THE CAMPAIGN IN POLAND

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2338, 21 December 1914, Page 5

THE CAMPAIGN IN POLAND

AWKWARD POSITION OF GERMAN LEFT WING AUSTRO-GERMAN OFFENSIVE CHECKED (Reo. December 20, 8.85 p.m.) Paris, December 19. 'Advioes from Petrograd report that the sudden lull on the Vistula arises from the awkward position of the German Left Wing, due to the Russian success in the Mlava region. It is now certain that the German plan to seiae the right bank of the Vistula by making a dash on the Left, and simultaneously advancing from Mlava, has completely! failed. RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE MOVEMENT SUCCEEDS. (Rec. December 20, 8.85 p.m.) Petrograd, December 19. Offioial. —A lull along almost the whole front on the left bank of the Vistula has succeeded the enemy's several daya' attaoks, all of which wero repulsed. The enemy's offensive in Western Galicia is checked. We are successfully executing offensive operations on the Sanok-Lisko front. We nave captured three thousand prisoners and several guns and machine-guns. [Sanok aud Lisko are.in Galicia at the foot of the Carpathians, the former being about 38 S.W. of Jaroslav.l GERMANS FORCED TO EVACUATE A POSITION. (Rec. December 21, 0.10 a.m.) Petrogiad, December 21. Official. —The Russian artillery prevented the enemy's attempt to cross the right bank of the Vistula, near Do brziri, and forced the Germans to ovacuate an island occupied in mid-stream, and also captured their pontoonß. The fighting on the Bzura is beginning to develop, and several German attacks have been repulsed. We captured a thousand prisoners on the left bank of the Dunaietz, in Western Galicia. A strong force of the Przemysl garrison is trying to get out in the direction of Bmreza. GERMAN PLANS ON THE VISTULA FAIL RUSSIANS .VERY NEAR THE SILESIAN BORDER. (Reo. December 20, 8.85 p.m.) London, December 19. The "Times" Petrograd correspondent states that General von Hindanberg's real objective was not Warsaw, but; the prevention of the invasion of. Silesia, hence his feverish activity, and his inability to adhere to a consecutive line of operations. The Russian planß have been well served there. The enemy has been destroyed by its advances, instead of waiting in the trenches. All their efforts have been only to postpone the day of reckoning, with the Russian Armies within a stone's throw of .t'he Silesian border, north of Cracow, which is the real pivot of all the present operations. Moreover, the desperate flanking move at Bzura and from the Carpathians merely serves to indioate that the Russians hold tie pivot firmly, when they can duly sweep away flanking movements and advance to the 'heart of Germany; The "Daily Telegraph's" Petrograd correspondent states that the German massing of so many Army Corps along the narrow Lloff-Lowicz front is obviously intended to tie down as many Russians as possible to prevent the reinforcing of the Armies before Cracow and elsewhere in Galicia. The Russians meanwhile are content with the policy of subjecting Gei.many to a process of attrition. HUNGARIANS HORRIFIED AT THE DEBACLE IN SERVIA SIGNIFICANT SPEECH BY HUNGARIAN PREMIER. (Reo. December 20, 6.5 p.m.) Petrograd, December 19. Budapest correspondent writes that the public are horrified at the details of the rout of the Austro-Hungarians in Servia. The losses in the flight and the rearguard action wore 60,000 killed and wounded, and 35,000 taken prisoners. Mora guns, provisions, and ammunition were lost than Servia ever The remnants of General Potiovck's Army,_ reduced to 100,000, are now in Bosnia endeavouring to re-form. The Austrians and Hungarians are worn out with exhaustion, the incessant marches, and hunger. Count Tisza, Hungarian Prime Minister, in a speech in Parliament, intimated ' that Hungary would separately defend herself if the Austrians permitted an invasion. He emphasised that Hungary was an independent State although in union with Austria. The independence movement is spreading and assuming an official character. This explains the German effort to expel t'he Russians from the Carpathians. OFFICIAL" ADMISSION OF AUSTRIA'S DEFEAT. ("Times" and Sydney "Sun"- Services.) London, December 18. Vienna officially admits that the Austrian killed and wounded in Serviai totalled one hundred thousand. General Potiorck eight days ago telegraphed to the Emperor of Austria that he would be in Nish (the temporary Servian capital) in three weeks. , GENERAL POTIORCK TO BE COURT-MARTIALLED. (Rec. December 20, 3.50 p.m.) / ' ... Rome, December 19. 'Advices from Budapest state that Emperor Francis Josef has ordered General Potiorck to be court-martialled. WHAT AUSTRIANS ARE TOLD OFFICIALLY. (Rec. December 21, 0.10 a.m.) London, December 21. Vienna officially claims that the Russians have been routed in West Galicia, also in South Poland, and that the Austrians made a successful sortie at Przemysl, making prisoners of hundreds of Russians.