Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-19

| Hungarian army was able to take
breath and begin its advance early in
October. The list army under General
Won Danld destined for the advance
north of the upper Vistula). and the
/ Landwehr corps were waiting south
of the river, between the Dunjec and
Cracow, to join in the advance of the
! 9Th army
Praises Work of Old Men.
This corps deserves more detailed
notice. 1t was composed of Land
wehr division from Posen and one
from Silesia. We had originally in
tended 10 use it principally for from
tier defense. But, as always happens.
wherever troops may be, they get
drawn in when it comes to fighting.
Thus in August the Landwehr corps
had Joined in the advance into Poland
and across the Vistula. This had in
volved a good many improvised ar
arrangements among the divisions. After
the crossing of the Vistula they joined
in the heavy fighting in which the
Austro- Hungarians were engaged
south of Lublin They then accom-
panied the Austrian army in its re-
treat through the Tanew region,
roadless waste of marsh and forest
east of the lower San.
AS early as August the Landwehr
corps had been placed under General
Won Hindenburg's command. But we
were unable to interfere and had to
leave the corps commander complete
freedom in making his decisions. This
was all the easier for us as that ex-
cellent officer, General Won Woyrsch,
and Colonel Heye, his splendid chief
of staff, were we'll known to u.s.
Shortly before my departure from
Insterburg a motor driver turned up
with some documents, and reported
that these were such of the archives
Of. the Landwehr corps as had been
szEed. He explained that the corps
bad been annihilated and General Won
Woyrsch and his chief of staff killed.
1t was not until some days later that
we were able to ascertain the facts
and realize that the rumors were
false.
Cave Them Some Big Guns.
The corps had succeeded in fighting
its way through. We. at Breslau,
Immediately got in touch with them
and saw to it that they We're re-
equipped and brought up to strength
as far as possible. AT their request
they also received some heavy aftil-
lery. We were only able to supply
them with a Landwehr battalion
which had old field howitZers. They
were very heavy for the bad roads.
But the value of heavy artillery was
estimated so highly that all difficult
ties were overcome. The mobility of
artillery is often sacrificed to an ex-
cessive regard for the cost of employ
ing 1t.
The achievements of the Landwehr
corps may be looked back upon with
pride BY all who took part in them.
They afford conclusive proof Of the
high quality Of our army, the perfec-
ton of its organization and the re-
markable value Of the training and
education of our soldiers before the
war These things enabled us in in
creasing measure to conduct the war
in the east with Landwehr and Land
sturm formations.
The. advance north of the upper
Vistula began on September %.
The 1st Austrian army wheeled to
the right toward the lower Nida and
advanced against the Sandomir- Opa-
tow line.
The different units of the 9th army
received the following instructions for
the advance:
LandWehr corps: on the Proscho-
witz-intschow-O patow line.
18th army corps: Jendtrscheiev-
Lagow; Guard reserve corps: Client
ziny, Kielce 0strowiee; goth army
corps: Vlos2eowo, Bschin, Ilsha; nth
army corps: Novo Radomsk, Konsk-
Radon; 35th reserve division: Petri-
kov to Tomassow; Sth cavalry divi-
sion and Count Won Bredow's Land
wehr division: in the general direction
of Kolinszki, the east of LORI
Russians Refuse to Fight.
No further news of the enemy had
been received, and at the start they
did not offer any desistance, but re-
treated before our advance,
+ Headquarters went, to Wolbrom,
then to Miechow and Jendrtscheieve.
Wilbrom was only a factory; the two
places had an the Characteristics of
the small, dirty Polish towns. Bugs
were all in the days, work. At ME-
chow we were very near the front.
Cossack patrols were accommodating in
the neighborhood. and General Won
Woyrsch, who reported to General
Won Hindenburg, had to make a de-
tour to avoid them.
At Kielce we had decent quarters
again, with good rooms for offices,
and that made the work easier.
The strain to which our troops were
subjected during the advance was
enormous. The roads were mere
mud and the weather bad. In spite
of this, very long marches of 80 Kill
ometres and more had to be accom-
plished If the enemy was to be caught
crossing the Vistula or held on the far
bank.
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In the next instalment General Luz
dendorff tells how he advanced to
the Vistula and threw back the Rus
SLAMS on Warsaw. Bitter battles were
fought to crcss the river and launch
heavy forces against him. but he was
aided in knowing the grand dukes
plans, which, he says, were found on
the body Of an officer,
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