The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-22
Say Prussian Offensive in Pc
land West of Warsaw Is
Fought to Standstill
Petrograd Asserts
Invaders Retreating
Won Hindenburg Needs More
Men to Press i1ard-Earned
Advantage--Speedy Russian
Advances Imminent

/ London, Nov. Ala complete
| failure for the present of The
| German drive at Warsaw along
! the line between the Narthe and
| the FistulaT rivers Is reported to-
! day FROM Pctrograd. the sours'e
! of the news being tie Army Mes
| senger. the official organ of the
! general staT OF the. Russian army.
! The German offensive between
| KIeice and Radon in Poland. west Of
! Warsaw. has been brought To a stand
istill, and the Russians have proved
that in this territory, away from the
iGerman railroads aud fortitications OF
the silesia frontier they can aghr The
invaders to a stop
! Military writers here do not hest
/ tate to state. under The influence of
4 this Russian report. thnt the Grand
! Duke Nicho.as and his army will have
I no trouble in maintaining this POSI-
itioa now that he has stopped the mo-
mentum VI the German drive, until
1.-The Russian armies, enc operating
south OF Poland, tn GaAGia. and the
other north Of Poland, IN East Prus-
r
alignment with tEe army in Poiana. II
| is this problem which the Russians
have been trying 10 solve ever aance
/ mobilization, ard Ii has been this
which General won HIndenburg, con-
lceded by his enemies 20 be one Of the
greatest military figures In the present
war. has been trying with force and
strategy TO prevent
The German strategy
The German attempts nave been
ieither to drive the Russian army in
| Pc and back. In watch case the t'alI-
clan and Fast Prusstau armies would
have 10 retreat or run the danger Of
| being outfiauked, OF else 10 drive the
Hanks back. in which case the central
unit. the army in Poland. would have
| to retire in the face Of similar
danger
once has Won Hindenburg driven
! hack the centra, unit, forging retire
ment all along the Russian line, and
once has he driven back the tanks,
orcing the army IN Poland Gutil II
almost touched Warsaw. The drive
which according to Russian reports
| now proves to be a total failure MAS
| Won Hindenougg's second sweep at
the center.
VITA the north AMI south units Of
he Russian army more than holding
their own: with the danger That IN
Galicia Russians aon3a pass Craeaa
which Is strongly fortified, while in
! East Prussia speedy Russian advances
seemed imminent Won HinQenhurx
enlightened mis- army in Poland with
| al the men he could possibly spare
| from The north and south And that
| he failed to force the Russians back
| far enough is taken by military
writer's here to mean that IN spite Of
using all the men and resources now
at his command tho Russians have
proved themselves superior, and that
II he Is to carry on his present plans
successfully he viii have 10 obtain
more men from the western thoatai
of war
Russians Claim Victory.
The Russian report not only claims
that the German offensive mas been
ended, but that the German army in
Poland IS now in retreat, and has suit
Aered ie loss of many thousands OF
men. several provision trans, artillery
anu mucn war material.
ALONG the Als.iian-t.er44lan
from Czenst oehowa to Cracow. Pelro-
grad repurls That the enemy has been
fepuiseu with neaSy losses. and his
Intensive has been changed into n re-
treat, with heavy losses.
Tho Germans and AussrianS are
iignt.Eg iar.uusiy To protect I1aco~,
Ieali1.nE the Importance o. TINS nesas :
.Iy tort.neu point, tneir last piotect- =
ca position on Tie front, 1 ne Aus
.ro-,rcrman oIenS.ye, strengthened bS
Deavy reaiiorcements, began on Nc-
vemper is ana tnere mas been IL
nous nghilng ever since. The Rus
san report states:
REFUSED ON this front with heavy
losses. inc enemy endeaNored tress.
offensive movement but AGAIN GU.
forces by counter attack, dros
hem back, with losses as heavy As
those which attended the nfst re-
pulse. We took "a large number Oh
prisoners.
Have Started Flanking Move.
The Petrograd correspondent Of the
Times seIius a A-eniy significant item
although withoul further details, II
is hard TO reconcile 1t with what WA
believed here to he the situation In
Poland He states that Russia OF
ticia.iy reports the capture OF a Ger
man battery northwest OF Lodz
which Is in the possession OF The Ter
mans. This suggests that the Rus
SANS have executed flanking move
ment around Lcuz, thus endangei .ng
Lodz and its German holders.
has been understood that the Rus
Sans were east LODI. ard IL a sub
s,ant:al force was able to accomplish
a battle northwest Of LODI. critics
here believe they must be attempting
n Girdla the CITY,