The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-01

,ls'ern battle 'front.' came on TnurSuay,
,,,v 30. when the Russian General Stan
sA,lded to abandon Warsaw. the capt.
"a, O, Russian Poland the fortresses OF
the yistula and the Narew. with a large
alice OF territory. In pursuance Of that
asclsIon the evacuation of the city be-
ran AT once, and II was reported that
the triumphal entry Of the Kaiser and
his troops would be made to-day, tho
srst anniversary OF the declaration Of
var BY Germany against Russia.
The Russians are retiring to ~
Acted positions In a straight line from
y,yno. through Grodno and Brest-
r,tovsk. south along the Bug River. by
which they eliminate the $50 mile bulge
10 protect Warsaw. shortening tho bat
the front In Russian Poland by 1875 miles
As their armies appear to hav escaped
intact this will enable them to effect Il
vastly stronger concentration on u
straight line than they have ever had
before. As they are laying the country
waste as they retreat the problem of
attack against them will be Infinitely
more difficult than It has been before.
The new positions are those where
Russia desired to meet Germany by the
plans OF 1910. 1t was decided hen to
abandon the unwieldy vistuia- Narew
front with Warsaw. but the pleas OF
President Poincare Of France. then Min
e,er Of War. induced the Russian Gen.
eral stan TO lay this plan aside II was
pointed out that the distance Of East
Prussia from the new positions would
enable Germany to crush France before
Russia could get n counter invasion OF
East Prussia under way.
Neither the Russian Empire nor the
Allies appear unduly depressed by the
event. Russia Is convinced that she
must bide her time until she shall have
received the fruits Of her mobil,xed in
dUtries In field guns n howitzers able
TO met tho Austrian and German gun
On an equal footing. until her 5000. 900
or more available fresh troops can be
aoetuaeSig Cpuipptd, tuChs " - pIOm-
ised, she will resume the offensive and
recapture her territory. Had she forced
N issue now she might only have los,
an !rreplaceable army.
The situation on the eastern front Is
the climax OF the great Austro-German
offensive begun the last week Of April
jus, when Russia had we'll started an
avalanche of troops rolling down the
western slopes OF tine C%arpathians onto
the hungarian plains.
The Great German Machine.
With the precision of n perfectly ad.
jus'ed machine the Teuton allies. ONT
section after another. on a battle line
IRENE length OF 1857 miles. have beer
where II was expected they would be and
when they were expected n have accom-
pl.shed that which they were ordered &c
do, Gen. Son Mackensen with his Ger.
man army corps was to turn the Rus
Sian right north of the Carpathians and
he did il. Gen. Won Linsingen. with the
Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria
was to turn the left, and he did It.. and
the Russian centre fed from the noun
tains. now TO Przemysi. now to Lem.
berg. With machinelikc precision. al
has been said, the other Austro-Germar
armies plunged into action. Buko-
VIVA was cleared Galicia practically
was freed from the invaders. and ther
on the north Won Hindenburg. tho "Olt
Man of the Lakes" thrice defeated In
Ms drives on Warsaw, gathered UP hi
strength, and from the Bzura River e
the west around the fated capital. alont
the Nistula. the Narew n the Niemar
'Arew his armies into action for the de
clslve battles.
experimenting this came the German
offensive. further to the north. from
..bau on the Baltic. through Shawl norti
.p' miles TO the shores OF the Gulf O
Riga, clearing two great Russian
provinces n threatening Riga. secont
only to Petrograd as a manufacturing
city.
iermany's plan as It developed wal
seen 10 have as its objective something
lar greater than the capture OF Warsaw
as important s~trategically As hat nigh
De she was aiming. by a series OF en-
Ne'op!rg movements, to cut on the Rus
san armies in Russian Poland from
az relief from interior Russia. and tn,
Ld!Iroads were the key to the situation
torves which were designed solely a
ouHers, 10 prevent escape to the west
ho'tA and south, We're moved up and as
suIn"d positions. and then from the south
easy came the Austro-German armies
moving on the Lublin-Cholm railwa,
"He ana upon Ivangorod to cut the War
MOSCOW railway. An army unde
zen Won Gdllwitz pushed east south q
,' N.'man toward wilma. fifty mile.
u"@'1hi, - Intercept the Warsaw-Petro
s''H railway, and finally Won Hindenbur,
ntnlS'i' drove a wedge between the forti
ned towns of Pultusk and Rosen, owe
me NArcW into the angle made by tn,
gvers "N
T"uton success Due to Metal.
g ~" 10 one thing-metal. Big guns
sLhs Unprecedented in size for mobil
a5m'eS, have told the story. Agains
tH'Se powerful weapons no human bel u
m'"cNer trained, however brave, coul,
.'nH, ana in the face OF them even tn
"..'Fh military trench afforded littl
f..'e''1"E, Germany has literally blow
"'rT way through the country.
-" Iipidity with which the Russian
'gT',' we're modified at the outbreal
NE war undoubtedly saved Paris
m'.' Is TO believe the foremost miiitar.
NI'S n the world.
,''rWahy' realizing that Russia woul'
3 summit to the terms she would i'm
n trusted II. .he lessons Of tn
S-;5,- var. Iaupches her bios
through licIRium toward Paris an,
~ d.'ihcr Sedan-but found that sh
w. 'alrl To learn through her ~.
,o'eh. That in 1910 "A complete revolu
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