The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-02-24
Russian Remnants
Negligible Quantity


days battle and the subsequent rnn.
ming fights are estimated at 10000
men. -
In Suwalh there could be heard
Yesterday and today the sound of ar
tiiiery from a swampy region to the
southeast where an Isolated Russian
division, perhaps 10000 strong. has
Deen completely surrounded, but still
ls onering resistance. Several thous-
and more Russians probably still re-
main In small scattered bands or are
wandering as stragglers within the
ring which the German troops have
now closed around the woods AMI
sWamps between Suwaiki, Augustoyt,
and the German frontier, but the cap-
ture or these wanderers Is expected
here and is regarded as merely an in
cldent In campaign to which the
great success is called only the rre-
lude.
German military men at Suwa,ki do
not believe General Sievers will he
able TO bring one of his troors safely
behiDd the fortress at Grodno-a safe
tion.
The above statement may seem to
be exaggerated, but q corr aspondent
OF the Associated Press, ,.:s,;.ring
along the line of tbr dssian retreat
over roads 'ei SnoJ J5,, y 4 tlarausbs
!, 9 asaa]f = NJ ywampy country. gein-
ed an impr. -Jion Of complete defeat
an decentralization which scarcely can
be conveyed in word. Abandoned
guns and automobiles; wrecked and
overturned wagons, sledges and am
munition caissons encumbered the
way. Rifles. blankets. knapsacks and
other equipment had been thrown
away by the fleeting soldiers. Dead
horses and an occasional fallen SOL
dier were everywhere along the road
side.
L At street corners in suwalki.
Angustowo. Lyck, ard other towns
are great heaps cs abandoned rifles
and bayonets. Large bands OF Rus
sian prisoners, many. OF whom sur
rendered without firing shot, were
encountered along the way. The
/ Russ siAns. retreat seem Co have had
only tine enough I'd burn the houses
| on ..fi,e German side OF the frostier
1 and destroy the livestock which they
wesa unable to drive away, This they
did so thoroughly that In the IL mile
ride from Lyck to the frontier viis
lage OF Prostken only one house with
q roof on 1t was seen. The Russsen
part OF Prostkeh and the Russian VIII
lagos beyond had not been touched.
The first phase OF the campaign
the phase resulting In the destruction
OF the Russian northern army-uay
be compared TO a gigantic rabbit
drive, or surround, In which men were
the prey
While the attention OF the Russians
i was concentrated on the Warsaw lire.
Field Marshal YOU Hindenburg, quiet
| ly assembling an overwhelming force
~ East Prussia behlcd the Muzurian
| Lakes. suddenly launched IL In two
/ columns against General Sievefg
One column drove In from the south
and threw back the Russians who FOR
months had been besieRing the lake
! Isateways to East Prussia, and the
/ other column from the north swung
i round to the eastward and southward.
/ aiming to Join the southern German
column and cut on the retreat OF the
Russians.
The two wings closed to the. east
OF Suwalki and AugustoWo only. a
i few hours too late to catch the entire
4 army. Most OF the units OF the RUS
I-sian force. however, were caught.
The delay which enabled the rem
hant escape was due, to. nature The
line OF advance Of the sc,thern
column lay through the belts OF
/ swafnps which form q natural de.
Tense OF the Russian frontier. Il is
almost without roads and troops at
tempting to use the cross country
I trails became almost hopeiessly bog
i ged. The correspondent eaw coItimn,
OF infantry, many OF whom had passed
Through mlres more than ankle deep.
Nature said one German conf
nlahder 10 the correspondent, always
ihelped the Russians. Two days of
hard frost ana we should have had
every man.
The .cnrrespundent accomplished
| the right wing of the German armies
and II WAS 70 these troops TINT the
heaviest part os The flghtiDg fell. The
left wing sweeping down FROM the
north was called upon to accomplish
lmnrches OF forty miles daily In puF-
suit Of the Russians
me battle In the south was OF an
unique character. Again nature aid.
] % ms, 4 6 WI,s f1uE ut IN d
driving SNOW storm. fierce cutting
/ wind driving the flelkee .nto the faces
i anu yse Of the edyencing Germans
until they could scarcely sees
When the Germans came TO Krips
i wiah the RGshianH they fonnd theft
irilies so covered diid ell0kea with ice
md snow that the WeaponH cOaid not
i Be lfed. The troops. ana These were
! young troops OF one 0s the newly
fosined ccrDs. were lott only their
bayonets. but they struck to Shelf
ltb1Sf< aass,fAa hh<, ~, f<kstf,.S.,
oiieH sEye when artillery arrived j5sat
/ lgia time aAd turned tho Bcaie. The
tfcops oe this column pressed forward
l1ionE the fairWay, 0fifv 4 dozen nsssss