Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-29

so far forward in face of the hostile
cavalry, which was pressing in in
increasing strength upon all sides to
oppose our attempt to break through.
We had to prepare our winter quar-
ters and found good positions on the
Vishniev-Narotch and Drysviaty lakes
line.
Whilst fresh reinforcements Joined
the Niemen army, the north wing of
the 10th army wheeled back into the
positions mentioned above. The 10th
army intended to check the advanc-
ing enemy, as had been done in a SIM
liar movement near Grodno, but they
delayed overlong. and in the end they
were severely handled east of Lake
Narotch.
The Russian flood surged against
our new front. but the tempest grad
ually died down,
Meanwhile the Austrian army had
attempted to execute an enveloping
movement by breaking through north
east of Lutsk. but had been repulsed
by counter-attack. Near Dvinsk the
fighting continued for a long time.
The Niemen army still hoped to take
the bridgehead. But the communica-
lions were so bad that an offensive
was out of the question, and there
fore, at my DESIRE the operation was
stopped.
Quiet reigned along the front as far
as the Carpathians.
The summer campaign against Rus
STA was at an end The Russians had
been defeated and their front forced
back. The operations round Kovno
had not met with any great success,
as they started too late That was
no
been able to thwart the enveloping
movement with which they We're
threatened on the Villa. If they had
been few days march further west
they would not have been ain a posi-
ton to do so.
Never Got Full Results.
Throughout the whole war we
never succeeded, either on the eastern
or western front, in exploiting a big
strategical break through to the full.
The one between Wilma and DVinsk
was nearest to succeeding. 1t showed
that strategical break through only
yields its full reward when it is fol-
lowed up by a tactical development.
1t was left for the Bulgarian army,
in September, 1918. to show to the
world the momentous consequences
of such an operation. These conse-
quences however, We're possible only
because of the utter collapse of that
army
The great anxiety of those Septem-
Der days had once again resulted only
in tactical success. We had had an
unusually critical situation to contend
with. The action fought by the LIST
cavalry division, near Smargon on the
enemy's line of retreat, was immense.
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the infantry they were forced to re-
tire with heavy losses.
The situation on the south wing of
the Niemen army also continued to be
prevarious, and the rearward move
ment of the 10th army extremely
dangerous. All this. however. was
nothing to the nerve racking sus-
pense; could the infantry get forward
fast enough on the bad roads to COM
plete the development which had
been so skillfully begun by the cav
airy division? Such suspense can only
be understood by those who have
actually experienced it,
Grand Duke Forced Out.
We had brought the final over
throw of Russia one step nearer The
grand duke, with his strong person
atty, resigned, and the Tsar placed
himself at the head of the army.
our troops and their leaders had
done their duty everywhere, and the
German soldier was justly convinced
of his unquestionable superiority over
the Russian. Numbers no longer had
any terrors for him.
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How the Germans treated Poland
is told by Ludendorff tomorrow. He
endeavors to show that their rule was
not so harsh as the world has been
taught, yet has to admit that the
country was exploited and efforts
made to Germanize it,
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