Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-09-19
Grown prince N
APPEAL FOR SOCK
Asks Footwear for his Men
Russian Defeats in
Prussia Detailed.

Berlin, Sept. 1s.-Crown Prince
Frederick William today telegraphed
to the Zeitung Am Mittag as follows:
Please collect and forward as early
as possible woolen underwear and
socks for my soldiers. Greetings.
William. Crown Prince"
. 1t is only a few days ago that the
crown prince, who evidently has the
comfort of his soldiers always In mind,
telegraphed to a Berlin newspaper
asking it to collect and forward to-
bacco and cigars for his soldiers.
The healing Of the wound Of Prince
Joachim, the youngest son of Emperor
William. is progressing normally, but
1t will possibly be several weeks be-
fore he is wholly restored. according
to an announcement at the imperial
court today.
No News for Ten Days.
No news from official sources for
publication has been received since the
midnight bulletin whose reports Of
attacks and counter attacks indicates
that the battle is still progressing.
Otherwise there is little Illuminating
news for the German public and not
the slightest hint Of the movements or
positions of the German army for the
last ten days has been disclosed by
the military authorities who are de-
ternined to veil the situation in abso-
Lutte mystery until a decision is reach
ed. They decline to discuss the state
ment made in French and English
dispatches.
The wording of the latest German
bulletin may perhaps be interpreted as
indicating that there is only series OF
minor engagements in progress but it
is understood that this is not the case
and that the attacks and counter at
tacks mentioned are part of a heavy
general engagement.
Meanwhile the severity of the con-
sorship on the Russian front has been
relaxed and a number of stories are
coming through from which it is pos
siole to draw general picture of the
operations leading to the defeat of
General Bennenkampff's Russian
army.
Stories From Sas1 Prussian.
From September to 1s the Rus
slams took a strong position on the
line from Angerburg to Gerdauen,
Alenburg and Kehlau. the left wing
resting on the Mazurian lakes and the
right wing protected in the rear and
flank by the forest of Friusching,
whose painless woods and swamps
furnished an almost impregnable
position. The Russians devoted great
efforts to entrenching their position
and brought up besides their heavy
artillery. Russian cavalry secuted far
to the west and south. but otherwise
the army undertook no offensive op-
erations in the days following the bat
tie Of TannenberE.
The enemys forces. according to the
German official account. We're COM
posed Of the second. third, fourth and
twentieth corps. two reserve divisions
and five cavalry divisions.
General Hindenburg. the German
SNYSN a
bling every available man. deprtvins
the fortresses of their garrisons and
calling in all but a bare remnant of
the force protecting the southern from
tier in the vicinity Of Soldau, adding
them to reinforcements received fron,
the west.
Flank Movement Begun.
General Hindenhurg again resorted
to the customary German flankins
movement and since the Russian right
protected by the forest and marshes,
seemed too strong. he adopted the
daring strategy of sending the flank
ing force to the lake region to the
south, the same character of move
ment by which the Russian army was
trapped and captured in a short time
before, and which in case of failure
might have been equally as disastrous
for the Germans.
tho Sl1 dLeSy, however, succeeded,
although General Rennenkampff Of
fered a desperate resistance to the
frontal attacks. After three days
fighting, the Russians We're forced
back slightly in the center. When
the hank movement Of the Germans
was discovered threatening. a counter
movement was launched against it
with q new army collected at Lyck.
including the twenty-second corps and
parts of the third Siberian corps, lust
arriving from Irkutsk. and the balance
OF the defeated Narew army, but the
counter attacks failed and on Sep
tember 10 the Russians began to fall
back on their main position, retreat
Ing in good order and we'll covered.
Retreat Over Border.
The Russian artillery on the right
wing appears to have made a good re-
treat owing to timely start while
the left wing was hard pressed by the
enveloping German infantry. From
this wing the Russians retreated
across the border in two columns, and
the others in an easterly direction,
pursued by the Germans who ad-
vanced far from the border.
The German government has ap-