The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-19
ARMIES EXPECT
L0NGCAMPAIGN
ON THE VISTULA
Neither Side Wins Adyan-
tagc in Battle Along
200 Mile Front.
ATSTRTANS MAKE
GAINS IN GALICIA

t....". 1N|g D'Sp1fCh 10 TUE Sun.
ro>a.>. Oot. 1S.-The news from the
ccrma -Eues.an battle front to-day in
6.ca,es % situation resembling the vast
..ase operations i'm northern France
Tho battle Of the Vistula. the centre
n, fgh'rs ia the eastern theatre of war.
NAY ha compared to the battle of the
0.se and Asne. The Russians. having
halted German drive toward Warsaw,
movement nearly as powerful as the
German advance toward Paris in
August are attempting to keep the
initiative The Germans in Poland,
having dug themselves in" and with
.,e protection If their Enthusiastically
aao .-'r.n hments are attempting to
axe root In Poland along a line about
.veni,-f,e miles west Of Warsaw.
All indications are that the fighting
n tbs region will he prolonged: that
months may pass before really de-
,sive result is achieved. The German
contention is that their troops will he
better able 10 maintain winter opera
MAGNIFICENT system Of railways leading
% the prussian and Silesian frontiers
Jaa SO depended upon for supplies and
COR the strategical handling of army
corps r. is argued also that the winter
weather So Poland is not rigorous. and
hat the hardy Russians can have.
therefore no especial advantage by
rro.org'ns the contest.
Thore is no news Of important en-
earem.n,s along the Vistula to-day or
yss.erday The German force of 500. 900
men, according 10 Russian information
100000 as admitted from Berlin. has
apparently settled down behind a forti-
fed line. The Russians are striking
here and there. using Cossacks effec-
lively. The only official statement by
he Russian General Staff to-day was
as follows:
"on the front in East Prussia and on
the Nistua there Is nothing new to re-
port. Austrian attempts TO cross the
San River have failed. South of Pre-
points there were bayonet attacks. In
which We captured fifteen Austrian
officers and more than 1000 soldiers.
Austrian reenforcements are reported in
the Carpathians"
The Russian operations along the
East Prussan frontier do not appear
70 have been more successful than the
German effort to break through the
fortified line in eastern France.
In Gal!c.a the Russians seem to have
met with reverses similar to the de-
ieats Of the Germans in northern
France at the time OF their near APP
proach 70 Paris. They have been COM
PEELED 10 retreat from line that was
hardly sixty miles from Cracow 10 a
line that follows the River San.
Thei Austrlans have unquestionahly
recovered measurably from the dis
organization and shattered morale
caused by overwhelming defeats In CEN
ira! Ga!ic.a. Under German leadership
tAey are on the offensive They are
irving desperately to relieve Przemysl
They have, 1t appears, recovered some
passes In the Carpathians and the Rus
sans seem 10 have withdrawn troops
that invaded Hungary.
Dispatches from Bucharest state that
me Russian force between Warsaw and
IVargorod faces an army of 600. 900 Ger
mans South Of lvangorod and facing
me N.stula there is an Austro- German
force OF 6oo000, while in Galicia the
Aus'rians. with a few German corps
are operating 100000 soldiers. The total
Strength ~ the German armies in Po-
ana and Galicia is 1900 900 while the
austrian force brings the figure up to
'''o'po II is estimated that the Rus
stnS arc employing not fewer than
-'''oOo which does not include Gen.
henA'nk1mprs force in East Prussia
estml''d a, 100000.