The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1915-08-13
FIRST YEAR OF THE
WAR IN the EAST

70, The 6rst twelvemonth OF lighting
between the Russians Oh one sfts s1id
tho Austrisns and Germans on
the other 10 q story OF great changes
OF fortune. both comhatants being re-
| peatedly driven back only to show
the greatest resilieney In defeat and
soon Co resume the offensive In q most
surprising manner
The end OF the year, however. tinds
the pendulum swinging strongly
against the car. He may recover
and take again the roads TO Craeow.
Vienna and Berlin, but just at pres,
ent he Ia on the whole In worse plight
than In any hour since the war
started.
Russia's losses In the FIRST year Of
the war are not approached by those
OF any nation In any war OF history.
According TO reliabis estimates. she
has had between $500. 900 and 1000.
900 men killed. injured and captured.
Despite these horrible gaps made In
her ranks, she still has millions In
the field. and her great reservoir OF
personnel does not show signs Of ex.
haustion, II 10 not men abe lacks. but
guns. shells and brains.
slow 10 Mobilize.
On August l. 1914. Germany Do.
clared war on Russia. Almost imme.
diately the Germans crossed the iron.
tier At Thorn and the AustriAns south
OF Lublin. They were practically un.
opposed because OF the slowness Of
mobilization In Russia. The Grand
Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch was
forced to gather hts main armies well
to tbs rear Of the line OF great fort.
resses running through Kovno. Grod'
no. ossewets. Novo Georgievsk, War
saw and fvangorod,
On account OF his desire 10 do Ill
no could to 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. A. . result. he met two disas.
tiers.
He sent General Saxnsonoif into
I Fast Prussia from the south and
General Rernenkampf into East Prus.
STA from the east, the latter winning
the frst large engagement OF the war
In the East at Gumb!nen.
At this moment the Germans. DO
lieving that the French were well In
hand and about 10 be surrounded on
their eastern frontier. quickly with
! drew 100000 men from France and
hurled them by rail into East Prus-
sia, where they fell upon Samsonofl
with crushing force In the great Ger
man victory Of Tannenbers Aug 2s)
/ Meanwhile. the Avstrians, leaving
! only few troops in Galicia TO bold
back the Russians advancing from
| Tarnopol on the line Of the GniIa. Lipa.
struck the Russians en- mAsse nj Kras.
mix and routed them 10 Lubiin.
Most bloody Drive Of war.
With two armies In difficulty. the
grand duke decided TO abandon one
to Ito tate and save the other. He
threw reinforcement into Lublin
| and ordered the line OF the Gnila,
Lipa river b forced ut any cost. In
one OF th. most bloody drives Of the
war the Russians advanced into cast
ern Galicia and occupied LENDERS.
The Russians then advanced to
Rawa Ruska and took the Austrian
armies in Poland In the rear. cutting
them Up frishtfuIly.
Meanwhile Won Hindencurg had
completed his victory over Samsonor
by turning on Rennemkampf and clear.
Ing East Prussia Of Muscsvisss. But
though Rennenkampf had beef dc.
feated and Samsoapn almost ami.
hilated. the Germans.
The Russians were now AN far west
| az Tarnow In GaiIcia. while their
| Cossacks were abs TO make raids into
Hungary farther south Hindeaburg
concentrated a great force suddenly
| in siIesia 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.
Hiudea burg then 1-s~ on the north.
err section Of his army In Poland to