The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-08-06


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t-susty. the Russians say. he t.a
grzphed for resafo-cs1ents.
But before tae reinforcement
sent from Flanders arrived the Ger
mans had managed al frightful cost
10 hack their way 70 safety This vas
the bloody battle OF LOdz.
Wins Second victory.
With stronger German forces oppos
ing them the Russians withdrew to
the line Of Bzura. RaEa and Nida
rivers At the same time the Aus
TRANS. attempting 70 debouch from
the Carpathian passes. were driven
back everywhere. leaving $4,000 prs
oaers.
With January Hindenburg made a
third desperate attack on Warsaw
For ten days, both night and day, the
Germans came on. Then, having lost
probably $4,000 men and the Russians
nearly as many. they gave il up.
Unable to reach Warsaw. Hindenbug
concentrated twice Sieyer's force 10
East Prussia. and won his second
overwhelming victory there. EnOr
nous captures OF Russians were made
and the fortress OF Gradno was at
tackled farther west, from Ossoweti
TO Pultusk The Germans retreated
to Mlawa and then tried to flank the
Russians at Przasnysz. which city
they took. But the Russians again
thanked the fanking party. as they bad
done at LODI and won an important
success February 22-2s).
In March and April, the Russians
pressed through the western Carps
THAN passes and entered Hungary
Just when their future seemed bright
est. the Germans broke the Russian
line in West Galicia and let through
enormous forces.
Pressing westward irresistibly they
took the Russian Carpathian armies IN
the rear The latter tried to retreat
but vast numbers were capturel
Przemysl which had succumbed %
the Russian besiegers March q, iea
again into the hands OF the AusIro
Germans.
Great German Maneuver.
From Przemysl Won Mackenseal
drove east through Mosciska ana
Grodek and captured Lemberg, tns
Galician capital. Then he turner
north and marched upon the warsaw
Iyangorod -Brest Litovsk triahSs
from the south.
At the same time the Russians u
southern Galicia. putting up despsr
ate resistance. were driven by soA
Linsingen first to the line OF .n'
Dniester and then across the unii''
Lipa to the line of the Zlota-Lipa
Reaching the vicinity of hrasn'A
in their drive to Warsaw from wv
south. the Austrians sustained =
we're check in the scene OF their v.
umph of the previous summer. no's
on this line the Germans attacked ~
ly from the north and took the IO"'
of Przasnysz July Ia.
The Germans now began the gram
est maneuver ever seen in the nis'0'
of human warfare.
From the Windau river in the %,
tic provinces all the way along w
border of East Prussia and in glsos
tic sweep through the vicinity Oh ~
dom, west of the Vistula, and 2 ~
south OF the Lublin-Cholm ran"a,
they delivered smashing blows ~
have reached the very gates OIL W.
saw.