The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-18

General Won Linsingen, with the Third
and Fourth infantry divisions, and the
Twenty-fourth r. c. under General Won
Gerolx, with the Forty-seventh and For
ty-eighth Reserve divisions. cat tuH
strength, these additional units would
number more than 225,00 menu These
were posted according to the require
ments of the situation.
The means at our disposal at the be-
ginning of operations on the 10Th OF
November were imperfect, but in spite
of that, an attempt had to be made 70
deal the Russians such blow as would
NOT only bring their armies in the bend
of the Vistula to standstill once ana
for all, and so put an end to their Of
fensiye but crush them decistVely.
This would be accomplished, If we
were able 10 force them back from War
saw. If We were too weak to do this
we must content ourselves with the
lesser result and even that would be
of great Importance.
In November fighting developed as
anticipated. The Russian armies every
where started upon the execution of the
great tasks set them by the grand duke.
The Eighth army found itself attacked
Even though it had been depleted Of the
First and 18th r. c., it made an at
tempt to hold the east frontier of east
Prussia against the overwhelming Rus
sian assaults, but it was not able to do
so permanently Toward the middle OF
November we withdrew it to the Masu-
ran lakes-river Angerapp position.
Thus the eastern part Of east Prussia
was once more exposed to Russian IN
yasion. period Of great suffering was
in store for it, but, although this was
to be foreseen, the reduction of the
Eighth army was a necessary evil me
Russians followed close upon their heeis
and also attacked them in their new po-
sitions. In spite of all this we decided
to bring the First infantry division or
the Ninth army up to join in the right
ing west of the Vistula. We staked much
in order to attain our objective at TINS
most important point.
zastrov's CORPS was assailed in its po-
sitions between Mlawa and Prasnysz
least of the Vistula) and found itself
forced to retire to the Soldau- Neidenours
line. Here the advance of the enemy was
checked after heavy fighting The whole
situation east of the Vistula seemed
gravely imperhed, and west Prlssla, IN
particular, was Immediately threatened
but Zastrow's corps did it's duty. we
lived through many an anxious hour IN
Posen. but the arrival in the middle OF
November of Won Hollens cavalry corps
on both wings improved the situation.
Won Westernhagen's Landsturm bril-
gade reached Plock, and, later on, was
brought over to the left bank of the
Vistula
In the meantime the deployment OF the
Ninth army had been carried out and
, completed according to plan. The rail-
ways had met the demands made upon
them. AS early as the evening of No
vember 10 the army stood in readiness
for the forward movement:
The 25th and First r. c. south OF
Thorn Direction of advance. Wlocla-
c-Lowicz.
| Won Richtofen's cavalry corps, 10Th
! A. c., and Third guard division, south o.
Hohensalza, with orders to march or
| Kutno.
Seventeenth A. c., southeast of Cine
| sen, march direction Lentschytza-
Eleventh A. c., east of Wreschen
march direction Kolo- Dobie.
Frommers cavalry corps between Unie
| Low and Seradz, march direction Lodz.
Josen corps on the Kalisz Sierady line
march direction Lask.
| (By this movement he launched
| striking force of about 100000 men from
the northwest corner of Russian POLAND
| on a gatelike movement. The Thor
! troops, $4,000, had to march 80 mile
southeast to Lowicz and cut the railroad
between LODI and Warsaw, the chic