Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-10
REPORTS TELL OF
GERMAN VICTORY
Enormous Number Of Prisoners
Said to Have Been Taken
49,. in Poland.
COMMANDER IN DISGRACE

kampff, Reported Relieved From
command-oermans FoIIed In At.
tempt to Cross Yser-Relchstas
votes Large War credIt---London
Hears Of Capture Of De Wet.
London. Dec 4.-The German forces
In Poland have turned and are now
taking the offensive against the Rus.
SLAMS on new front.
While both official reports indicate
that the fighting in this war area Is
quoting down, there are persistent un-
official reports that the great battle.
still undecisive. is progressing Bit
terly.
That the Russian check is complete
Is admitted by persons who are in
touch with military authorities.
Germans Take 10000 Prisoners.
The Germans assert that in the re-
cent maneuvers they have captured
$4,000 unwounded prisoners.
In the face Of these claims by the
Germans the Russians insist, In a
otatOhCht tbbuCd tufOuku lNOtuCy thdl
their captures greatly exceed this num-
Der.
All agree that the losses on both
sides have been heavy.
1t became known here early this
morning that the Russian failure to
surround and dec.sively defeat the
Germans at Lodz was caused by the
hardness Of General Rennenkampff.
the Russian cavalry leader. He was
two days late. reports say.
AS result of not arriving on time
the general has been relieved Of his
command. Petrograd dispatch says.
Hardness Makes Coup Fall.
The failure of tho Russian coup is
described by the Petrograd correspon-
dent Of the London Post as follows:
General Rennenkampff, whose late
arrival with his army at the appointed
place robbed the strategic scheme of
the grand duke of its complete success
week ago, has been superseded in
his command.
Owing to this army coming into po-
sition couple of days after the time
set the ring Of steel which should have
hemmed in the German armies en-
tirely could not be closed, with the
result that a week of heavy lighting.
with the hurrying up Of large re-en-
forcements by tho Germans, followed.
Germans Turn on cxar's Men.
"The Germans. REINFORCED. attacked
the Russian left on Sunday. The at
tack was. continued with great deter
mination on Monday. the fighting oc-
cupying the entire day. The Russians
were prepared for this outfianking
movement on their left.
"On Sunday these new German
forces crossed the Warthe river at
6ieradz. where two bridges carrying
the railway line and highway faciIi-
tated the crossing. and advanced by
rail and road toward Lask. The Rus
slams did not oppose their advance I'M
til they had reached a convenient To-
cality south of Sieradz. where the
River Warthe has sharp bend.
Good Roads Aid Russians.
From Lask, which is cut by the
railway, run also a half-dozen good
highways. three in the direction of
Fanwitz, to tie northwest, west and
southwest. They served the Russians
admirably, giving them the advantage
OF interior lines. while the Germans
had only the railway embankment.
"Tha WIN ~ The D,..so-
met and stopped the advance on Mon
day. fighting stubbornly the whole day,
while other troops were brought up
by road and rail to cope with the new
direction Of the German attack.
Russian Hold Foe Back.
Eighteen miles south of Lask the
Russians on Monday completed the
good work reported to have cen be-
gun on Sunday when they repulsed a
flank attack of new German forces,
which had moved up from Wielun.
When the fighting was over for the
day the Germans remained In occu.
patton Of Szczercow. On Monday the
Russians cleared them out and then
NA1~S'SAOo sAos uniou6 tu0 IOICSS
holding this neighborhood was q bri-
gade OF Prussian guards with Ave bat
teries. Szczercow is now occupied by
the Russians. ~'he German attack in
enormous strength upon the Russian
left has thus failed.
The Russian center is still occupied
In hammering the surrounded corps
into surrender by heavy cannonading.
which has already continued for a
couple Of days"
Petrograd Report.
Petrograd. Dec. 4.-GeneraI Won Hin.
denburg is still striving his utmost to
retrieve the situation In Russian Pc
land by greatly strengthening his
forces across the southern end of the
German position. It Is believed he
has brought six corps, aggregating
100000 men. into the 50-mile gap from
Sieradz downwards to Ger stochowa,
each corps extending about eight
miles.
These corps must contain a large ad.
mixture Of 4iustrians. as he narrow
gauge German railway line to Kalish
can throw only about eight thousand
men daily upon the frontier. 1t has
been working at full capacity for a
fortnight. but the great bulk of Ger
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