Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-12-10
REPORTS TELL OF
GERMAN VICTORY
Enormous Number of Prisoners
Said to Have Been Taken
in Poland.
COMMANDER IN DISGRACE

mans OiSo " ~
tempt to Cross Yser-Reichstag
Votes Large War credit-London
Hears of Capture of De Wet.
London, Dec. 4.-The German forces
In Poland have turned and r now
taking the offensive against the Rus
SLAMS on a new front.
While both official reports indicate
that the fighting in this war area is
quieting down, there are persistent I'M
official reports that the great battle,
still undecisive, is progressing bit
terly.
That the Russian check is complete
is admitted by persons who are in
touch with military authorities.
Germans Take 10000 Prisoners.
The Germans assert that in the re-
cent maneuvers they have captured
10000 unwounded prisoners.
In the face of these claims by the
Germans the Russians insist, In a
statement issued through Rome, that
their captures greatly exceed this num-
Der.
All agree that the losses on both
sides have been heavy.
1t became known here early this
morning that the Russian failure to
surround and decisively defeat the
Germans at Lodz was caused by the
hardness of General Rennenkampff,
the Russian cavalry leader. He was
two days late, reports say.
As a result of not arriving on time
the general has been relieved of his
command, a Petrograd dispatch says.
Hardness Makes Coup Fail.
The failure of the Russian coup is
described by the Petrograd correspon.
dent of the London Post as follows:
General Rennenkampff, whose late
arrival with his army at the appointed
place robbed the strategic scheme of
the grand duke Of its complete success
a week ago, has been superseded in
his command.
Owing to this army coming into po-
sition a couple of days after the time
set the ring Of steel which should have
hemmed in the German armies en-.
tirely could not be closed, with the
result that a week of heavy nghting,
with the hurrying up of large re-en-
forcements by the Germans, followed.
Germans Turn on Cars Men.
THE Germans, REINFORCED, attacked
the Russian left on Sunday. The at
tack was continued with great deter
mination on Monday, the fighting oc.
cupying the entire day. The Russians
were prepared for this outfanking
movement on their left.
"On Sunday these new German
forces crossed the Wharf.-The river at
Sieradz, where two bridges carrying
the railway line and highway facili.
tated the crossing, and advanced by
rail and road toward Lask. The Rus.
slams did not oppose their advance un.
til they had reached a convenient 10.
cality south of Sieradz, where the
River Warthe has a sharp bend.
Good Roads Aid Russians.
From Lask, which is cut by the
railway, run also a half.dozen good
highways, three in the direction OF
Fanwitz, to the northwest, west and
southwest. They served the Russians
admirably, giving them the advantage
OF interior lines, while the Germans
had only the railway embankment.
The vanguard of the Russian forces
met and stopped the advance on Mon
day, fighting %stubbornly the whole day
while other troops were brought W
by road and rail to cope with the new
direction OF the German attack.
Russian Hold Foe Back.
Eighteen miles south of Lask the
Russians on Monday completed the
good work reported to have cen be
Jul on Sunday when they repulsed 8
flank attack of new German forces
which had moved up from Wielun.
When the fighting was over for tn,
day the Germans remained in occu
patton OF Szczercow. On Monday tn,
Russians cleared them out and thel
discovered that among the force,
holding this neighborhood was a brj
gade Of Prussian guards with Ave bat
teries. Szczercow is now occupied b,
the Russians. The German attack Ii
enormous strength upon the Russian
left has thus failed.
"The Russian center is still occupie,
in hammering the surrounded orr
into surrender by heavy cannonadins
which has already continued for
couple of days"
P~etrograd Report.
Petrograd, Dec. 4.-General Won Hir
denburg is still striving his utmost 1
retrieve the situation in Russian Pr
land by greatly strengthening hi
forces across the southern end of tn
German position. It is believed h
has brought six corps, aggregatin
100000 men. into the 50-mile a fror
Sieradz d~ownwards to C~zenstochow,
each corps extending about eigf
miles.
These corps must contain a large az
mixture Of -austrians, as The Mario,
gauge German railway line to Kalis
can throw only about eight thousan
men daily upon the frontier. 1t ha
been working at full capacity for
fortnight. but the great bulk of Gei