El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-25
GERMAN FORCES
ARE CONTINUING
THE BIC DRIVES
Allies as Strong as Ever and
Solidly United, is Claim;
Peace Remote.
FOOD SHORTAGE
GERMAN MENACE
Success of Armies Gives no
Relief to Hungry People
of the Fatherland.

TEW YORK, Dec 25.-In the year
1915 TeutonIc arms have con-
= quered an area greater than
Germany.
The kaiser and his allies have over
run the rich Industrial and farming
regions Of Poland, Lithuania and the
Baltic provinces; have wrested Galieia
and BukOWina from their enemies,
have crushed SerTias have stood off
the opposing armies on Gallipoli, the
italian border and the great siege line
across France and a corner in Bel
GUM: have hurled back Keeling the
British Indian invaders OF Mesopo-
tamia-
on the other hand. the solidarity and
resolution OF the entente allies seem
as strong as ever the British navy re-
tains absolute control OF the seas and
the undoubtedly for the moment VIC
toriOus Germany is facing a serious
food famine which fills her newspapers
with such peace talk as is practically
unknown among her opponents
The first important military opera
tiOn OF the year was the second Ger
man victory Of the Mazurian Lakes
When the year opened. the MuscOvites
stood far within the East Prussian Dor
der. while holding all but the west
salient Of Poland and pressing through
the passes OF the Carpathians after
Overrunning Galicia and most OF Bu-
kowina-
In mid-Fsbruary, breasting their way
through deep SHOWS, the marvslously-
mobile troops Of field marshal Won
Hindenburg. encircled the Russian army
of East Prussia, much as they had
done near the same spot several
months before Again the Russians.
realizing fully what was going on.
were unable 10 show the celebrity in
movement necessary 70 check the Ger
man concentration Only shattered
wla.nrr
= the Germans announced mere than
11u.ee0 Of their enemies had been cap.
tured while the slain are untold
The Germans pursued across the
frontier took przasnysz February 70
but we're checked BY the border for
tresses. and on March 1, the Russians
recaptuEed Przasuysz-
on March p Przemysl fell after a
heroic defence and $4,000 prisoners
We're marched off by the ear. The
next day. however. the Germans an
nounced the recapture OF the seaport
Mcneil in the extreme northeastern
corner Of their country. which had
been seized in a sudden raid. To pre-
vent a similar raid the Germans pro
ceeded 70 send strong bodies OF cav
airy into the adjacent Russian Baltic
provinces where they found little op-
position
Greatest Of Offensive Movements.
Meanwhile. the Germans were con
centrating for the greatest offensive
movement OF human history. Il start
ed April so. when field marshal Won
Mackensen exhibited something new in
warfare battering ram OF heavy
artillery.
Three thousand guns pounded the
Russian lines AT Gorlce, northern Ca
hcia. for three days and nights and
then the German baTOnetS swept all
before them On and on they went
making steady progress day by day,
fOrcing the Russians to retreat in dis
order from the Carpathian passes TO
avoid the threat in their rear, captur-
ing fortress after fortress
The Russians. lacking ammunition
for their guns. lacking even rifles and
sometimes fighting with sharpened
sticks. made q desperate resistance and
were killed and captured BY the thou
sands
Przemysl was recaptured June 4,
TarnogrOd June 49, Lemnerg June -
and then the Germans turned from east
to nOrth- Lublin fell July 80. With
TeutOnic armies. closing in on Poland
from the north, west and east. the
capital Warsaw. fell August 5. and the
next day the stronghold OF Ivangorod-
On August S, the Germans arrived
at SerOek5 on August 9 at LOmza; on
August u at Siedlice; on August II
at kOvno: on August 19 at NovO GeOr-
gieosk- on August % at OsSOWiec; on
August = at Brest-Litovsk: on August
Is at Qlita, on Sept. at GrOdno- On
September LIST Germany announced she
had taken 100000 prisoners since
May .
Grand Duke Unseated.
The debacie unseated the grand duke
Nicholas as cOmmanderinchief OF the
Russian armies on September the
ear sent MIN 70 the Caucasus and as
sumed command in person
Stin the Teutons pressed on The
second line OF Russian fortresses proved
as easy 10 them as the first On Sep
TENDER Is they took Pjnsk and on Sep
TENDER ~ Wilma. In the vicinity OF the
latter city a battle was fought vast
enough 10 stand out i'm this succession
OF major engagements. For several
days it seems that the Russian armies
had been encircled. but with a burst
the cars men smashed through the
iron circle and for the most part es-
capped
Nor until they had reached the line
of the Dvina river and had established
a great siege wall right across Russia
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