Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-11
RUSSIAN WEDGE
DRIVESBETWEEN
ARMIES OF FOE
German Right in Suwalki
District Cut Off as Gar S
Forces Push Across Border.
Cracow Threatened.
PETRoGRAD, Nov. II.

PETROGRAD, Nov. II.
Another great raid by Russians in East
Prussia is in full swing The dashing
Cossacks of General Renncnkampf arc
! repeating the drive of devastation that
early In the war cut the German lines
Of communication. This time the Cos
sacks have invaded East Prussia at the
Southwest of the Mazurian Lake region
instead of at the north. They have al
ready passed Lyck, according to official
reports.
The Russian cavalry already has
reached East Prussia at another point,
the outskirts of Soldau. which opens the
way 20 the strong forts of Graudenz.
Three railroads in that region have been
torn up and more than dozen railroad
bridges destroyed. Continuation of this
raid into the district north of Soldau will
cut off the German army that invaded
the Suwalkl district and was driven back
upon the MazurIan Lakes.
At the same time the Russian army
in western Poland is continuing its cam
paign for the capture of the mighty Aus
trlan fortress of Cracow, the gateway to
Silesla from the south. The Austro-Ger-
man forces driven from C2estochowa
have rallied upon the upper Vistula and
hard fighting Is going on there. An Off
cial statement issued today says that the
resistance to the Russian attacks cannot
he long continued at this point, however.
They have crossed the Wisloka and re-
taken Rzeszow and Dynow.
Capture OF the town Of MiclSow brings
the Russian advance closer to Cracow
than was the case several weeks ago.
COssacks again are at the outskirts of the
nif From, tl,n tV,lNa ttns afu
ported fleeing.
The Army Messenger declares today
that the victory won by the Russians in
Western Poland was one of the most
glorious in the history of the Empire.
More than 100000 German and Austrian
soldiers were killed, wounded or taken
prisoners II says. THE enemy sacrl-
fced regiments after the attempt to cross
the Vistula and go to Warsaw. The COM
plete triumph of the Russian force is
established by the fact that they took
as prisoners three German generals. Gen
eral Eduard Won LlepeTt was captured
at Lodz after being wounded. He was
at one time the head of the German Gen
eral STAFF.
General August Won Mackensen. who
led the nth German Army Corps, was
taken prisoner at Sieradz. He and his
stan were surrounded in a sudden flight
attack and forced to Yield. The third
general oficer taken is General .Mathia-
see" +t-i
While the defeat of the Germans in
Western Poland is declared in all quarters
to have been a great triumph for Rus
sian, some dissatisfaction is expressed be-
cause the General stan failed to adopt
measures that would have resulted in
the complete destruction OF the invading
armies.
They point out that II the German arm
les had been permitted to cross the Wis
tula before the Russians took the offen-
siVe their retreat would have been lmpos-
sible. Defenders OF the General Stan, in
reply. assert that the Russian military
would have been defeated IL the Vistula
had been crossed and the Cars troops
had lost their points Of support at War
saw and Ivangorod,