Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-01


the Austrians like chan before them.
ana, having won brill ant victories at
naWa Ruska and Lembcrg. poured into
u ,i,n ana met no obstacle worthy OF
the name until they reached the strong
iortress OF PrzemySl, where an Austrian
GARRISON OF more than 100000 men
under General Won kusmanck barred
their way.
Led by Raoko Dimitrien, "A Bulgarian
zero OF the Balkan wars. who had Of
Tered his sword To Russia. and the aged
pressed the siege with vigor. until. In
March. 1918, kusmanck and the gar
rison capitulatcd.
From przemySi the victorious Rus
slams surgcd forward to the very crests
OF the Carpathiuns. whence they looked
down upon The tcrror-strickcn plains
moved toward Cracow. the holy city
tuinty.
But while they were marching
formation. 80 dramatic in it's sudden
ness as 10 vie with the Marine itself.
nad been quietly prepared. Germuns
ana Hustrians concentrated with
swiftncss and secret upon the Dunajcc
RIVER. Il short distance east of Cracow
GREATEsT ARTILLERY ARRAY
IN HISTORY HELCHED FIRE
Won Mackensen. their leader. placed
as mad never been seen up TO then in
any military operation. On May l. he
struck Radko Diinitricf with cycionic
force force Most OF the Russians in his
who were left could only fall back.
hghting desperately. in search or an
othcr line OF defense in the rear.
In the meantime Brusilon. on the
crests of the Carpathians. TO the south
OF where Mackensen had broken
through. was in serious danger of
his men. But the Russian. who al
ready had won distinction and year
later was to earn a place among the
most remarkable leaders Of the war ex-
treated himself from his predicament
with extraordinary skill. marching his
men day and night. hghting at every
step. untn at last he got his sorely
pressed troops back To the main body.
Among the officers who did especially
well in this operation was korniloff
also destined for leadership of later
laid for him by Mackensen with in
domitable courage and resourcefulness
But Mackrnscn had dealt Russia a
terrible blow on the Dunajec. Despite
desperate bravery. the Russians could
not head him OFF PrzemysI was re-
captured by the enemy: 1.cmberg soon
shared its fate. Then Mackensen
wheeled northward. and Hindcnhu-g
who had been marking time in front
Of the great girdlc OF fortresses which
protected the Polish frontier OF Russia.
suddenly bcstirrcd himself
Fortrss after fortr"sA fell to him
soon Warsaw. Polands capital. was in
German hands.
Stin nehtinG marnifcently, tho Grand
Duke Nicholas's soldiers were forced
castwar! Rres,-!itovsl< fell. Wilma
onened its gates to the Invaders. who
claimed 100000 prisoners. thousands
Of guns and fabulous quantities OF
stores when. at last. the freezing
Russian winter closed down unon
them and put its veto on further
fighting.
GERMAN REyERSES SHOW
STRANGE MOVE OF FORTUNE
Whereupon fortune made another
rirhtabout face. The Germans. who had
begun TO think that nothing but vic
tory lay in store for them on the
eastern front. suddenly found them
selves battling for their lives. beset by
suuadrons of bowling Cossacks on
foa'ning steeds borne down by count
lcsT thousands OF grim infantrvmen
with lowered asd glittcring bavoncts
ought in an avalanche OF death and
disaster.
Duke Nicholas removed from tho chief
command Of the Russian armies after
the rcverses Of 1915. had been vic
torioMsly lighting the Turks ut Erzcrum
Kept in Galicia and had snent tho
winter preparing staggering blow
:or his over-confident foemcn.
Early in June, 1els-while the French
nerdun against the German Crown
Prince-he. struck with tremendous
force against the Austrian lines in
broke and fled. The Russians cut gaps
miles wide in the lines OF Pnanzer-
bal'in and Eoehm- Ermoli raking in
Halicz and Czernovitz and Kolomea.
rnenacing the Austrian armies with
total humiliation.
Shouts of eMultation went up
throughout the allied countries AT this
amazing recredescence of Russian pow
er. For weeks Brusilon's progress
continued undated. He and his fiery
lieutena nts-kaledine. Tcherbatchef.
ieschitzky-pounded the unlucky Aus
TRANS until. it looked as if their armies
would be utterly destroyed
DESPERATE FIGHTING KEPT
RUSSIANS OUT OF IEMRERG
Hard pressed though they were in the
west. the Germans rushed troops to aid
Austria. After lighting AS desperate
as any in this most desperate of wars
the Bavarian Count Bothmer succeed
Lemberg. and Won Linsingen. after
sustaining terrific blows along tho
Stokhod managed TO hold his lines
outs side kovcl.
Austrians and Germans had saved
themselves by the skin of their teeth.
In the hands of the Russians they had
left some declare; $4,000 prisoners.
of guns to say nothing of the scores of
thousands OF killed and wounded who
had fallen around Lemberc and along
int bloOuy OF the StOkhO0.
Fortune now waved her wand again
With each overturn on the eastern
front she seemed to grow more whim-
steal At the high tide of their sue
cess she turned away her face from
tho Russians. Six months after Lin
singer and Bothmer. by sacrificing
precious reserves. had brought the
storminE Bruslof to n halt. the fickie
goddess swept her wand and, presto
fmDerial Russia WIS no more.
FetroGrad fell into the hands OF n
mob: the Gar was made prisoner:
Brusiloh. nouted by his renegade
troops, took refuge in his Moscow
home.
Germans and AuStrians who few
short months before were battling TO
Keep the Russians from their native
soil, went forward unopposed, took
back without II shot towns from which
the irresistible onslaughts of Brusil-
slaughter. And their political chiefs
~ Berlin. Selling with diabOlical zest
upon all this ruin, largely brought
hrnt 1, l.,