New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-08
LONDON IS SILENT
ON FALL OF LODI
British Correspondents
Describe Fighting as
Success for Russians.

London, Dec. S.-The reports in this
mornings newspapers from Petrograd
correspondents make no mention OF
/ the capture of LODI by the Germans,
/ announced in the Berlin War Office
/ statement. Almost all describe the
/ campaign as Russian offensive move
ment.
The Daily News" publishes the fol-
| lowing from the Russian capital:
"The recently arrived German corps
suffered heavy losses yesterday, when
they were repulsed during the rein
forced attempt 70 secure a position for
the coming pitched battle. Among the
German wounded whom the Russians
found during the nghting northward
were many who spoke excitedly Of the
critical day at Brzezmy, when the cav
airy corps, with Prince Joachim, the
Kaiser's son, in high command, lost
10000 prisoners and about double that
number in killed and wounded.
"At the southern end of the line the
Russians have gained a solid advan-
tage by the fact that owing TO tele-
graph leakages and the distances the
Germans from the west have 70 cover
over rough country after they reach
the Polish frontier, their powerful in
sudden shock Moreover, the freezing
of the streams in the region between
Petrokow and Cracow hampers the Ger
mans by increasing their difficulties OF
defence. Several of the shallower
Mazurian lakes are also freezing.
LODI is now quoted and great sup
ply trains are arriving from Warsaw.
Prices are slowly falling. The Rus
sian commandant forbids traffic in the
streets after T."
The Petrograd correspondent OF Inc
Morning Post" says:
"The fighting now raging IN Poland
is an entirely new battle, TO all APP
pearances. The Germans have moved
w nine army corps with the fixed de-
termination TO smash the Russian de-
fence on the line which the Russians
have decided to hold. pending the com
pletion of q strategic scheme over the
whole of the front. Receiving rein
forcements from the French front,
where the first line troops have been
replaced largely by new formations, the
Germans now are making strenuous eff
forts to drive in both wings Of the
Russian force. Victory thus again is
postponed in this section of the Rus
"The strategic needs of the Russian
scheme will be fully satisfied If the
Russians succeed in holding their sp-
pointed line.
"The German attacks have been
pressed, especially on the line OF
Glovno and Lowicz against the Russian
right and on the roads leading toward
LODI and Petrokroff against the Rus
sian left. Emperor William and his
sons are present in person and dill
gently busy, visiting various points on
the Russian front.
"On other sections of the front, the
East Prussian wing and the Cracow
wing, a whole line of Russians is push
ing forward continuously. Nothing,
however, has been heard officially for
several days from the Russian armies
fronting Cracow. The business, there
fore. Of the Polish front is merely TO
hold its line-a task precisely similar
to that of the French and English. For
months past no attempts have been
made here to estimate the total of pris-
oners and guns captured, nor will any
information on the point be available
until the completion of the strategic
scheme, If then"