Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-23


in the rear of large Russian forces)
their attention fixed on the south an
west, and they strove TO "a great sue
cess. An order from the 9Th army
of which / also knew, to fortify a pc
sition near Skierniwice $50 mile
north Of east of Lodz) did not reacl
them Army headquarters was no
far enough forward.
The goth, 18th and 9Th army corps
who had closed up considerably. me
a strong hostile force north of Lod
on the 18th, and grappled with ii
| Frommers cavalry corps and the Pc
sen corps advanced but slowly on tn,
east bank Of, the Warta.
An intercepted wireless revealed {,
us that the Russians thought of re
| treating from LODI. Our satisfaction
was great But the strong will of tn,
| grand duke held his forces where thel
were, as we learned from a furthe
wireless, and intense was our disap
pointment.
Russian Relief Is Tardy.
! The Russian troops on the RICH
bank Of the Vistula, with the excep
ton of certain units which were t
| remain near Mlawa, were ordered L
| NAOGO AllN Nloiditls II NdS Il EOOQ IIlIIlf
| that this operation was effected some
what slowly; otherwise General vo1
! Morgen's position would have beer
made still more difficult. (These wer,
Rennenkampf Cossacks and othel
| forces.)
The defeated Russian forces re
| treating through Skierniewice Il
! Warsaw were concentrated due ives
of the fortress, from which they wer,
to resume their advance.
The Russian right wing concen
trated round Lodjz. Reinforcement!
from the front of the End and 5tt
| Russian armies. which were not ye
| involved, pushed north on koluszk
| (15 miles east of Lodz) and west 0,
Lodz. Here they took the 18th army
| by surprise and pressed them sorely
The reinforced 25th reserve corps
under its trusty leader, General voI
| Schaffer- Boyadel, Chief of Staff Col
onel Won Massow, had pushed forward
far through Bresiny by the 22nd. Por
| tons of Won Richthofens cavalr,
corps had neared Petroof and Tomas
| SOW (25 miles southeast of Lod2)
| The infantry divisions southeast o
LODI swung round west; great thing
were expected. THEN THE SITUA
!
! TION CHANGED.
The 25th reserve corps lost toucl
with the 10th army corps. The enem,
near LODI was not thrown back. but
on the other hand. pressed back tn,
20th army corps, and pushed thei
| way in between the inner wings o
| the two corps. The Russian force
that had been rallied west of WARSAW
pushed forward without opposition
from Skierniewice to Bresiny. TIL
25th reserve corps and the units will
it were cut off, being attacked from
the south by the portions of the 5tl
Russian army which were MARCHING
on koiiuszki station.
Russia's Great Opportunity.
The details of the various engage
ments which now developed with tn
Bird Guard division, under Genera
Litzmann, the 25th reserve corps ant
Won Richthofen's cavalry corps. hay
been wonderfully described by Captain
Won Wulfien in a brochure. | car
therefore. refer to 1t.
From enemy wireless messages w
learned in Posen, far from the bat
tlefield, how hopefully the Russian
regarded the situation, how the,
planned the various battles, how the
already exulted at the thought of cap
turing various German corps. The
were preparing trains in readiness TO
the transport of the prisoners.
l cannot describe what / then felt
What was at stake? Not only tn
triumph of the enemy and the cap
ture of so many brave men. but moth
ing less than lost campaign Afte
this defeat the 9th army would hav
had to be withdrawn. What woult
then have been the position at tn
end of 1914?
The Bresiny episode closed with
brilliant feat of arms. The surround
ed German troops broke through
northwards on the night of the 24th
25th of November. They took witt
them 10000 prisoners and many cap
tured guns.
Again Saved BY Rennenl<ampf.
The units that broke through Wer
posted between the goth army corp
and the list reserve corps. In thi
way our front was made much NOR
dense, and when the Russians assault
ed it in force it was in vain.
CATER the Germans got out of tn
trap General Rennenkampf was dis
missed by Grand Duke Nicholas be
from the north in time to close tn
ring firmly. 1t was his troops VIII,
crossed the Vistula so slowly, as men
toned by Ludendorff.)
The great aim of our operations
the destruction of the Russians in tn
bend of the Vistula, had not been at
tanned, as we had not proved stroni
enough for that purpose.
From now on to the end of No
vember the Russians pressed the 9tl
army severely and attacked furthe
south also, but without much sue
cess. At the end of November ant
beginning of December. when the Is
! division from the Sth army and tn
reinforcements from the west had a
last arrived, l had an opportunity 0
i resuming temporarily my origina
plan of operations. In the bend o
the Vistula there were again a serle
of sanguinary conflicts.
/ No Chance For Bold Blow.
The left wing of the 9th army hat
now been so strengthened that Their
was no longer cause for anxiety.
could slowly work its way toward tn
enemys positions on the Bzura 9TH
outward defenses of Warsaw. Blu
this movement was now merely in tn
nature of purely frontal attack ant
not an enveloping movement on bolt
lines.
The end army corps had been sen
to positions east of Sieradz. At tn,
beginning of December an attacl
made by the End army corps wa
crowned with success and they pushe,
forward in the direction of Lod2
What would we not have given 70
this success a fortnight earlier.
/ The Russians evacuated LODI oil