The sun., 1915-11-15
RUZSKY SEES SPIRIT
OF GERMANS BROKEN
Depression, Says Commander,
Has Taken Place Of Boast
fulncss.
"TIME OUR FIFTH ALLY"
Special Cabie Despatch to THE SuS.


LONDON. Nov. 15.--The Daily Mdirs
correspondent at Petrograd. dealing
, with the German advance on Riga. says
Gen. Ruzsky is the last man In the
world to boast or indulge in optimistic
prophecy, but he has told Russian
correspondent. who was visitor at
headquarters that among the Germans
there was no longer self-assurance, but
depression. lie added.
"'They now frequently surrender will
lingly in companies and battalions.
They have not only ceased to advance
but are actually falling back. We are
doing we'll Go to the front and zee
for yourself how our men are fighting.
what the expenditure of ammunition
IL and how many prisoners we arc
taking. We are now secure against any
further surprises This also is true. l
believe. Of the west. l do not consider
the enemy as exhausted or on the verge
of exhaustion. He is still strong. but
we have measured his strength. lie cam
not spring surprises on us. II we hold
out victory IL certain. Time is our fifth
| ally. The side which can keep up it's
numbers longest Is now bound to win.' "
Russians Driving Germans.
The Petrograd correspondent OF tho
| Morning Post says that the Russians
| have cleared the Germans from the
| Gulf of Riga coastline as far north as
the upper end of Lake Ranger. At the
| end OF eleven days OF almost inc~tsant
| fighting RagSabe and Anting. to the
north and south OF the lake, were
stormed. The Germans, the correspond
cnt says, appear to be on the run in this
| region, with the Russians pursuing them
| over the level, open country west from
| kemmern.
| The Russians have reached the june
tion OF the Riga-Windau and the Mtau-
Windau railways, the correspondent says.
| and now are on two highroads and
railway converging on Tukkum. less than
twelve miles beyond. The hilly country
east of Tukkum affords good defensive
positions and the Germans are expected
| 10 make the best of these.
| Among the Russian troops engaged
! here" the correspondent says, ARE local
| levies of Let's. whose inveterate hatred
of everything German is almost as
valuable an asset as their intimate ac-
quaintance with the difficult country.
| The Russians continue pushing west
ward. and the -~eult probably will be
! the retirement of the German forces to
| tho south. under the threat Of an attack
on their flank and rear"
| The German attempts to break tho
! Russian line on the Dwina continue un-
successful. the correspondent says. ten
| violent attacks being repulsed opposite
| Illuxt on Friday with heavy losses. At
| least one more strenuous effort by the
| Germans on this front is expected. al
| though. the correspondent says, "for
the last ten weeks this front has been
| little better than a death trap for them" "
| The unusually early frosts and snow
! have given way to a higher tempera-
ture several degrees above freezing. with
rain.
! The Car and his heir inspected the
ports of Reval and Riga and the districts
| OF Dwinsk and Vtebsk last week. While
| at Reval the Emperor decorated the COM
manders of British and Russian SUBJ
! marine.
Russians In south Defeated.
Gen. Won Linsingen's army In the
| Nolhynia triangle, near the northeastern
frontier OF Austria, which has been hard
pressed by the Russians for weeks has
turned and has broken into the posi-
tons Of the Cars forces near the much
contested town Of Czartorysk, in the i'm
mediate vicinity OF Podgacie. taking
l.5l5 prisoners and four machine guns.
This is the first serious setback the
Russians have suffered since Car
Nicholas assumed supreme command.
| The official statement issued at Petro-
| grad Tonight follows:
! In the Ixkull district our artillery re-
| pulsed "A German offensive on the Derse
| Munde farm.
From Dwinsk southwark to the Pri-
hn frnn
Northwest OF Czartorysk there was
desperate fcht!ng at Miedviczhe. ON
the Styr the German advance has been
| checked. AT Podgacie. west of Car
torysk, IA fierce battle is in progress.
To-day's German official War Office
report tells also of the repulse OF Rus
sian attacks northward OF the Kovel-
Szarny railroad. n line which the Ger
mans have been endeavoring for months
TO control in order to launch an ofYen-
sive with the Nolhynan fortress OF
Rovno as the goal
The official German report follows:
The situation OF the army groups
OF Field Marshal Won Hindenburg and
Prince Leopold of Bavaria is un-
changed,
| Army group of Gen. Won Linsingen:
Near Podgacie we penetrSted the Rus
sian positions and captured 1915 men
and four machine guns.
The Russians unsuccessfully at
tackled northward Of the kovel- SZarny