The Washington times., 1914-11-22
FATE OF POLAND IS
At. STAKE IN il BATTLE B.
Apex Of German Wedge Is Now
Only Fifty Miles From War;
saW-Fight in Doubt.
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portant forces in the direction OF the
z-Skernoewice line, where re-
newed efforts are being made to break
through our front.
The Germans lost heavily in dead.
wounded and prisoners when the effort
to march upon Warsaw by forcing our
front between kielce and Radon re-
suited in failure. The enemy was
Provision trains, artillery and consider
able war material also were captured.
The report continues that two often
sive movements attempted by the
Austro-German forces between Czen-
stochowo and Cracow were also re-
pulsed.
The Battle Areas.
Roughly speaking there are eight dis
tinct battle grounds, namely:
/. Russia's invasion of East Prussia.
q The Lodwicz-SherGiewice region
(near Warsaw.)
g. Operations at Lodz.
4. The Radon -Kielce region.
5. The Czentochow-CracCwo operations.
G. orth of Cracow.
:. The siege of Cracow.
S. The siege Of PrzemysL
The battle area extends over an air
line of 800 miles from north to south
and in the operations along this front,
conservative estimates place the German
strength at approximately 100000 men,
while the Russians probably have 100000.
4 report from Copenhagen says So
| ciaiist headquarters estimates that
| 100000 men are involved in the East
| ern conflict on the Russo-German from
| tiers, giving 100000 to the Russians
and the other 100000 to the Austro-
German forces.
German hope OF victory rests largely
| upon the operations at LodZ, to which
| point troops are being rushed over the
| strategical railways from many points,
! notably troops from the French from
| tier il Is reported. This concentration
! has been going on for over a week, and
| the military genius Of both Russia and
| Germany is centered upon the opera
| tions.
Snow Covers Battle Area.
! Heavy SHOWS have fallen over some Sec
| tions Of the huge battlefield. In these
districts artillery is being transported
on sledges. The Russian troops are de-
clared to be perfectly equipped for win
ter campaigning. The commissary is
operating with sleighs and sIedgeS and
keeping the army we'll provisioned. II
is admitted that on the flats where. the
| ground is frosted or frozen, however
the greatest difficulty is being expert
! enced in entrenchinS.
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solve the entrenching problem by thaw'
ing out the ground with immense guam
| titles of burning petroleum.
The railroads to Novo Georgiewsk
northwest of Warsaw, and to WARSAW
are controlled by the invaders, and a
| Lodz the Germans and Austrians arr
forces are advancing from the south.
| In the LodwicZ-Skerniewice region
within fifty miles of aWrsaw, n stront
attack is being made upon the Russian
lines, with the situation from day t
day changing with varying successe
| and defeats.
! An. Austro- German force advancing
between Radon and kielce, about eight!
! miles directly south of Warsaw, wa
thrown back with heavy losses, accord
J ing TO the Russian war office. The Rus
sian army that encompassed the defea
| was a part Of the left flank transporte,
| from the CracoW region over the rail
| road running from MiechoW to Ivan
| gorod There is an intersecting rail
| road which runs to Radon, and aloni
this road troops are being sent, 1t Il
| roported to check the German concen
| tratior at that point. A division or tn
| German forces has been hurTed L" IN
terccpt this force, the troops APPARENT!
coming from the .CZentocho"-CracoV
line
On the Russian Right.
DEVELOPMENT of the Russian cam
paign on the right wing has beer
fraught with unusual difficulties, ow
ing to the remarkable defensive prep
| arations made by the German N litar.
| authorities of East Prussia. Crane
Duke Nicholas. the Russian comman
der-in- chief. VINO Is directing the cam
paign Of the center, has assigned hi
best military engineers to cope wtl
the East Prussia difficulties. Th
Mazur lake region. swampy, ant
guerded by natural barriers. is furthe
guarded by earthern redoubts, stone
wo X and frequent mine felds. Ston'
blockhouses at intervals. frequen
canals lying before the intricate system
of German trenches. have served I,
cause tremendous loss Of life at ever.
assault
Nsysrthslsss an assault has carrie,