New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-19
nAE CHECKED
N EAST PRUSSIA
r,eir Forward NOV. Move
!" definitely Stopped
'I ~ the Russians.
c7AR'S FORCES 80
O1' REMAIN INTACT
,..,orship Relaxed and Berlin
CTS reports of the Defeat
of Rennenkampf'

..-,ad. Sept. lS.--lhe lol'o" =" 3
hslvs ,sot;on was issued to-day by
,sief Of the General stan; a.,
~ o =, front in Eastern Prussia the
"a ~ - General Rennenkampf deh-
i'' 81. scanned on September Il the Of
i'es -, movement Of the Germans. AZ
i,'s.'1i nc,nts the Germans are ian
s.sisS ~ and shifting to new posi-
-, sent Is. While continuing
LohI S.s;ve i'm Gal.cia, Russia Is
e VIZ On The defensive on the East
6aolnk yron.ier. her army having
'fsss'S5 len hack by the Germans
=. srny, however, IS SAID 10 DC Il"
~
s.,,;n. via Rotterdam, Sept IS
.o..;n Schieckert, correspondent o.
SJnkal-AnzeiCer,' describes INC a ,o
Il Tast Prussia on September ~
3 a.. iS,,9Ib heavy howitaer batteries, To-
~, !, Inc extreme right wing, bonn
49, ~, inc intrcnchmcntS and oomD-
NiVsU ~ tho Russian infantry with
IN, effect. and iron. TINS poSl'lOh
sopld watch the progress oil LnCs
80 easily with field glasses, but
also caught the big notes oI the
heile music. a.. prssiops
my ",,oy .hortcuiug intervals, and
1s-.osn rolled the infantry hrc, no"
: rolleys and then Irrcgulariy' Mean
80 Inc hand rattle Of the machin ne
s.rs on the edge Of the forest had u
.,fspipg sense, adding long runs oil
rotss TO the concert. ~
wi sTbe Russian yhrapnel meanwhile
,,,st 800 high or too low near our
...,s-;es hut the Russians after a
.sas rot the range and over our bat
.r;ss soon few fragments Of the IRON
.s.gar hath intended FOR US. soon our
s,,tsries increased their fire, until the
,ssvens seemed ahre, while on inc
ssr;zop the villages broke out IN
ismes. ..-.,I
ark masses moving across the helGS.
~ vss the well extended German in
b,trv adyauc rg with extraordinary
,,ssd Altogether too high over them
,rploded sbrapncl and from the north
are infantry fire, which soon was 81
kbt
"a 1:i5 in the afternoon the Rus
IAN sbrapncl ire reached It's maxi
-,r violence and then followed a
CESSATION OF IN fire for ten minutes
I'D then again the fire was opened
Fe:lJ the Russian fire stopped, with
,1r men advancing as rapidly as pos
yllt and little while afterward The
Eect OF our flank movement behind
Lg,zen made Itself felt
The censorship on the Russian front
81 beer relaxed. and stories are com
* Trough from which it is possible
draw q general picture Of the oper-
tons Leading to the defeat OF General
2rnenkamDfs Russian army.
From September TO - the Russians
0ss strong position on the line from
lngerburg 10 Gerdauen, Allenburg and
Eshlau, the left wing resting on the
gl1urian Lakes and the right wing
Protected in the rear and flank by the
rest Of Frischinc, whose painless
Eoods and swamps furnished an almost
iapregnable position. The Russians
isvoted great efforts to intrenchinG
heir position, and brought up besides
;itir heavy artillery. Russian cavalry
souted far to the west and south, but
sherWise the army undertook no or
lmsiye operations in the days follow
NJ the battle Of Tannenberg.
The enemy's forces, according to the
German Official account, were composed
q the ID. Sd, 4th and 20th corps, two
Hserye divisions and five cavalry d.
ldoas.
General HindonbUrC. tho German
rRmander. meanwhile, was assembling
gey available man, dcprivlng the
.oTtresSeS of their garrisOns, and call
e IN all except q bare remnant OF the
.'Ice protecting the southern frontier
o the vicinity OF Soldau, adding them
. enlargement received from the
vest.
General HindcnburC again resortco
. the customary German OutfianElng
noyement, and since the Russian right
protected By ;he forest and marshes
seemed too strong, he adopted the dar'
ng strategy Of sending the thanking
force TO the lake region to the south
he same character Of movement by
which the Russian Narew army wa
tapped and captured short time be
lore, and which in case of failure NIGH
have been equally as disastrous Tor The
Germans.
The strategy, however, succeeded, al
trough General Rennenkampf offered
desperate resistance to the frontal at
,aeks.
After three days fighting the Rus
SANS were forced back slightly in tn
'sntre, When the flank movement o
he Germans was discovered alread,
threatening the flank a counter move
aent was launched against 1t with
lew army collected at Lyck, including
ne 22d Corps and parts Of the Sd 81
,seran Corps, just arrived from lr
tltsk, and the remainder Of the defeat
q Nsrew army, but the counter at
,,asks failed, end on September 10 tn
russians began to fall back on thei
nam position. retreatiHg in good orde
'no well covered.
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