Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-03

hemnod n.
The Daily Telegraph's Moscow cor
respondent, in a dispatch describing the
| recent fighting at LODI, says:
1.-The town was closely besieged by the
Germans on three sides-north, east and
south. The Russian army was as though
in a sack, but it rallied with great reso-
luton and heroism to a great and dif-
ficult situation.
The battle began November 19 and
was at its height during November q
ing of the I'D that the Russians had
gained a victory. The German army
outf1anked and pushed from the rear by
the Russians. made supreme efforts to
pass by Lodz from the east and the
south Severe bayonet fighting occurred
in the outskirts of the town. This gu
preme effort cost the Germans very dear
They lost tens of thousands of men
1T was a dreadful night and nobody
slept. The whole population gathered In
the public places offering prayers for a
Russian victory"
Spoiled Grand Dukes Strategy.
The story that Gen. Rennenkampf
has been made the scapegoat como.
from the Morning Posts Petrograd cor.
respondent. He hears that Gen. Rem.
nenkampff has been superseded in hit
command because he was two days late
in taking up a position through which
the German armies In Poland Were te
have been hemrhed in. This failure
the correspondent says. robbed Grand
Duke Nicholas strategical scheme OF
its full success a week ago. entailed q
week of heavy fighting and resulted In
the hurrying up of large German rein
forcements.
THE arrival of Emperor Nicholas at
| 81, hA
ues, will be the occasion for the dec
laration of the good news Of the COM
pletion of the grand dukes strategic
plans.
from the west frontier on the Russian
left was repulsed after heavy day-long
fighting Monday. The Russian sue
cesses on the right wing are not yet SO
marked, but the strategic position OF
both f1anks is admirable.
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The Petrograd correspondent Of the
Times points out that by retaking
Strykow the Russians have regained
possession of the Lodz-Warsaw rail-
way. He adds:
There is no perceptible alteration
in the relative positions of the oppos-
ing armies in Poland, and the Germans
apparently still maintain their hold on
the central region west of Lowicz. The
situation remains extremely interesting
and hazardous.
t'The Russians are making progress
in the neighborhood of Cracow. They
are now within eight miles OF the
city"
A dispatch from Venice says that
the Archbishop of Przemysl. who Is
en- route to Rome, is credited in an in
terview published there with declaring
that the situation of Przemysl Is des-
perate and the surrender of the fortress
imminent. The hospitals are crowded.
according to the published statement.
the mortality is enormous and the food
supply exhausted.
Germans Themselves Surrounded.
BERLIN, via The Hague and Lon
don. December 3-Maj. Moralt, the mill
tary writer, In discussing the eastern
situation, in the Tageblatt, says:
The operations around Lodz seemed
to foreshadow the surrounding and an
Inhalation of the Russian main body,
but the Germans themselves were sur
rounded by strong Russian retnforce-
ments from the east and south. The
Germans, however. liberated themselves
with heroic energy from this envelop-
ment and resumed their attacks with
indomitable persistence. The gigantic
offensive movement of the Russians
from Soldau to Cracow has already
'The plan Of campaign, j dsinally