The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-26
BOTH LOSE HEAVILY.
German Losses Especially Heavy Bc.
rnuse of Close Formations.
nv HAMILTON FYFE.

Special Correspondent Of ne London "Ddnp
Mat"
Special cable Despatch TO TnE SUI
pETRuGRAp. Nov. 25.-I have Just re-
ceived the greatest news Of the whole
war so far as it has gone.
The action near LODI has resulted
In great victory for Russian STRAIT
egy one division OK Germans already
has surrendered. another division Is
in such hopeless position that 1t is
expected to follow suit Immediately. If
this happens 10000 Germans at least
will have been put out Of action.
The first indication that this had
happened was a message from "A bust
ness man saying that the line to War
saw was occupied by forty eight empty
special trains. now am informed
that these trains were sent to take the
prisoners away.
II is now clear that the engagement
between the Nistula and the Wharf.-The is
the greatest battle which so far has been
fought in this or any other war. The
total number of men engaged on the front
OF nearly 500 miles is reckoned by gooi
Judges at not fewer than 100000. This
estimate includes the reserves and trans
port and other services and the troops
Withdrawn for rest.
The most desperate German effort is be-
ing made about nifty miles west OF War
saw. In this region there are five army
corps, roughly $4,000 men, struggling to
break through the Russian line How Sc
we're is the continuous lighting may be
Judged from the calculation that each
10000 men occupy a front of scarcely ten
miles.
The losses on both sides correspond 10
the huge numbers engaged The German
- loo
to their attacks IN close formation ana the
fact that men who are hayoneted usually
die, whereas she'll wounds, from which the
Russians suffer mostly. allow recovery
OF so per cent
The Germans chief object in 20 violent
All effort to break through the army COW
ering Warsaw is 70 relieve the pressure OF
the Russian fornos In East Prussia. So
far they have utterly failed. The steady
pushing back OF the Germans. both to-
ward the MaZurian Lakes and westward
TO the frontier in the direction OF the line
from Gumbnnen to Angerburg. continues
without serious check.
In the lake district the fighting has
a character of its own. Every German
position is protected by barbed wire
entanglements of a peculiarly venomous
kind Every attack has to be precede
nv cutting this wire under cover OF dark
ness Picked men, equipped with strong
nlpptTH, creep W. W Nh' 'uiii''s '''''
snip the wire as quickly AS possipr
Frequently :. German searchlight throws
its dazzling light upon them. while RI
fiomen pick them off with terrible pre-
cision, having an easy mark 1t is i'm
possible to escape the light. which fol-
lows relentessly, except by scattering !r
all directions or pretending to be dead.
The passages between the lakes OTTER
are so narrow that there is no way
to dispense the defending forces save t.
advance under fire and make a direct
frontal attack These are almost always
night attacks.
Fresh proof of the callousness OF Ger
man methods is found in the capture II
the neighborhood OF Warsaw OF thirty
German boy scouts. little fellows between
the ages of 10 and 10 years, drcsse1
as Polish and Jewish school children
They were employed to gather informa
tion. Some of them were suffering from
want Of food II is evident from tn,
number captured that the system exist
on large scale.
To the activity OF boy scout Is at
trbuted the capture Of the Governor OF
Warsaw. The Governor motored out tC
see the chief Of certain district in hi.
jurisdiction ON the road he was toll,
that the man he was seeking was ir
Eutno. just before he arrived AT kutpC
several sQuadrons Of uhlans rode int
the town and terrified the inhabitants
Soon the Governor arrived. The uhlan'
surrounded his car and forced the chauf
feur to drive to the German lines.