South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-23
GERMANS ATTACK
IN SHIRTSLEEVES
Coming at Russians Out of
Darkness They Look Like
Ghosts But Enemy is Un-
daunted.

LONDON. Dec. 23.-The Daily Tele-
graph publishes the following tele-
gram from Granville Fortescue at
Warsaw:
First hand reports come in daily Of
the cleanup made by Russian troops
Of the invading enemy north OF the
VlstulG. Cossacks and regular cavalry
scOur the country from Mlawa, round
ing up struggling detachments OF the
demOralized foe.
The Germans will make the same
type Of attack against Warsaw from
the direction Of the Bzura river that
they had made againgt Calais across
the User. Six new German army
corps are expected in the LOwicZ
zone. The principal line will be in
the rear Of these rivers A strategic
retirement 70 this line is now in prog
ress and is being carried out with
great success.
The German reserves are now
thrown into the first line unless new
corps can be hurried forward. This
means that the enemy is again TAX
ing chances.
Attack i'm Shirtsleeves.
The lighting here is raging much as
IL did at Newport. At night the Ger
Coming in shirtslee, es they looked
like an army OF ghosts appearing out
Of the blackness. If their plan was
10 frighten our men they must have
been disappointed. The prisoners
state that they were made to advance
in their shirtsleeves by the officers
who said that If they were victorious
carried to them, but that if they
failed they would no longer need over
coats.
There is every evidence that the
enemy is living on raw alcohol or such
spirits as can be found in the country.
Many cases Of complete drunkenness
have come to the attention of the
surgeons II is also suspected that
the first line OF Germans are drugged
before they go into action, probably
with ether in solution. The effect of
this is 20 make one completely indif-
ferent to passing events and in q
highly optimistic state OF mind. AS
evidence that the wounded take ether
IS the difficulty of bringing them I'M
der an anaesthetic for operating
Among the German wounded pris-
oners many state that they had been
lighting in Belgium two weeks before.
There is no doubt that a torrent of
troops was poured into Poland during
the first two weeks OF December. 1t
is estimated that the enemy has up
wards OF 80 corps in Poland and
Galicia of these the main body is now
cOnve4 ging on Warsaw, making a des-
perate effort to smash through on two
lines Of railroad
Indifferent TO Death.
BY suffering enormous loss they
have managed TO crowd through TO
LOwicz. There Will be great fighting
here by some of the worlds bravest
soldiers. for not even the fatalistic
Japanese Guido the Russians in indif-
ference 90 death
At the center OF the coming war
storm there is now a moment of that
calm which presages all great battles,
but during the present withdrawal
there have been many hand-tO-hand
engagements.
one night certain German regi-
ments threw themselves forward I'M
til they seemed like mad men de-
termined to transfiX themselves or the
Russian bayonets. A ribbon of fire
which flashed from the Russian
trenches singed the OncOming ranks
like wisps of straw Ten times they
rushed forward only to perish in a
spray of bullets. Exhausted at last
with killing. the Russians left their
trenches as the enemy formed for the
eleventh attack In the field some 81
dead were counted piled in a square
of 30 yards