The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-26
GERMAN LOSSES HEAVY.
Russian Correspondents Tell of
r-:-tn. slaughter 81 9.u-..
Spccld cable De,pdfcl 10 Tur srN

Special cable Dc,pdicl 10 THg svN
LONDON. Dec. 26.--Correspondents with
the Russian army in Poland send from
various headquarters. by way of pstro-
grad, confirmation OF the terrible slaughter
OF the Germans in the battles along the
river sides. particularly on the Bzura. The
correspondent OF the Daily Chronicle tele-
graphing from syradow. in the Bzrra
Valley. says:
at is probable, ~ at LODI thai the
Germans heard from spies the persistent
rumor which as yet lacks confirmation
that retreat was about to be under
tax n by The Russians TO positions nearer
Warsaw. for during the last four days
they have made the most desperate at
tempts to establish 4 footing on the east
en- side OF the river"
ION the night OF December 10 there
were five such attacks at snort Intervals
All round the Russian trenches snrapn,l
rain,d and down the river bank can
great German masses, waver!ug. halt,ns
starting again. The beam, ~ search
lights were thrown upon them and tn
concentrated rrr OF the trenches hley
lanes in their ranks.
"On they rolled into the icy bullet
whipped water up 10 their armpits and
tried to wade across. They 'ri,d In vain.
ana except in one attack the Germans
never succeeded in reaching thu eastern
bank in a force sufficient To- max" the in
tended dash into ;hc trenches which is
common Ia such a minWuV~c. This at
tack was defeated completely. with losses
10 the Germans which wei, h"yond i'm
agination. Whole ba;talious were, hlottcd
al aNi ia. In ..t ..f h.,,,
But on the night Of December 90.
after TWO futile attempts. one of which
was by land, they dragged with them
through the water several mitlailleuses
with which they succeeded in cnhlad ng
the trenches held by the First Slberans.
They actually entered and took a trench.
Two hours later the Siberians. who had
been reinforced. took tine clearing with
the bayonet and drove the Germans back
into the river
1T was horrible rout The German
and Russians fought hand to hand IN tn,
water, each receiving Ucenfurcem.uts "a,
the time. In the end the right bank was
once more free OF the Germans ard
river nifty yards BROAD, was actually
damned with corpses, Wounded AMI
drowning men struggled and were e.
tangled amid the dead. In the icy water
there was a slaughter such as perhaps
had never been seen before"
Tine correspondent of the DdiiV NcicS
Offers the following epitome OF the stu
alton I'm the eastern theatre:
The success OF the Russians In pcne-
trating the German line between opocpo-
ch2no and Tomashow and between Toma-
sh'w and the River pilitzt, In the rea-
OF great part Of the German force. has
tho utmost importance"
Marshal Won II ndtnburg's operations
have been further paralyzed by the COM
plate failure of his southern supports. Tho
Hungarian troops who were sent to 20
land are treking back in widely spread
columns across Gllica and through the
Carpathlans into Hungary for national
defence
Tine Russians have occupied a section
Of The field railway connecting with the
inside line ~ the pr2emysl defence works.
''rhe Government REPORTS ar" that IN
to December 20 the Russians have can
tured i,ii0 German officers and l3l,737
men and 3,lS6 Austrian officers and
22liiT men"