The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-24
GERMANY !?

il6y Karl n. Won Weigand, ,tniteo
Press staff Correspondent
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS OF
EASTERN GERMAN ARMY, Dec. 1s
! (via London, Dec. 24o-Field Marshal
Won Hindenburs, Germany's creates.
military commander, gives to his men
the credit for the victories he has
earned.
/ with troops of the courage and
endurance Of my army, | must sue
i ceed," was the statement of the ia.
nous leader Of the eastern army, to-
day.
at would be untimely to say that
the Russians are compIe.ely beaten
and broken" said the field marshal.
i,"They arc fighting braveIy and we'll"
Neither Field Marshal Won Hinden-
burg nor General Hudendorff, his chief
| Of staff, have any Illusions as to what
! is before the German army in Poland.
They both declared there would be
much hard fighting in the campaign
against Warsaw but they have the ut
most confidence In final success.
Throughout the advance Of the Ger.
man army through Poland, Field Mar
shaI Won Hlndenburg's forces have
been opposed by vastly superior
number Of Russians In telling Of the
fighting which has resulted in the re-
tirement Of Russians before Warsaw,
the German commander said: aeon
siderable factors in the success Of my
armies against the numerical! super
iority Of the Russians arc the railways
which make possible such quick move
ments Of the Germans. But my troops
have shown the utmost courage and
endurance in battle and during the
long marches which have been made.
With such troops must succeed.
| "The Russians have great numbers
| Of men. Considering their defective
railways they have often made very
quick movement Of troops"
r Ffeid Marshai Won Firdenbur- 10 an
extraordinary type Of man. Rugged
and vigorous, he has 20 manipulated
his numerically weaker forces over
the railways so as to check the Rus
sian advance upon German territory
through Poland and finally to hurl
them back upon their own defenses.
The Germans are constantly shift
nq their forces to deliver new blows.
They forced the Slav to give way for
thirty-five miles on a line running
from Lowicz and Lodz to cracow. The
new Russian position 10 but twenty
miles from Warsaw.
E;>Id Unp Hind aid
there were between thirty and forty
Russian army corps approximately
200 or 1900 men) opposed to the
German and Austrian line which
stretched over the front Of $50 miles.
Since November 13 Germans have
captured 10000 Russians. Russians
have suffered losses in killed, wound
ed, prisoners; the field marshal said.
"The heavy casualties which they suf-
fered in three battles during the last
four weeks resulted in the breaking Of
Russian offensive and resistance along
the entire line"
The Germans are now on the Of
fensive throughout the front. Rus
slams today made two counter attacks
but were repulsed.
Field Marshal Ven Hindenburg is
now receiving attentions which come
only to a popular hero. He receives
daily 3CO or 400 letters from admir-
ers of his military prowess. Many Of
these come from America, but many
more are from Germans expressing
their gratitude for the banishment Of
the danger Of a Russian invasion Of
the fatherIand. Presents Of every de-
scription are also being showered up
on the field marshal and the men Of his
army. Only last week 5000 bottles Of
beer were sent to the army headquar-
ters as gift.
OFFICIAL REPORT.
BERLIN, (via wireless 10 London),
Dec. 24.-After several days fighting,
Mlawa, in northern Poland has been
recaptured by the Germans, an official
statement issued here today asserted.
It was in this region that the Ger
mans were repulsed recently and with
drew beyond the east Prussian from
tier on a line from Lautenburq to
Neidenburg.
The retirement was declared to be
due to the numerical superiority Of
the Russian forces which were en-
countered. The statement today said
that German troops have now assum-
ed the offensive from Neidcnburg to
soIdau, half way to Lautenbure. ani
thai the Russians have been repuised
Over 1000 prisoners were taken.
OF the operations on the western
front, the official statement admitted
the evacuation Of a position In the re-
qion Of chalons where the trenches