Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-01-28
RUSSIANS RETAKE
CITY OF KIELCE
Two Armies Deal Heavy Blows
on the Austro-German
Troops.
Deep SNOW ABOUT WARSAW
Weather Conditions Favor the Ger
mans, Delaying the Russian Ad-
vance at Some Points-Turks
Check Russ in Caucasus.
BY FRANCIS LAvELLE MURRAY.

BY FRANCIS LAVELLE MURRAY.
International News Service Correspondent.
Petrograd, Jan. 25,-While Russian
troops are maintaining the offensive
against the Germans in northern Po-
land despite severe snow storm, and
progressing slowly but surely toward
Thorn, two more armies in southern
Roland are dealing heavy blows to the
Austro-German troops in the govern
irent Of Kielce. The city of Kielce
has been recaptured by the forces of
eneral Ruzsh.
~ Taken by the Germans when their
eavy re-enfoYcements threatened to
rgulf the Russian troops on the east
ink Of the kPilica river, Pilica was
eld by them for less than a week. 1t
vas eVaJua;ed before the advance of
wo Russian armies, one of which
rove its way north of Kielce as far
s Lopuszno, while another advanced
'ver the Lyso Cora heights to
trengthen the forces opposing the
orces opposing the Austrians on the
Iids river.
Russ In Rapid Advance.
The rapid advance of these two
armies rendered the German positions
u and about Kielce untenable and
hey have fallen back to front run
ling through Oloszno, Kurzelow and
5ocemin. While the Germans effected
heir withdrawal in good order, they
nave been forced back SO miles. Along
little hills just east OF the Pilica
pr they have mounted guns, appar-
n Intending to make stand there.
!, 20 dIe general interest for the last
Jays has centered on the north
hdl campaign because of the thrill
~ kplupge Of the Russian troops to
- Eysrh6fn. the gains in South Poland
b.e HAstly more importance to the
arms from a strateeic view
~ koft| They permit the continuatit
tnes campaign against Grace
which for ten days had been thret
Sned with failure.
II is Cracow that the Russians wa
~ order to open the campaign again
Berlin. Thorn is important, but it
not the gateway to Germany No 0
tempt has ever been made to disgui
the Importance of the campaie
against Cracow and the fact that 1
! O. ~ would prove a hard tas
Som responsible journalists in o
tober sent out dispatches from Petr
y grad saying the Russian general sta
expected to be in Berlin by Christina
As a matter of fact, the Russian ge
eral staff did not expect even to hay
taken Cracow by that time. The of
cial belief is that the capture Of CIR
COW will not be effected before Ma
That 1t will be captured, however,
the confident prediction of all Russia
ofiicialdom.
Snow Hampers Operations.
The same conditions that hampere
the fighting west of Warsaw in mil
2 December now prevail in northern p
land. On the levels the snow is froi
one to three feet deep and in the va
leys 1t is up to the shoulders of tn
soldiers. At many points on the fror
the digging of trenches is useless, a
they Immediately fill with snow.
These conditions are reacting in fl
yor Of the Germans. delaying the Rui
Sian advance at some points and gi'
Ing the Germans time to bring re.el
forcements up over their railways.
Reports from the Caucasus front II
dicate that the Turks have succeede
IN temporarily checking the Russia
advance toward Erzerufn. Along tn
Techoroch river and south of ther
fresh Turkish troops have appeare
and they are offering desperate resis
ance to the Russians.