The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-06
Won Ilindcnburg Mapped Out
Campaign That Won the
Polish Capital.

When Gen. Won Mackensen. with the
fresh German army corps from central
Prussia and the west, turned the Rus
sian right flank In the Carpathians
and Field Marshal Won Linsingen, with
the Austrian Archduke Joseph Ferdi-
nand. turned the left In the first week of
May the kneli Of Warsaw was sounded.
Three times before. in October. No
vcmber and February, Field Marshal
Won H~lndenburg had attempted to take
the Polish capital on the vistula by
frontal attacks. and three times he had
failed. Once he had come south directly
through Przasnysz. only to be beaten
back before he could reach the for,resses
on the Nistula. A second time, following
the Russian defeat In the Mazurian
Lakes region. he had driven straight
south with like result. and a third time.
coming from the Bxura-Rawka line, his
forces had received n terrible defeat
This time Germany and Austria were
not to advance directly upon the Narew.
Nistula or Warsaw fortresses, but by
a series OF drives cut of the communi-
cations Of Warsaw, isolate its bulging
line and compel a surrender. No one
was to attempt the big gum Of Novo
Georgievsk or the other big forts, bu
they were to starve them out.
The plan briefly required that the
Acknowledgement forces were to inter-
cept the three railways communicating
between Warsaw and Petrograd, Moscow
and kief respectively. In order to
operate Rainst the last two II was
necessary that Galicia, then in the hands
OF the Russians. practically be cleared
and substantial bases established In
roland itself, upon which drives could
proceed due north and due northwest.
For the Acknowledgement line IL was
necessary that At a given moment drives
be begun either Immediately south and
west or the Niemen to reach the Petro-
grad railway at wilma, or further south
from Suwalki or pultusk. once all the
railroads were cut or even seriously
threatened the Russians would be COM
PEELED to withdraw their forces on the
long bulge necessary to protect Warsaw
or else run the risk OF capture.
Russian Tide Turned.
The Russian tide came to the food
on the western slopes of the Carpathians
looking down upon the plains OF Hun
gary. once Won Mackensen at the north
and Linsingen and the Austrians on the
south had succeeded In their first opera
lions there was nothing but retreat for
the centre. which held the mountain
passes. They fell back, and rapidly.
The Germans retook Tarnow on April
is, and they were back in Przemysl on
June 3. which the Russians had &C.
cupied since March %.
1t was a race across the Intervening
territory to Lemberg. which was re-
occupied by June 20. and then the drive.
turning north and northeast. plungel
into Poland.
At that moment Marshal Won linden |
burg unlt ashed his army CORPS in the
north. Hurting out Of East Prussia
they were in P%rzasnys w BY July IL and
flying toward the Nistula. At the same
time Gen. Won Buelow struck east south
OF kovno. toward wilma. Gen. Won Gall
WITT struck east between Pultusk and
Rozan :,3still other forces. under Gen.
Won SCholz went east. n little to the
south. The entire objective Of the three
northern forces was to strike the Petro-
grad railway and nothing else. The
last two were to cross the Narew. ira