The midland journal., 1915-08-06

too SLOW to carry out the field mar
shals plans and the Russians, slip.
ping into gap in the. lines between
the Germans and their allies, slaugh-
tered the latter. The result was the
high tide OF Russian invasion. The
Austrians withdrew over the Carpa-
thians again, leaving Przemysl to be
besieged second time. The Ger
mans withdrew to Silesia and the Rus
slams, following closely, were able
for brief moment to raid this rich
province at Pleschen. At the same
time they entered East Prussia
again
But again the German strategic
railways proved their undoing. Hin
denburg concentrated at Thorn and
drove into the right flank of the Rus
sian main forces, throwing them back
on Lodz
He advanced too far, however, and
when he had the Russian forces near
fy surrounded, he suddenly found Rus
slams in his own rear In this ex-
tremity, the Russians say, he tele-
graphed for re-enforcements
But before the re-enforcements
sent from Flanders arrived the Ger
mans had managed at frightful cost
to hack their way to safety. This was
the bloody battle of Lodz.
Wins Second Victory.
With stronger German forces oppos-
ing them the Russians withdrew to
the line Of Bzura, Rawa and Nida
rivers. At the same time the Aus
trians, attempting to debouch from
the Carpathian passes. were driven
back everywhere, leaving $4,000 pris-
oners.
With January Hindenburg made
third desperate attack on Warsaw.
For ten days, both night and day, the
Germans came on. Then, having lost
probably $4,000 men and the Russians
nearly as many, they gave it up. ya
Unable to reach Warsaw, Hindenburg
concentrated twice Siever's force In
East Prussia, and won his second
overwhelming victory there. Enor-
nous captures of Russians we're made
and the fortress of Gradno was at
tackled farther west, from Ossowets
to Pultusk. The Germans retreated
to Mlawa and then tried to flank the
Russians at Przasnysz, which city
they took. But the Russians again
fianked the thanking party, as they had
done at Lodz and won an important
success (February 22-28).
In March and April, the Russians
pressed through the western Carpa-
THAN passes and entered Hungary
Just when their future seemed bright
est, the Germans broke the Russian
line in West Galicia and let through
enormous forces.
Pressing westward irresistibly, they
took the Russian Carpathian armies In
the rear. The latter tried to retreat,
but vast numbers were captured.
Przemysl, which had succumbed to
the Russian besiegers March %, fell
again into the hands of the Austro-
Germans.
Great German Maneuver.
From Przemysl Won Mackensen
drove east through Mosciska and
Grodek and captured Lemberg. the
Galician capital Then he turned
north and marched upon the Warsaw
Ivangorod -Brest Litovsk triangle
from the south.
At the same time the Russians in
southern Galicia, putting up desper-
ate resistance, were driven by Won
Linsingen first to the line of the
Dniester and then across the Gnila-
Lipa to the line of the Zlota-Lipa.
Reaching the vicinity of Krasnik
in their drive to Warsaw from the
south. the Austrians sustained se-
we're check in the scene of their tri-
umph of the previous summer. Held
on this line the Germans attacked hot
ly from the north and took the town
of Przasnysz July Ia.
The Germans now began the grand
est maneuver ever seen in the history !,
of human warfare. y
From the Windau river In the Bal
tic provinces all the way along the
border of East Prussia and in gigan-
tic sweep through the vicinity of Ra-
dom, west of the Vlstula. and q line
south of the Lublin-Cholm railway
they delivered smashing blows and 4
have reached the very gates Of War
saw.