At this time it appeared that the Russians designed a double converging movement, one line through East Prussia, the other vid Cracow and Silesia. But the failure of the Austrians had compelled the Germans to adopt new tactics. The shattered Austrian army was stiffened with German reinforcements and placed wholly under German command, large forces were called from the western theatre, and a strong expedition was launched diego across Poland at Warsaw early in October, while another attack wi delivered through lower Poland against the Russian posi tion on the San and the Vistula That the Russians were unprepared for an attack on Warsaw from this precise direction appears as certain as that the Germans counted on success. But. for bad weather delaying their march, and the bravery of three Siberian army corps, which for two days held the approaches to Warsaw against tremendous odds, that success might have been gained. As it was, by indefatigable marching the Russians succeeded by October 13 in bringing up troops from Novo Georgievsk and Gura Kalwaria, again taking the Germans on three sides, and forcing them to beat a hasty retreat. By effective ravaging of the country they were able to outdistance pursuit, and re-entered Germany at Kalisch. By October 23 the Russians had beaten back the Austro-German army from the San and the Vistula, although the threat to their line of communications had obliged them to raise the size of Przemysl. In Central Poland they were making their way along the line of the German retreat, occupying TLowiez, Lodz and Lenezyca, and on November 7 some Cossacks actually raided Plesch, a little northwards of Kalisch in Posen. In Galicia.
Jaroslav was reoccupied on November 6 and by November 25 Russian advance guards had
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