The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-28
GERMANY

limited Press Leased Wire Service.]
BERLIN, (via Amsterdam), Feb. 27.
Won hindenburq has again outwit-
ted the cars advisers. Less than a
week after his great victories east Of
the Mazurian lakes, the German war
idol has executed two sudden strokes
that may sweep the Russians out Of
Poland.
The new strategic moves OF "the;
old man Of the lakes" were revealed
in dispatches received here from east
Prussia tonight. The grand dukes
army protecting Warsaw from the
north has been split In two. The Pol
ish capital may be In the kaiser's
hands before early spring.
Won Hindenburg struck first along
line leading south from point east
Of Augustof to the Russian fortress OF
ossowetz, A German army that fought
its way through Tyck under the eye
Of the kaiser, moved in southeast
erIy direction until its left wing was
in contact with the right wing Of the
army that inflicted disastrous Losses
on the fleeing Russians In the swamps
east Of Augustof The two armies
pressed forward. threatening the inn
portant railway leading from Warsaw
to Petrograd, over Which the Russian
armies in Poland maintained their
communication with the cars capi-
tai. The grand duke saw his great
peril. First from Grodno to the north;
then from the region north Of War
saw, he pushed large bodies Of Rus
sians to check the German advance.
With the forces defending Warsaw
the extreme right wing Of his Mazur-
sian at Przasysz, sixty miles north Of
stormed and fighting Of violent ma
ture is now In progress. It was Off
cially admitted today that heavy Rus
sian endorsements have temporarily
halted the German advance south Of
parasysx. The war Office pointed out,
however, that this was just what Gen
oral Hlndenberg anticipated. The
grand dukes armies defending War
saw on the right bank Of the vistuia
have been drawn on 20 heavily that
serious resIstanee 70 the Germans
moving eastward through, Piock and
Ptonsk, cannot be maintained at this
time, Already the Russian fortified
position at vysogorod on the right
bank Of the vIstuIa and less than
forty miles from Warsaw has been
shelied by German long range artIl-
Iery.
outbrained and out-foueht, the Rus
slams are now menaced BY three sepa-
rate drives that threaten to force the
evacuation Of Poland. Berlin papers
today expressed the view that not
only has the Russian threat against
east Prussia disappeared for all time,
but that Won Hindenburg will soon
hold all Poland.
The war department tonight again
characterized the fighting in France
In tho past week az Of little import
ance. The Freneh have battered
vainiy at the German entertainments
in the Champagne region all week, It
was declared, without making percept-
ible gains.
WAS AN ENGLISH NINE.
BERLIN, FEB. 27. (Va wireless to
sayviITe, L. i.)-The Norwegian for
eian office, according to advices re-
ceived here tonight, has been inform
ed that the Norwegian steamer Regin
sunk In the English channel, was de-
stroyed by 4 British mine. German
admiralty officials asserted that the
British admiralty purposeIy gave out
tho report that the Regin had been
torpedoed by German submarine, to
cause iIl-feeijng to be directed against
Germany.
MAKES JoFFRE MAD.
BERLIN, (via SayviIie) Feb. ~
General Joffre, French commander,
Is becoming exasperated because 81
many French machine guns are fall