The Grand Duke's very brief exposition of the strategic plan which he has followed since the Galician victory secured his left shi how, entirely the Commander-in-Chief relies upon the splendid qualities of the Russian soldiery both as fight—ers and as marchers. Some corps, hie Imperial Highness notes, had to cover something like 150 miles to take up their positions, and the marching was done under never-ceasing rain, over roads cut up into sloughs,' with the enemy's heavy artillery annoying them from a safe distance during a great part of the way. Covering the whole front with a thick screen of cavalry operating far to the Vistula,. the Grand Duke moved up his "corps long the right bank of the Vistula, beyond the reach of German annoyance until they were ready to take up their final positions. They then crossed the Vistula, which the Germans, through a great part of its length, had practically reached by this time. The Russians fought here to secure enough space in which to deploy, and entrenched themselves on the left bank. I have already in previous messages described how, as I believe, the Grand Duke duped the German spies and created the belief that Warsaw was inadequately defended. This having brought the Germans in the greatest strength of their best troops and in the largest numbers against Warsaw as the line of least resistance, the Grand Duke, when the positions of the enemy had been irrevocably settled, rushed down and through Warsaw all the reinforcements he needed, and, striking
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