The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-17

that this apparent Russian stupidity
was. instead. trrachcry. They were
promised troop. to support their ad'
vance into Hungary and TO guard
against the attacks Of Aaekensen In
the Dobrudja. their Black sea from
tier. Gcrrnanic intrfgues In Petro-
grad are declared to have upset
these plans and the failure OF the
Russians to keep their part OF the
bargain led TO the fatal hcsitauons
Of the Rumanians. which Ludendorff
now r~counts.
HEAVY PRESSURE
IN GALICIA
At tho end of August and the be
ginning OF September. In East Ca.
ticia and the Carpathians. the Rus
SLAMS were putting heavy pressure on
what was then the army group Of
the Archdukc Charles The result
was tho gradual withdrawal OF Gen.
Count Won Bothmer's army from
the Zlota Llpa behind the Sarajovka.
and a further loss OF ground by the
Austrian troops In the Carpathians.
particularly near the Tartar pass
and on the frontier OF the Buko-
wilma
As the security OF this front wns
vital necessity for any operation
against the Rumanian army In Tran
syivania. there was nothing for II
but to send at least three divisions.
which were on their way from the
depressed western front. TO Tran
sylvania. to Boehm-Ermolli and the
Archduke Charles army groups on
the Dniester and in the Carpathians
agreed 10 this with heavy heart.
I remember the bitter feelings which
surged up within me against the Aus
TRAN army Mt the thought Of our
difficult position In the west and the
called upon to perform on all fronts.
But there was no help for II. Our
interests were mutual In tho matter.
GREAT ATTACKS
HELD Up
After further wavering. our front
against the Russians front WINS stab
ilized by the middle OF September.
In spite OF prodiRious expenditure
OF men. further violent attacks were
all without result Nor were the
Russians able to boast of any notable
gains In the fighting in tho Carpa-
thians for the Tartar pass and the
crest southeast TO Kirlibaba, thanks
to the admirable bearing OF the Ger.
man troops
SIN the position about the middle
OF October was by no means secure,
nor was the Russian power OF Of
Tense In any way broken. Their
massed attacks continued with the
same courage. and where this failed.
the troops we're urged on from be-
hind by machine guns.
The determination TO obtain a vic
tory In Yolhynia, East Galicia and
In the Carpathians was still the driv.
ing force at the Russian headquar.
ters.
After the first German troops from
the west which had been Intended
for Rumania, had been moved to
East Galicia and the Carpathians. we
had TO transfer TO Transylvania dl.
visions from the front OF the com.
mander.in-chief In the east Din north
RUSSIA. We had To take the risk
OF weakening the front there. But
the appearance of these troops In
Transylvania could not be counted on
before the middle OF September. The
poor railway communications in
Hungary caused still further delay.
BATTERED TROOPS
THROWN IN
The Austrian troops. too. were
long in coming up. General Won Con.
rad did not dare to weaken the Ison.
20 front any further. He only let
us have some mountain brigadcs
from the Tyrol. Even these, too,
could not be on the spot until very
late. therefore offered the Aus.
trian general headquarters In Tesch-
en- several Austrian divisions of Lin.
singcn's group tnear Kovel, where
the Russians had their great sue