Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-11-19
SAW LILLE CRUMBLE RUSS TRAP GERMANS
Strategy Of Grand Duke Nicholas
in Vicinity of Warsaw.
How He Led the Foe Into Attack on
Warsaw, and Then Thanked and
Defeated Them.

Petrograd.-Here is the full story
Of how the first stage in the titanic
struggle between the Teuton and the
Slav ended in a heavy reverse for
Germany.
The scene of the conflict is from
the first-class fortress Of Novo-
Georgievsk, southwest past Warsaw,
along the course of the Vistula river
and its tributary, the San river to
Przemysl and again southwark to the
Dniester river and the Carpathian
mountains. AS the crow flies it is well
over 23O miles, quite 800 in reality.
The Grand Duke Nicholas maneu.
vered his troops into the positions
chosen over many scores of miles of
roads that are sloughs under the au-
tumn rains.
Warsaw was left apparently mad
equately defended, and the popula-
ton was in panic, while innumerable
German spies Astounding in the Pol
ish capital conveyed every item to
the German headquarters staff, 1t
was universally believed Russia
might not defend Warsaw.
About fifty miles south of Warsaw,
not far from lvangorod. but on the
left or west bank of the ViStula, a
small force intrenched near Kozenitze
with strict orders to hold out to the
last man.
The Germanic advance occupied a
line equal to the Russians, but diff
ferently composed.
The entire forces were under Ger
man commander, and the Austrian
troops were chiefly remnants of the
beaten army from the Galician battle
fields, pulled into some military shape,
with much shutting of regiments
among the different corps and gen.
eral shortage of artillery.
The German center approached right
up to the Vistula river over con-
siderable distance in the region oppo-
site Ivangorod, where it attempted
vainly for three days and nights to
drive the Russian force out of its in
trenched position on the left bank Of
the Vistula, near Kozenitze.
Near Warsaw the battle line was
joined some thirty miles away but
the Russians were slowly driven back
fighting Germany's finest corps, who
felt the growing assurance they would
make present of Warsaw to the
emperor.
At Warsaw the Germans thought
it a mere walkover, and decided to
break the Russian center, getting in
the rear and either rout the Russians
or drive them back on the Bug river
line Of defense, so miles to the east
of the Vistula.
Ivangorod was bombarded, but the
bridges were spared The Germans
here also felt full of confidence.
The battle being thus set, the grand
duke assumed the initiative. In pur
suance of his strategic plan he
poured into Warsaw from the east by
three railways corps after corps. They
dashed through the city and plunged
into the fight, now within a few miles
of the suburbs on the west.
Too late the German general real
lied the unexpected had again hap
pened. He fastened all the corps pos
sible to the northward along the line
of the Vistula from the center to the
left.
The Russians promptly crossed the
Vistula and deployed in the region
which had been so CALAMITY held for
this purpose in the neighborhood Of
Kozenitze. They thus were on the
right flank of the forces which had
marched north to save the German
left.
At the same time the Russian cav
airy got around to the left flank of
the German left and closed in from
the left rear.
The Germans are In full retreat.
The Russians have crossed the Wis
tula along the whole German front
and are energetically pressirg the
pursuit
The Austrians are putting up a
desperate fight all along the front and
in spite of their misfortunes have
earned the respect of the Russians
for valor.