Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-01-05


roaos, nus s'rateglrally poor rall-
roau sss'em' ana nut rev natural re-
h"urees
,c frSh troops ArriNc.
ihese are the main features OF the
| recent campaigning In the eastern
.heateV oi war. But survey OF them
| Woulq n"t pe complete without n
she'Vh Oh soihe OF the prlncipal one-
ra'iohs anu tnelr results
An important factor In the develop
,Hcnts was the ARRIVAL OF large num-
| peIs OF l,esh troops IN the Russian
lamps, WHhch TOOK place during me
| lllst week oi N"NeinpeE Ihelr great
weight was ilfst felt ny the Germa n
| troopS west OF the Nowo-Heofgiewsk
WatsaW me. VINO We're forced PACK
| hBaHSt 'he Narthe banks on Novent-
ler ~ What lhe exact strength "i
/ diiis hhssihh lorce was Is not known.
| me hhsslan second army Formed the
fight wing oi the forces in Poland oc-
! cupylhg the Inc kolo-Sierads- -Szczer- :
Iowo ana Joining on the ieft the filtn
army whose center was Nowo Ra-
dosk. IL IS thought that these two
! FORCES had cohhlned strength ol
abont bOV,ooO
me second ana fltth armies pc
game tne RUSSIAN center in the opera
tions whlch followed. ON the extreme
rlsht the FIRST army occupied the re-
glon between the Nlstula and koNn >.
rms loice was commanded by fenerai
itennenkampi, whose efforts TO crush
the Herman lett wing resulted IN a
number OF smaller engagements near
stallupoenen: Eydtkuhnen and soldan'
dating from November l. TO Z, heh-
7 forces numbered
ieast b0O,oOo men, 1t Is asserted Rnt
ne falled TO develop the tremendous
potentlaitles of this mass, ana TO ms
| own great surprise the Germans en-
gagged IN 2 counter-otfensive, when
ON November l3 resulted In the de-
ieat OF Russian division near Wlpz-
laWek. The Hermans followed UP
their success re-engaged tne DIVISION
on the loUowlng day az Nowl-Dun :
I now Killed ana wounded many ana
'ook l,puu prisoners, drN'ng tne g
malnder OH IN the direction OF Plosk.
Meanwhile a German force adVanc-
ed on tne rlght bank or the Nlstula'
ana on November 10 defeated q strong
( Russian force near Lopno. About o.
QUO Russians We're taken prisoners.
Inc remainder OF the force reireated
also towards Plosk, Joined the defent-
ed DIVISION from Wlo2laWek, ana TO-
I gethef with some fresh units attempt
I ed to stem the German advance. The
/ iighllng winch resulted was severe,
but IN the end the Russian forces
were driven IN the direction of Plosk,
where they effected a much needed
/ REORGANIZATION. Most of the artillery
/ and terrain had been lost to The Ger
I mans.
: Rennenkampfs Plan Abandoned.
! Rennenkampfs plan to force an IN
vas.on of East Prussia seems TO have
heen abandoned after the experience
two OF his best units had with the
/ Germans. or sudden the First
army ceased its efforts to break across
| the border en- route for Berlin. and
for several days all was quiet.
Meanwhile Gen won Mackensen had
established contact with the Russian
Second army near kutno, then so po'
sitioned that movement against It's
right flank promised success. With
the Russian offensive against East
! Prussia wrecked, and with an ad'
vance threatening the Russian CEN
ter. the Russian Fifth army was oblig.
eu 10 check its adVance upon the 81
lesian Doruer ana the Cfacow ulstrlct
many ol l.s uhlts were rusheu 70 SUP
poI. me teateheu center, or SECOND
a. my lI,is measure pefhlit.ed lui
eneI ueNel'pi'ielit VI ehe llahk ol IN
.9l o. - pul ,uc ea' d ,is II
VI VIZ, russian iViSs caine iit.ls 'o'
ia'e, ~ appeais. 'ehelal Hoh nacr
ius. ~ si'iie ~, ~ pushins nus ru
,.a..,h ~ ,'.as'"i,s .'.'l. 9'i ~
49,, s W a.. .V' i',,,as ea"seu .nsi'
asa t,.t, os mn .,.iaa. ...s,, !.
,,,,o, s,a,aviai P''so'''f9' a. ga q
srha l,',s,;as C.,o,, a,.,.i..,.
tic adyanoa i,,'.en, olt's Ia.
5n,h,,ra ,,,a. ~, ~ 90,
his cnI1da.soc ora .ha pnssia, So.
ond arr,y had do,hio tesi, - ~.
I. form Mt aIona nos, !, nanass,, ~, ~, !,
enveIon Tho cer,,,an nartharn ,,ads o..
Il hui tbe advance az cor Won Nsclen
sen had mada a ,ieorn,,S co,,nter.of
. fensjva nerasear,, offansiva an,
counter-offensiva or tho nart of ~
opponents gave The second army
. southwest -no,tbeast linz durino m
next two days. another tooth bein
: thus added ia the oreat hattIe-sauy II
: Poland
Tha u,a of tho sooo,a a,,. mo
! tban fron, sSt,,,i,o,,,' ~ "a q, -. -
:. JlazioAreg This u,ae nfaroaa h,, ~,
: Germans under Won Naclfanean IN ~
:. evening of No,e,,,ha, ~ aInna ~
b I<utno roaa ana ~ ~ soiior,;,,
: morniro tha right vino of tho socnn -,
) ar,,,, vs,s foided haai, -, ~ d p,..,o.,,,
: on tbe Iod. road n, tha OF, ~, "a
: dasna,.a,,, str,,oots o,,ti,,,a e,e pn,,,n
7 tha da,, haa,.ss ro,,, ,ea,.aa,,,o,,a f,nr -,
nc Tifth arn,,, ar.,,,as Ia -, ~
snth a. pn.,y,,ss a,,aaaoaa5 a., A.
,,oinn;nsr thai. r,,i, eo.oo Se'o,.,i ,'o
| Waoi,ansa, ha,,a,,a ,uo, ~ ~, ontinmaS II
r ofransi,'a s,,onaaair,, .u,a aavs 1ot to
in farcino the Russians INTO odz an