Bince the failure of the Rustisns to achieve the Paardeburg which the "Morning Post's" correspon: dent prophesied, there har been a tendency in some quarters to 3 certain amount of pessimism in regard to the situation in Poland An official communique recently faoned in Petrograd and published in Russian newspapers shows that there is little enough ground for this The communique points out that the operations along the Cracom Ceenstochovo line have developed into a war of "positions," method of fighting requ 1g many sacrifices and at the same time not permitting swift—_achievecedt. The German-Austrian fore have occupied the Cracor-Ceenstochovo line ever sine the first week of the war, and by this time the position held his been converted into an almost pregnable camp, most unfavourable to a scheme of direct attack. On the other hand, the vast area the theatre of war is favourable to manuvres on a great scale, and it la on such movements that the Russian armies are now occupied Their successful completion cas not but be slow.
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