New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-23
.hath.. prevailed during the last seven

months.
The failure on the part Of one com,
mander to carry out the part aHotteu
20 his division exposed part OF INC
army corps next 20 him TO very grea.
danger, and such preeipitous fetres'
By one section might have brought ais
aster upon the whole army. Inc PAM
did not spread, but It was inevl,aoIle
that the army corps which suddeh'E
had IFS flank barred should suffer Sc
veroly. The other army corps kept
their places and reached without SER
Gus mishap the points assigned to them
The German movement In the north
hss ceased It's aggressive character
and apparently aims at fastening us
troops along a chosen defensive line
IN nositions above the Bobr River ana
westward Of Ossowetz, especially IN
.be curve Of the Bobr west OF its juno
tion with the Narew. The Russians are
now attacking this position, and nave
moved against the Germans further
west on the road above OstroienSa 70
the Prussisn frontier. The dlstriou-
tion OF achievements was greatIy I'M
peded BY the snow. but the men nave
now reached their assigned posiVSohs'
The snswbound branch railroad hnes
nroyed a heavy handicap during the
L.
snvsloning character Of the German ad-
yanco was realized. The only treck
v,bisb remained servicesble Throughout
wa, the main line through Wiroallen'
which has engineering proteetl0h
against snowdrifts 20 as 70 keep franc
0,ith Europe open during peace times
Arrest ali trains which attempted 10
bring troops across the branch ilnes
came 70 a dead halt against the dense
masses Of snow, and men had 70 CHINO
down and wade forward.
The infantry usually TOOK a39ut
three days 20 cover distances "h
In an open season would requiIe O";S
twelve hours. The motor wagons IN
the countryside, away from the nam
line almost all failed in the snow.
0nerations in Galicia are developing
Unto a most interesting situation me
/ ayetro- German combination IS making
,[ds+orn,ined efforts on the River Dune
(, la south IF rernow, 10 seize tie ralI-
.ycsy at Zukliczyn. Three infantry as
S,nr;lts were beaten back Saturday with
heavy losses. ,,- A.. A-s-
+, .rjsns ir great numbers occupied stan
sisiau. They form the army whlch re-
.rentlv has been lowering near kuhs-
MIA They are gathering strength IN
stbis region for A struggle FOR conJroI
- ,bs nnper valley of the StryJ. ne
pus.isn position in the Carpathlan
eyosses crows stronger. They hold nm
" Dukfh. Labortch and Uszok IN the
--noythwest. and, after SHARP. hghthg'
have taken the heights TO the south
,csst of Tukholko on the MunKac|'
Stryj road. IL, -, Do,i,v
= Since Baron Burian, with n, ms 8 pUrley
of close cooperation with the German i
General staff, has assumed coh .SIono %
the Austrian Foreign once the process
~ merging the German and Austrian
Sareas In the east into one army has
been noticeable. In the last oinclaI
yecords Of the fighting il was SHOWN
that the Austrisns are in the FIonsK
region. in North Poland, under German
command. Also more than 1,OOO Ger
mans were among the prisoners taken
in the last engagements IN the eastern
Carnsthiens. Many Of these were new
conscripts, mostly about eighteen years
oid This interchange OF troops gives
an sppearance of unity in the enemy
-io,nt strategy which is not borne out
bv the actual situation across the en-
,ire length Of the eastern front. ne
;dea Of outfanking either end OF the
q Russian line is wholly out Oh the ques-
ton, military experts hold. put uhe
possibility remains of an ehectVe oO-
struction. ,,,ioa-
ton from the Russian Geuetal S'N"'
the "Bourse Gazette" says; ,,,.
According TO the opinion OF military
"a authorities the loss Of an army corps
ss renGrted from Grand Duke Nlcholss'
sbonid not he considered a catastrophe;
This corps, with its flank exposed hau
90 tsLe on itself all the blows OF sIi
overwhelming enemy. o,,d,+,
6On account of the extreme rapluIV!
% the enemy's advance, this corps wa
unable 20 effect a counter inatuuN
snrh as would have enabled 1t 70 take
un a new and better position A.,
with the regular formation OF VI,
front destroyed, the conhlc,s tDUA VI
the character OF separate DOVE
German Strength Overwhelming.
"cr.nd Duke Nicholas lifts the cur
tain frankly and truthfully, as ne ma
Sons on previous occasions when sue
cess has not been won," says th'
"Reeh." -. o,.o,,
that the 10th Army could not Withstand
them. The position Of our forces be
came difficult on account OF the iacf
of railroads and the presence OF GeeI
snow. which prevented the arrival Of
endorsements. We had either to &C,
cent a battle which would have entaileC
Great losses of men. without profit 70
Ourselves, or retreat to position IN
which we could hope TO meet the enemy
successfully. 49,.
Common sense dictated the latter
course. When the Germans observed
our determination they threw them
selves on our right flank, hoping 70
destroy our entire army. The raplu
retreat toward Kovno laid open one
Of our army corps, which, was furthesl
g. ,he left With unusual courage and
stubbornness, this glorious corps
Fought an enemy which outnumbered
II many times. All honor and glory &c
those heroic men who sacrificed them