Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-20
STRUGGLE BETWEEN RUSSIANS
AND GERMANS MAY BE GREAT
Err THAN BATTLE OF AisNE.
RUSS RIGHT AND LEFT WINGS
MAKE TOO RAPID ADVANCE
Get Ahead of Center and Germans
Thus Gain Advantase-AlI-Winter
Struggle in Ensrenched Positions
Forecasted by Army Experts, With
Advantage Favorine Russians.
special Correspondence

Social Cores ponuence.l
WASHINGTON. oct 2o.--Of no less in
veres, Than the operations in western
l.,,rnpe is, the tremendous battle now
being begun in the eastern heid. Inc
Russians ana the Germans have en-
tered on the preliminaries OF what may
prove 10 be an even greater struggle
tban the one on the Aisne. The field of
this struggle is along the Nisiuia river
10 the south of Warsaw. stretching
from iyangorod and vicinity 70 ialacIs1.
How long a from; this battle will oc-
cupy before ii is concluded is eonJect-
ural Already. it appears to extend
owe, a distance OF sixty 70 seventy i've
miles
Altho the Russian general staff re-
ports repulse OF the Germans in theI
effort IL take Warsaw and says the
Germans have been pressed back on
me left bank OF the Nistula and IN the4r
retreat two companies We're captured
ii is quite clear the operations thus ids
have been merely the forerGnners o.
heavier lighting 10 follow PronaoiS
the German forces which nave oeeH
driven back constitute advance suara
troops. who have encoLntered the Rus
SLAMS IN such force they nave pet!i
compelled 10 fall back on the maAt
body
Advance Too Rapic
In the operations in the east the
Russian plan has comprehended th'
advance az a tremendous line stretch
ine rom The Baltic 10 the carpathians
The Russian right in East Prussia ana
The left III Gaiicia got ahead OF the cell
ter making the general contour OF INC
Russian line 10 some extent concasr.
Now. the Germans have suddenly, ard
seeuiincls without the Russians hein-
aware % Their purpose. have iaancheu
A tremendous force AT the Russian cen-
Ter and lett center Not only has It peer
necessary for the Russians 10 draw
troops III from their LETT and rIsnt pu
me effect IL plainly seen in the faEt
Inc Russians have fallen back in
Galicia and nave loosened their
grip or, Przemysl. In other words. the
Russians and their campaign by force
of the German operations suddehiA
converted from a great oeffnslNe CAM
iaien 10 !. defensive one The Germans
have taken the offensive on q great
scale here IN accordance With the J"
vorite way OF making war adNo ar"
by ,on de. Gioitz and ali the great Se.
man -trateeists. The car toTses tah
~ iaaser think Of marching on Beria'
at least FOR months 10 come. rms
hayc on their hands the big problem o;
4.ls..-el.ti.il. the Germans not mefeis
nom c,otertng Warsaw, which IS seri-
o,,s,>- inperf,ed, but of preventing the
),aiser. torsses from driving 2 great
hole thru ,heil left center and proceed |
,r- 10 rlil up and crush their left ate.
e.ve-;ry jts c,nnection with the center
Long Battle Predicted.
Critics generally look for long
drawn-out engagement on the hanks 81
tbe yia,ula. The estimates OF 3.ooooeo .
men engaged can not be FAR from cor
rect II REGARDED as the number which
.re likely TO become involved III the
Struggle before it's conclusion.
The nature of the operations III THIS
eastern field will differ much from tne
nature OF those in western frahee'
Russia is lacking in the omnipresent
,.,iiroaa and the perfect highwaS
which are found 50 numerously IT !
France Winter will soon come on and
already SHOWS are falling. Raiiroaos
are scarce and the wagon roads poor.
TRANSPORTATION is much more dificuit
and the reconnaissance work must De
oyer much larger areas and IN more
difficult country. The airship can not
; no used so readily For the service o.
security and information the cavalry
, should be of the utmost importance.
'rl,e Russian regular cavalry ana tns
1-ossacks ought TO give great service IN
this field and they unquestionaoly WIZ
/ IL led properly. What they could do n
the hands of q JED Stuart or Sherloan
may be imagined. Whether the Rus
/; sia n leadership will rise to the occasion
events will prove. On the other nara.
{. the German uhlans in this war nave
shown themselves capable but they are
/ in a different field from the one il
/ France.
Russians Should Win.
In a strategical sense. the Russians
IN the Vistula operations will be on the
=. defensive. Their numbers. their great
! stubbornness in defense, their mounted
I forces. their readiness and adaptability
/ for winter campaigning. put them In ex :
! cellent situat ton to win, always provld :
ing the Russian leadership when it
come to matching itself on great
scale with German generalship proves
its capacity.
II is not unlikely the situation along
/. the yistula will resolve itself into one
much like that along the Aisne in the
/ sense that both sides will entrench and
! there will be long series Of clashes
hack and forth covering not merely
DAYS but weeks and months.