The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-09-18
THIRST AND LEAD FAIL TO STOP
DASH OF RUSSIANS ON LEMBERG


provinces with their front towards
Lublin and Kholm, we're unable n a.
complish anything beyond q single to-
ward march on the extreme left es.t
while the right flank still rested ~
Belz, in their own territory soutbvAs,
Of Sokal.
The left flank moved to Opo!a,d
The line runs thence to Zamost,e s-5
Belz. How much Of this Austrian
right flank suffered defeat during -
combined operations has not seersd
clear, but the forces Of Austria. which
inundated the province OF Poland ara
still referred to in Official reports =
the Austrian main force.
Russia has certainly got e-o1gb
men in position across the fror, n,
this main Austrian army 10 RESTRAIN !,
and victories in other parts Of .bs
battlefield, which extends over ia
miles, have brought large Russian A..
mics hardened by three weeks er1,.
ing and marching, into the rear OF ina
Austrian main forces.
Russia has been conducting In -.z-.
feet secrecy its combined operations
against Austria in two regions ever
400 miles apart, keeping well in touch
with the enemy throughout this er--.
nous distance and further executing
q swift dash into East Prussia. Al.
other 200 miles away. The actual
space covered by Russia's lines IS con.
siderably over q thousand miles.
Russians Strategy Seen.
Over this vast extent the attack
and defense, cavalry raids and recon.
noissances on the part OF all arms,
with temporary successes and occs.
sional mishaps, have been alternating
with one another for weeks pas.
Only now it is possible to penetrate 10
some extent the strategic plans Of The
commander-in-chief, and that only az
regards the operations which have
ended in the victory OF Lvov.
Russia, confident in its strength.
took the risk Of operating with ,vo
separate armies-one entering Ga.c.a
from the extreme east and pushing
vigorously westward, while the other
kept the Austrians employed along 500
or 600 miles OF the frontier.
Precisely by what tactical move.
ments the situation was brought about
/ have not sufficient data 10 judge. but
it may be safely assumed that the
Austrians were increasingly favored
in their attacks and incursions into
Poland until their commanders were
satisfied they had discovered an open.
ing 10 the main positions, when they
concentrated hostility on the Russian
right flank.
Russians Foil Germans.
THE Austrians would be more red.
lily disposed toward this direction as
it brought their main forces nearer 10
the armies OF Germany, which ought
at the same time to have been push.
ing vigorously toward WARSAW. The
Germans. however, were prevented
from performing this part OF their
plans by the Russians invasion Of
East Prussia, which laid the German
left flank open in any attempts to
penetrate far into Poland from the
west.
The Austrials in the meantime
continued victorious in their progress
into undefended portions of Poland
from the south. Early in the war
the Austrians had a line about one
march into Poland and extending
over the whole western portion. AS
this territory was undefended, it was
or should have been sufficiently OBJ
vious that Russia attached little mill
tary importance to it.
The Austrians having secured
their flank, proceeded to drive in
strongly toward Kielce, but not en-
couraged in that direction. finally
found line of least resistance in the
direction toward Lublin and Kholm,
and proceeded to make repeated at
tacks in force with sufficient success
to warrant their generals in making
this the main objective of their forces.
Keep From Alarming Austrians.
While these tactical operations
were in progress Russia was pushing
quietly, and not in too great force to
alarm the Austrian general stat. into
Galicia from Podolia and Bessarabia
In this region the Austrians trusted
to their defense, also strong bodies OF
troops resting on fortified camps at
every river crossing OF this well-wa.
tered district
The Russians carried these in turn,
capturing the valleys of the Rivers Sc
reth or Gmelden and the Luga with.
out apparently exciting any particular
alarm at Austrian headquarters. When
they reached the third river, moving
westward of Foulipa, the Austrians
had evidently taken alarm and des-
perate efforts were made to arrest the
westward progress of this army and
even turn the flank at Halicz or Ga
llela, at the confluence of the Foul