The Sentinel=record., 1915-02-24

Suwalki, Feb g The German forces under Field Marshal Non Hin denburg inflicted a striking afeat on the Russians in the recent battle of the Mazurian-Iakes country so that the Russian remnants are neeh. eible quantity in the operations now in progress. The Russian killed and wounded in the four days fighting are estimated at oo,000 men Sixty thousand Russians out of total of l50,000 engaged are prisoners.
 This fighting has been described as the February campaign in East Prussia and North Poland and it is regarded here as second Tannen- berg
 The Russians composing the Tenth army were under the command of General Sieyers. It is true that this commander by a skllfu use of the railroad at his disposal and by the sacrifice at times of entire battalious in order to bring off few guns suc- ceeded in saving greater part of his artillery but no fewer than 60.O00 of his lo0,000 men are already counted among the German prisoners while his killed and wounded in the four days battle with which these opera lions were inaugurated and the sub sequent running fights are estimated at 30,000 men.
 On fba cfrppfe of gsf,v., 1f.t tl,,.-, could be heard yesterday and today the sound of artillery from a swampy region to the southeast where an isolated Russian division. perhaps 100000 men strong. has been com pletely surrounded but is stn oftar- ing resistance. Several thousand more Russians probably stul remain in small scattered bands or are wan dering as stragglers within the ring which the German troops have now closed around tha woods and swamps between Suwalki. Aueustowo and the German frontier but the capture oC these wanderers is expected here and is regarded as merely an incident in a campaign to which this great sue cess is called only the prelude
 It is not believed among German military men at Suwalld that General Sievers will be able to bring one fifth of his troops safely behind the fortress at Grodno-a safety which may not be of long duration.
 The above statement may seem to be exaggerated but a correspondent of the Associated Press motoring along the line of the Russian retreat over roads deep in snow and through desoate and swampy country gained an impression of complete defeat and demOralization which scarcely can be conveyed in words Abandoned guns and automobiles, wrecked and overturned wagons sleds and ammunition cassous en- cumbered the way Rifles, blankets, knapsacks and other equipment had been thrown away by the fleeing sol diers. Dead horses and an occa- sional fallen soldier were everywhere along the roadside These things showed the conditions under which the hasty retreat had been accom-. plished
 At street corners in Suwalli, An gustowo Lyck and other towns are great heaps of abandoned rifles and Sayonets. Large bands of Russian prisoners. many of whom surren- dered without firing a shot, were en- countered along the way. The Rus sians in retreat seem to have had only time enough to burn the houses on the German side of the frontier and destroy the live stock which they were unable 10 drive away. This they did so thoroughly that in the l7-mile ride from Lyck to the fronti7t village of Prostken. for example, only one house with roof on it was seen The Russian part of Prostken and the Russian villages beyond have not been touched For days past the cor respondent has seen no living an!- mals except those in the German col Imns and dogs and cats in villages. The bodies of sheep and cattle killed by the Russians nave been left to decay by the roadside
 The first phase of the campaisn- the phase resulting in the destructloe