The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-11-19
NOW GERMANS FAILED
EOTAKEWARSAW WHEN
WAS IN THEIR GRASP
Flstspsscription6 Of Gen. Won Morgen,s Sensational Ad-
vance Into Poland is Written BY Eye Witness.-Ger-
mans Withdrew SO Quickly, Even the Cossaeks
Couldn't Keep Up With Them,

scouts pursuing him conld not find
him after he had gone 20 miles.
The Germans' plan had been to
seize Warsaw and the whole of the
Vistula line and intrench there for
the winter. They retreated on Pilitza
but the4 Russians drove them thence
and now they are established on the
River Wartlie in strong defensive
works. They will confine themselves
to keeping the Russians out OF Ger
many till matters are decided in the
west.
Saw All the Fighting.
| was able to see all the fighting
on the extreme, front because of my
friendship with Russian officers
formed during the Manchurian war.
From the station of Prhshkov, six
miles south OF Warsaw. 1 ~traversed
the whole Russian line. The Ger
mans were driven from Prushkov a.
few hours before my visit, but fight
ing continued on the outskirts.
crossed the fields to. Sokoloffl
amid a frightful bombardment. n
saw one big German she'll alight un-
der the gnarled and exposed root Of
an enormous tree. When the smoke
cleared away the tree was lodged in
the top branches OF some other trees
close by. 1t had been torn mp by the
roots and shot upward hundreds of
feet with terrific velocity.
The curious effect of these mon
Htrous shells passing close to ones
head is that they produce nervous
collapse, deafness, numbness and
frequently insanity. I personally help
led Ii the rear. a dozen soldiers thus
afflicted. More dreadful sights [
never saw. Now there are two hos
pitfalls In Petrograd and Moscow for
such soldiers with more than 1000
patients In each.
Noted Dancer Wounded.
Among the wounded is Dolsky,
the most graceful Russian ballet
dancer, who like all other dancers
volunteered for the Pavlowa
and other women dancers are serving
as Red Cross nurses, doing splendid
work on the firing line.
This frightful bombardment drove
me into the cellar sof a factory,
where I found two men and several
wotBen7and children, who had been
there three days not daring to
emerge even to get a drink Of water
from the pump only u few yards
fTomAt the opening of the cellar.
When darkness fell / bottled ont
and soon took refuge again in the
house Of Tcharnovsky, a Polish
scholar Of European reputation, do
voted to the study Of the ancient
Irish language.
Shells Rock IDOLS.
Tc~harnovsky also devotes himself
to the collection of pagan idols,
which were arranged in rows on
shelves. "A huge Russian mortar bel
lowed every few minutes in the gar
den outside whereupon the grinning
idols rocked to and fro as IL burst
Ing with diabolical merriment and
instinct with some hellish life.
IT,, This was too much for me and SO
1 fed Aaga!n and took refuge with a
Polish gentleman. who invited me to
sleep In his house for the night. /
slept on a sofa, but in the small
hours Of the mornig I was awakened
by a shell which shook every win
dow In the house. My host and his
SVOH HpS0A ~ 0uyAn6 tAdt tAlC
servants had all fed.
I decided to depart Aalso, but was
prevented by the sounds of firing
and Smelling In the adjacent village,
and SO remained all day in the
house. The. next day the German
troops rushed past the house, assolid
wall Of men SO close together that
they obliterated the flower garden
and the adjoining young s~hrubbery
as completely as II a steam roller
; had passed over both.
The Germans passed out Of sight,
but the fighting lasted until dusk.
and at midnight again there was a
heavy rifle fret
Use House as Hospital.
Toward morning several German
Eddct9rs came and said 1t was nec-
essary to use the house as a hospital.
They did SO. but 1t was unsafe, as
Russian shells we're fallins cose, our
Red Cross flag being invisible in the
darkness. The surgeons were cour-
Eteous and the ordinary soldier
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