The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24
GERMAN CHIEF SAYS
VICTORY OVER RUSS
IS now COMPLETE
Won Hindenburg Tells Kaiser
Warsaw Is Near Capture. %.
MANY MUSCoWTES CUT OFF
10000 Of Care Troops Reported Sur
rounded by Teutens Northeast Of
Lodz-Defenders Ready to I'.-
" Evacuate Capital ~>aa' Il Re-.

Berlin, Dec. 10 (By Wireless) -
warsaw, facing capture by the army
OF General Won Hindenburg, is panic
stricken. Reports from German com
manders at the front say that srumors
have reached them that the Polish
capital is to be evacuated and that the
guns OF the forts there have already
been taken away to prevent their fall.
Ing into the hands of the invaders.
Following the great victory in Pc
land the German army is steadily pur-
suing the retreating Russians, accord
Ing to the official statement given out
here, and it seems only a matter OF
time until the Germans will have oc.
cupied Warsaw rtar .
Forty thousand Russians are re-
ported to have been cut off from the
main army and surrounded by Ger.
mans, between Jezow and Skiernic-
wicz, northeast OF I,odz. These forces
were trapped by daring hsnking
movement of German cavalry, who
prevented their retreat until infantry
came up.
Victory 10 Complete.
Kaiser Wilhelm received personally
by telephone from General Won Hin
denburg the news of the Russian de-
bacle. Won Hindenburg went into de-
tails and the war lord and his chief
general discussed strategy, but the
war office has not given out any of
the generals information beyond the
fact that the victory over the Rus
slams was complete
By establishing their main position
about Sochaczew the Russians already
had retreated Is miles from their How
Bowicz line and the loss of Sochaczew
indicates further advance of the Ger,
mans. The war office statement that
the Russian offensive against Silesia
and Posen has completely broken
down has been accepted here as
great victory and Berlin is mad with
Joy, which has been accentuated by
Won Hindenburg's message.
London Accepts Report.
London, Dec. 1.-THE victory of
the German arms in Poland Is com
plete"
This message from General %on Hin
1enburg to Emperor William, in the |
face Of admissions from Petrograd |
that the assaults OF the Austro- German
army attempting the investment of |
Warsaw compelled the abandonment |
1t the Russian resistance after the |
most bitterly fought battle of the cam.
paign," is accepted in London as indi. |
eating that the Germans have inflicted
The most crushing defeat Of the war on |
Russia.
Retreat In GaIicia.
In Galicia as we'll as in Poland sue.
Tess has crowned the arms of the two |
The Russian forces, investing |
orzemysl are in danger of rout at the |
lands of the Austrians, who have COM |
oelled the invaders to retire at nearly |
I'll points, according to the official |
Itatement received by wireless from
Vienna.
The silence of the Petrograd war Of
Ice and the suppression Of nearly all |
newspaper adyices from Russia is con.
idered here as significant OF a Ger.
nan victory.
The kaisers army moving against
Warsaw is reported to number 100000
zen. r.. |
The Army Messenger N Petrograd,
he official organ of the military es-
ablishment, confirms the German
lain OF victory in the Warsaw region
y saying: ..,F
Persistent attacks by great masses
I German troops have compelled
egrouping Of our army west of War
aw. The enemy is suffering heavy
osses in his offensive against the Ka-
unpciskl- Teresin- Skierniewice front,
there our artillery is repulsing his
lassed attacks"