The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-08-06
FIRST YEAR OF THE
WAR IN THE EAST

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On August !. 1914, Germany de-
elzrsd var on Russia Almost inme-
dlztely the Germznz crossed the from
tier e. Thorn and the Austrians south
Of Lublin- They were practically IN
opposed because Of the slowness OF
mobilization il Russia The Grand
Duke Nicholas NichOlzieTitch was
forced 70 gather his main armies veil
10 the rear Of the line Of great fort
reEses running through Koyno. Grod-
10. Ossowetz. Moro Georgievsk, War
saw and Iyangorod
On account OF his desire to do all
he could 10 relieve the French, who
were being driven from northern
France By the amazing German rush
through Belgium. Nicholas attacked
sooner than he otherwise would have
done AS a result, he met two disas-
ters.
He sent General Samsonoff into
East Prussia from the south and
| General Rennenkampf into East Prus-
sia from the east, the latter winning
| the first large engagement of the war
! in the East at Gumbinen.
At this moment the Germans, be-
/ lieying that the French were well in
hand and about to be surrounded on
/ their eastern frontier. quickly with
drew 100000 men from France and
hurled them by rail into East Prus-
STA. where they fell upon Samsonofr
with crushing force in the great Ger
man victory of Tannenberg Aug. 2S) &.
Meanwhile, the AustPians, leaving
only a few troops in Galicia to hold
back the Russians advancing from
/ Tarnopol on the line of the Gnila-Lipa,
struck the Russians en- masse at Kras-
mix and routed them to Lublin
Most Bloody Drive of War.
With two armies in difficulty, the
grand duke decided TO abandon one
to it's fate and save the other. He
threw re-enforcements into LubIin
and ordered the line of the Gnila-
Lipa river be forced at any cost. In
one OF the most bloody drives of the
war the Russians advanced into east
ern Galicia and occupied Lemberg.
The Russians then advanced to
Rawa Ruska and took the Austrian
armies in Poland in the rear, cutting
them up frightfully.
| Meanwhile Won Hindenburg had
completed his victory over Samsonofr
by turning on Rennenkampf and clear
ing East Prussia of Muscoyites. But
though Rennenkampf had been de-
feated and Samsonoff almost ami
hilated, the Germans.
The Russians were now as far west
as Tarnow in Galicia, while their
Cossacks were able to make raids into
| Hungary farther south. Hindenburg
concentrated a great force suddenly
in Silesia and began drive from the
west against Warsaw and Ivan
gorod. The Siberian corps arrived
in the nick of time to save Warsaw
from the enemy.
High Tide of Russian Invasion.
Hindenburg then drew off the north
ern section of his army In Poland to
the north, thinking to take the pursu-