If the report from Poland is correct that the Polish forces have recaptured Lodz, then the claim that they have succeeded in making contact with the armies in Pozen and Pomorze, which the Germans claimed to have out off, is probably also correct, for with the capture of Lodz the bottle neck between Warsaw and the almost surrounded troops should now have been widened suflicienty to enable their extricaion from a dificult position, With the situation in Poland reduced almost to a static condition, a review of all that has been happening since the German invasion leads to at least one important conclusion. 'That the German advance {into Poland was speedy is undeniable. There is 4 possibility, however, that it was too quick, ud that by' reason of the very speed of the thrust the German army has thwarted itself. Apparently while the German mechanized forces went ahead, the supply system was not able to keep pace with it and there has had to be a lull while communications were perfected, and supplies brought nearer to the ad-vaneing forces. Just recently the chief activity has been displayed by German columns operating out of East Prussia thrusting towards Blalystok and Grodno in a further attempt to complete the encirclement of Warsaw, but even here it is expected that these columns will ultimately be held up_as. they have been in western Poland. "It would be premature to contend that the German advance has been permanently held up. 'That will not be certain luntit several more days have passed, but there Isa distinct probability that the German scheme for a quick subjugation of Poland, even with the enormous forces which have' been used for the purpose, has been completely frustrated, and that the Poles will be able {0 resort to positional warfare instead of the open actless which the German advance forced upon them. Tt would be unwise to believe that the initiative has passed from German to Polish, hands, but it is quite clear that the Germans were well aware of the situation when the government warned the German people that might not be able (o maintain the momentum with which the hostilities first opened.. The Poles have fought against overwhelming numbers with the greatest of gallantry, and the reports of the numbers of casualties which have been received Vienna, amongst other places, even school accommodation, suggests that German announcements " professing to give ratios of casualties indicating that the German armies had advanced with a minimum of loss fare true neither in. substance nor in fact. may be that the Blitzkrieg, so far as Poland is concerned, is not yet completely off the map, but the Poles have demonstrated their ability' to resist, and have been assisted by the qulekness of the French attack on the western front which has already had the effect of diverting Felnforeements to that area which otherwise might have been utilized against the Poles.
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