Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-02-15
Won HINDENDURG'S
STRATEGY OUT OF
NAPOLEONPS BOOK
German General Who Has Won So
Many Victories Over Russ Al
ways Strikes wheEe Least
Expected.
GRAND DUKE MIsCALcUnATEs
Crafty Teuton Makes Muscovites
Look for Blow in One Place and
Delivers it in Another
CREDIT TO THE GENERAL STAFF


BERLIN (via London). Feb. A.
The success Of the Germans In East
Prussia emphasizes. according 60 the
view held aere. the quiet strategy OF
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg,
witch is designed TO strike an enemy
when and where the blow is least
expected.
After the Russian strength on the
Warsaw front proved too great, and
a thanking movement, became neces-
sary, Field Marshal Won Hindenburg
decided TO chose the left wing. owing
to the better equipment Of East Prus-
siaN with railways and because the
colder weather offered better pros
poets for successful operations, the
snow being no hindrance.
veiIs his PIaAs.
Won Hlndenbnrg velled his plans- by
reinforcing the Austrians in the Car
pathians In order 20 make a strong diver
sion and mislod the Russians into think
ing that the real fanklng movement was
20 be carried out there Meanwhile he
assembled a strong army above the Ma
2,irian lakes; composd for the most
part OF fresh recruits
Major Moraht, the military critic OF the
Tagebiatt, calls attention TO the fact that
the Russians had strongly fortified their
position. which he polntn out, only en-
hances Won HlndenburG's tactical achieve
ment
In tho opinion Of thls critic. Grand
Duke Nicholas evidently intended to
carry out an offenslvof movement after
breaking the German lines. and hence
the defeat must have a very unfav-
orabie effect upon the general Russian
plans.
A Real Defeat.
This. he adds. was "a defeat in tho full
est sense Of the word" as evidenced by
the immense booty and the hasty evacu-
alton Of the position mentioned in the
official bulletin.
Major Moraht thinks that one OF the
first effects OF this success win be seen
IN the region north>of the yistula. east
ward OF Thorn. where the Russians some
tinie Ego. advanced westward across the
Rawa river.
r This movement continues the writer.
evidently was designed by Grand Duke
Nicholas to rolieve the pressure on the
Warsaw front. Hc miscalculated. how
ever. the strength OF the possible German
advance from East Prussia. which hero.
too, is already shattering the Russian
general plan Of campaign, as shown In
the operations 20 the north and west OF
Sierpec, where the Germans captured
hundreds Of prisoners IN two days fight.
ing, ending with the occupation Of sierpec.
No One Man supreme.
These successes In the eastern arena
prove the superiority Of fthe German
talent for orgapization. whioh causes
painful astonishment for the Russians.
This talent is not connected with any one
name, go far as Il is now understood: IL
is not the work OF any Individual and
prominent leader, like Napoleon. a CEN
tury ago. These great German achieve
ments In creating new armies viii per-
hsps be attributed later to the genius OF
a single great organizer At any rate.
our capacity for creating armies and
putting them in the right spot proves
that the German general staff Is contin-
ually utilizing the experiences gained in
the Franco-Prussian war"