correspond
ont says. however. that his forces ar
rived alarmingly close to Warsaw be-
fore they were finally checked
AT Plock," the correspondent con-
tinues. Ave German corps were op-
pUsed by only two Russian corps.
which, after putting up a desperate
defense, were compelled to retire. This
Ieft the road toward Warsaw open and
the Germans pushed ahead, stalking all
on arriving at Warsaw before rein
forcennents could be brought UP, leav-
Ing their line of communication to take
care of itself.
The Russians made a stand on the
Bzura river. though the position was
not the most favorable. The Germans
were always in superior numbers, but
= numoeI OF Russian corps were NOV
Ing speedily against immense difficult
ties of transportation toward the
threatened quarter.
Flanks Protected by Rivers.
But for the German skill in retire.
ment. they would be in a perilous posi-
tton. They are in a long tongue of
land between the Vistula and the
Warta, depending entirely on these
walls of water to defend their fanks.
No commanding general would take
such chances unless he knew that it
was impossible to smash through on
his flank This is not impossible. Cen
Rennenkampf is operating in the north
Let this hint suffice"
A dispatch to the Morning Post from
Petrograd. dated Monday. says:
Emperor Nicholas. visiting the
wounded In the Tsarskoe-Selo this
afternoon. told the men that news ha6
been received of Russian success be-
tween the Warthe and Vistula rivers
| where two entire German regiments
were taken prisoners.
IT Is reported that the emperor was
| in extremely cheerful mood. From this
II is presumed that the turning point
| really has been reached in the battle
| and though no official announcement OF
this victory has yet been made. it is
generally believed the news the en-
peror had was better than he thought
necessary to convey to the wounded
soldiers.
.It Is also reported unofhcially here