Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-01-05
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was to let the opponent know that it
was considered proper not to move
about too much.
Towards the end of October Won
Hindenburg appeared suddenly at the
head of a large German force, adVanc-
ing in the direction of Ivangorod. At
the same time the Austro- -Hungarians,
having recuperated from the debacle
of the Dankl- -Auffenberg operations
against Lublin and Krasnik, managed
to relieve Przemysl and drive the
Russians across the river San and out
of Galicia. The Russian general staff
had been obliged to rush reinforce
ments to the Suwalki theatre Of war
This had eased the situation in Ga
licia, and the Austro- -Hungarians had
taken advantage Of it.
In his advance upon the Ivangorod-
Warsaw lines, Won Hindenburg finally
reached the banks of the Vistula, to
discover, however, that the Russians
had fortified all bridge heads and ele-
vations along the river. Several at
tempts were made by Won Hindenburg
to force a crossing but he soon dis
covered that this could not be dona.
He was able, however, to stand his
ground.
Hungary Was Threatened.
Meanwhile the Austro- Hungarians
had again lost ground to the Russians,
Jaroslaw had been taken and while
the Russians had been driven out of
eastern Hungary, they were now
the Austro- Hungarian
right wing with a massing of troops
IN the Bukovina. Recrossing the San
river en- masse, the Russians for a
time even threatened to cut their way
in northwestern Galicia. This
was averted, however, by prompt
maneuvres on the part of the German
and Austro- Hungarian forces, who of
fereG a strong defensive on the Cra-
cow Przemysl line.
During the first week of Novem-
Der progress was made by neither Of
the opposing armies. The Austro-
held the Russians in
check from Cracow to PrZemysl,
while the Germans held the line from
Cracow- Petrikow to Mlava. But the
forces of the two empires were too
small to carry on a renewed offensive
against the Russian masses, which
had moved across the rivers San ana
Nistula like an avalanche. 1t was
then that Won Hindenburg decided
upon a plan which may be said typical
CT him.
Tried to Work a Trap.
by means of a strategicaI retreat
he intended to break the Russian
front. He ordered his center to fall
back and kept his own wings more
or less in the positions they had Oc-
cupied, forming in this manner a
rough cul- -sac--into which he
hoped to trap the Russian force,
which he felt would be sent to follow
up the retreating Germans.
1t is generally admitted, the OBJ
server says that Won Hindenburg's
plan would have succeeded had the
Austro- Hungarian forces needed by
him proven more mobile and effective.
AS IL was the Austro- -Hungarians,
hampered by bad roads, failed to APP
pear in time, and when finally the ef-
fort was made to bite off'' the Rus
sian forces, which had taken up the
pursuit of Won Hindenburg. II was
found that the tardiness OF the Aus
tro-Hungarians had permitted too
many Russians to push after the Ger
mans
For several days situation said
TO have no parallel In modern war
IdTe, eNlsltu. III tne center OF the
theatre of operations was a large Rus
sian force, surrounded on three sides
by Germans. Beyond the German
tines Russian lines were forming
the German position having thus two
faces-and beyond the Russians an
other line Of Germans was forming In
the north, and line OF Austro-Hun-
garians in the south and west.
Desperate efforts were made by the
Germans and their allies to bring to-
gether the points of the wings they
had laid about the Russian pursuing
forces. Instead the Russians forced
them further apart, until both lines
were again Strengthened out Won
learned two things in
these operations. The first Of these
was that his swamp tactics" OF east
Prussia had taught the Russians a
lesson the second was that he had
credited the Austro- Hungarian Of
ficers with degree of efficiency they
did not possess.
Finally Got out.
Had il not been for the gallant con-
duct of his own men, Won Hinden-
burg might have gone down in dis
aster. But the Germans virtually cut
their way out OF the tsngle they were
IN, the last division freeing itself from
the strong Russian embrace in the
first days Of December. Then came
the taking Of Lodz. ending this phase
of the operations. and the siege OF
PrBemysl followed. Paradoxical as IL