Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-15
Won H|NDENBURG STRIKES
WHERE LEAST EXPECTED
Success in East Prussia Emphasizes
Quiet Strategy OF German
Field Marshal.
NIsLEADs RUSSIAN GENERALS
Wells Plans by Reinforcing Austrians
I'm Carpathians, Meanwhile As
sembling Strong Army Of Fresh
Recruits Above Mazurian Lakes.

BERLIN tvia London). February IA.
Tho success OF tho Germans In East
Prussia empha sizes. according to the
view held here. tho quiet strategy OF
Field Marshal Won IIindcnburg. which
Is designed to strike an enemy when
and whore tho blow Is least expected.
After tho Russian strength on tho
Warsaw front proved too great, and
a thanking movement became necessary.
Field Marshal con Hindenburg decided
to choose tho left wing. owing to the
better equipment OF East Prussia with
railways. and because tho colder wealth
or offered better prospects for sue
cessrm operations.
Won IIindenburg yelled his plans by
reinforcing the Austrians in tho Car
pathians in order to make n strong di-
version and mislcd tho Russians into
thinking that the real thanking move
:ncnt was to be carried out there. Mean
while he assembled strong army
above the Mazurian Lakes, composed
for the most part Of fresh recruits.
Major Moraht. military critic OF the
that the Russians had strongly forth
out. only enhanced Won Hindenburgs
tactical achievement.
UNAVOIDABLE EFFECT
UPON RUSSIAN PLANS
In the opinion OF this critic. Grand
Duke Nicholas evidently intended to
carry out an offensive movement after
1N,.a IL;
the defeat must have a very unfavor-
able effect upon the general russian
plans. for this. he adds, was "a defeat
in the fullest sense Of the word" ms
evidenced by the immense booty and
the hasty evacuation Of the position
mentioned In the official bulletin.
Major Mo-aht thinks that one OF tho
first effects of this success Will be seen
in the region north of the Vistuln, east
ward Of Thorn. where tho Russians
some time ago advanced westward
across the Rawka River.
This movement" continues the
writer, evidently was designed by
Grand Duke Nicholas to relieve the
pressure on the Warsaw front He
miscnlculated, however. tho strength
of the possible German advance from
West Prussia. which here, too. is al
ready SCATTERING tho Russian general
plan of campaign. as shown in the oper-
ntions to the north and west Of Sierpec
where the Germans captured hundreds
or prisoners in two days lighting, end
ing with the occupation of Sierpec
These successes In the eastern arena
prove the superiority of tho German
talent for organization. Our capacity
for creating armies and putting them
on the right spot proves that the Ger
man general staff is continually util-
izing the experiences gained in the
Franco -Prussian War
Whoever had imagined few months
ago that German armies would be oper-
ating on the Roumanian frontier and
in the Carpathians would have been
regarded as n fantastic dreamer. Who
ever had tried to demonstrate in fig
ures the numbers Of German troops
now actually rolling toward the from
tiers by railway, would have been dis
believed even by n large part of the
active army officers.
DANGERS GIVE GERMANS
POWERS OF GIANT
THE dangers of the situation, with
enemies on all sides. have given the
Germans the power of giant who adj
vances from one victory to another"
The military expert Of the Mittag
Ieitung, Major Won Schreibershoher,
writes:
The victory must have n decisive ef-
feet upon the general operations. The
Germans seized the initiative and have
achieved results which will have last
ing effects and bring Germany and
Austria long step towards a final
decision Their operations have devel-
oped in an extraordinarily favorable
manner and the foundations have been
laid for further successes. The latest
victories in East Prussia. the Carpath-
ians and Bukowina arc tho first steps
toward further blows for crushing the
enemy"