The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-12-24
GERMAN CHIEF SAYS
VICTORY OVER RUSS
IS now COMPLETE
Won Hihdenburg Tells Kaiser
Warsaw Is Near Capture.
MANY MUscoWrEs CUT OFF
10000 Of Cars Troops Reported Sur
rounded by Teutons Northeast Of
Ledz-Defenders Ready to 90
" Evaeuate Capital ~'%a' @17.

Berlin, Dec. 10 (By Wireless) -
Warsaw, facing capture by the army
of General Won Hindenburg, IL panic
stricken. Reports from German com
manders at the front say that .rumors
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 retTsating Russians, accord.
ing to the official statement given out
here, and 1t seems only a matter OF
time until the Germans will have oc.
cupied Warsaw .a ztt~a
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 Lodz. These forces
were trapped by a daring fanking
movement of German cavalry, who
prevented their retreat until infantry
came up. 10 s.
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
sians-was complete.
By establishing their main position
about Sochaczew the Russians already
had retreated 10 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 a
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 Ron Hin.
denburg 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
Of 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 GaIicta.
In Galicia as we'll as in Poland sue
cess has crowned the arms of the two
kaisers. The Russian forces investing
PrZemysl are in danger of rout at the
hands Of the Austrians, who have COM
PEELED the invaders to retire at nearly
all points, according to the official
statement received by wireless from
Vienna.
The silence of the Petrograd war Of
Ace and the suppression Of nearly all
advices from Russia is con.
sidered here as significant OF Ger.
man victory.
The kaiser's army moving against
Warsaw is reported to number $50, 900
men. 1...
The Army Messenger IN Petrograd,
the Official organ of the military es-
adjustment. confirms the German
claim OF victory in the Warsaw region
by saying: ~
Persistent attacks by great masses
Of German troops have compelled a
regrouping of our army west of War
saw. The enemy is suffering heavy
losses in his offensive against the Ka-
Teresin- s kierniewice front,
where our artillery is repulsing his
massed attacks" s@a ms-