The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-28
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THE AUSTRIAN
CAMP PA|GN
BELIEVED THEIR WHOLE PLAN
HAS COLLAPSED. SoRTIEs At
PRzEMYsL DESCRIBED AS LAST
FEvERIsh EFFORTS.

Petrograd. via London, Dec. U-I
The war expert of the Novoe Vrem-
va, In summary Of the war. publish
ed today, refers to what he calls the
Collapse of the Austrian campaign
In Galicia; the lack Of cohesion on
the part of the German armies to the
north of Cracow and the logged per
severance, but waning spirit, of the
Germans at Sochazzew," which, he
SAYS, described the situation in Po-
land
This observer adds:
THE lack of success OF the Austrian
Army on the Sanok-Lisko front devi-
talized all the Austrian operations in
Galica. The fate of Przemysl has
been a weighty factor with the Aus
trian general staff, which placed great
importance on the cooperation of the
garrison in this fortress with the ar
my advancing through the Pezlaboretz
pass. The unsuccessful sorties of the
garrison of the fortress and the fail
ure to effect a junction with the field
army caused the collapse of the en-
tire Austrian plan. The Przemysl sor-
ties were the last feverish efforts of
the garrison's expiring energy.
Russians Took Offensive.
Following the failure of the Aus
trian army on the SanokLiske line"
the writer continues, the entire cam
paign weakened so our counter attacks
became more and more effective. Final
ly the Russian armies took the Often
sive along the entire front The Aus
trians lost all interest in their Galicia
campaign when they failed to relieve
Przemysl They began with high spir-
| it's and lurge hopes, based on the CO.
| operation of fresh German troops,
which had not as yet fought In Russia;
| reliance was placed also on a stimuli
| taneouS attack on a large scale by the
German army before Warsaw. At the
present time there is fighting going
on near Bolimow, on the Bzura, in the
| Valley OF the Pilica; on the banks of
| the Nida; along the River Dunajec in
Galicia and in the foothills of the
| Carpathians There is no cohesion 9th
er than that resulting from isolated
episodes. Although large forces are
engaged on both sides, there is no fun.
! damental unity to the strategy of the
enemy Even the daily struggles about
| Sochaczew show that the German per
severance is merely the hope of break
/, ing through the Russian right, but
these attacks are fare less fierce than
| they were when the armies we're in
| full swing. In this fighting the Ger.
mans used the bayonet to a much
greater extent than in the previous
operations.
Russian Endurance Unbelievable.
The fighting on the Bzura shows an
almost unbelievable endurance on the
part OF the Russian troops. These lead
| to the belief that having held these
positions for so long on the swampy
banks of the Bzura, the Russian forces
can now spring at the enemy and ov
erwhelm him"
"On the Galician flank everything
favored the Austrians. They had Ia
ken positions on the banks of rivers
and hoped to hold out against the Rus
slams, but the manner in which the
Russian troops crossed these rivers
wading waist deep, sometimes ever
up to their nCcks, in the icy waters
and under a continuous fire of small
arms and artillery fire, overthrow tn,
Austrian calculations.
"All Russia is talking of the way
Russian soldiers crossed the DunaieC
River They were neck deep in the
water. and even lost men by drown
ing. A similar exploit is recorded in
the LiSko front. Here two Russian
regiments waded the Ytslo River
stormed the opposite bank, held bach
the Austrian artillery and infantry and
took four officers and $50 men pris
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