Anew German move was, however, impending.—Vrofiting by the splendid railways of eastern Germany, General von] Hindenberg transported numbers} th the Austrian Minister did not leave Cetlinje till August 7. It is regrettable from the—point of view of the credit due to these courageous nations that their ex-plaits should have been so much The Austrian assault on ichly weakened in of his troops northwards to Thorn, and with additional ye-['upscivence of the serious. ious position in Gali and by \ugust 5 inforcements from the west commenced a new diagonal advance, this time from the northwest with the idea of cutting Russian communications at Skiernevice, eastwards of Tadz. advance began about November 25, and synchronize with it a_stros fal attack from the Kalischnstochove line upon Lowicz.
he result was that both sides nearly gained a decisive victory. The German diagonal—broke through the Russian rear. But the gap was filled by reserves! from the east and had the Russian general on the northern side been more speedy the Germans might have been hemmed in. Ay it was, they were again taken on three sides and suffered heavy losses before extricating thetnselves, The fact that on December 7 the Russians found it advisable to evacuate Lodz gave excuse to the Germans to claim a victory, order to revive the drooping spirits of Berlin. But subsequent events have in no way justified this claim. If the Russians have had to call in some forces nearer the Vistula in order to withstand the weight of the German attack from the west—at present apparently the principal movement—they are continuing to drive back the Austrians in Galicia, and have effectually defeated a German assault from the north, vid Mlawa, in the direction of Warsaw. One may hazard the guess: that the Russian idea is to hold up the enormous German forces concentrated in central Poland, while they press the attack through Galicia, which, if successful, must ultimately turn the German position.
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