The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-09
CSar,s Campaign to Reach
Crisis in NEXT Fortnight
Mess Russians Win Series of Battles Between CrarOw and
Posen Their Movement Toward German Capital
Will Be Definitely Halted

Jaroslay fell about September ~. In
the next few DAYS the world heard OF
the steady progress OF the Russian ad-
vance In Galicia toward Cracow. week
ago II was before Tarnow. about wnich
city and behind the Donajec River the
Austrians stood in intrenchments, htty
miles east of Cracow. Despite early re-
ports that Cossacks had reached Cracow'
II Is now clear that at Tntnow Austrian
lines are still holding that the Russian
army OF tialicia has been brought 10 a
fun stop while Przemysi. In iis rear, re-
mains untaken, indeed. Russian reports
concedo recent sorties
Meantime the northern field OF Rus
sian operations became the more I'M
portant. Here in the early days or the
war an Unexpectedly prompt and ter
rifle drive Of the Russians had swept
East Prussia nearly to the Nistula. While
German troops were entering northern
France Russian forces were sweeping
west. had invested Koentgsherg captured
Alenstein. spread terror and panic over
a territory as considerable as Belgium.
IL was at this point that Germany
was compelled TO make "A change In her
plans, which English and French critics
hav. STEADILY held was fatal. From her
armies in France, stlll far from Paris
and not yet successful In crushing the
allied armies she took several army corps.
hurried them east. and on September
fell upon the Russians south of Allen
stein and routed them in the great battle
OF Tannenberg, the most considerable Ger
man victory OF the war,
From September to October l the
roles in the north We're reversed and
the Russians We're with great rapidty
driven from East Prussia. While Ca
.icia was being conquered II was plain
Germany was making "A terrific effort
to relieve the pressure upon Austria by
offensive operations in the north. Be
fore the end of september all Russian
troops had been expelled from East Prus-
STA and Germany was driving east Ia
Russia toward the Niemen.
Attempt ON Russian Centre.
IT, meet this drive the Russians might
have slackened their advance In the south
This was the obvious German purpose
But instead they fell back until they
stood behind the Niemen from kovno Il
Grodno Could the Germans force thi,
| line they would have heen able TO cut the
| ST Petersburg-Vilna Warsaw Railroad
and practically Isolate Russian troops II
/ Poland-that II, tho Russian centre
Hut about the Niemcn the Russian'
under Rennenkampf adopted the tactic.
| OF the French and British at the Marine
| After "A successful stand they suddenly
took the Off nsve drove the Germans
! west through the difficult and marsh,
/ country Of the SuwalN province and un
/ m'st1klblv defeated them ir a series o
/ conflicts ended about October 3, wh!cl
! hear the name Of the Battle Of Augustowo
ANY doubt as to Russian success was re
moved when German official statement
placed the German army back on tn
/ East Prussian frontier, while claiming
that here the Russian Advance had beer
checked.
Two sim'lar movements on the north
| then, had resulted in precisely the sam
situation. The Germans had repulsed
Russian offensive In East Prussia. Tn
Russians had driven n German advanc
| ont of Suwalk. But the solid gain wa
with the Russians. who had been abb
while holding the Germans on the mort
10 carry their Gallclan campaign to tn
Donajec and threaten Cracow,
SO far nothing had developed Of req
importance In the .centre--that is alon
the Russian front standing before War
saw-save only that RUSSIAN Ofica
statement nonchalantly referred one da
early in the week 10 fighting near War
saw This clearly indicated that In add
ton TO an offensive In Fast Prussia an
Suwalk the Germans had been drivn
east from Posen and Breslau nj Warsa v
had moved bv LODI, half way throug
Russian Poland. had been checked abou
Warsaw and had retired toward Kalis
ON tho Silcsiau frontier.
As II now appears the situation in tn
cast is this on the north and At the fror
tier Of Fast Prussia German and Russia
armies are deadlocked the Germans hav
ing checked their own retreat from tn