Eastern Campaign

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 167, 21 December 1914, Page 5

Eastern Campaign

GERMAN OFFENSIVE CHECKED IN WESTERN G ALICIA. Received 20, 5.5 p.m. I l'etrograd, December 1-1. j Oliicial.—A lull along almost the whole | rout on tin icl'l bunk, of the Vistula | iiec-.'deed Hie enemy's several days' attacks, ji!l oi which ivere repulsed. the in; ni\V, ollciK-ivi in western G.lieia has been cheeked. We have been successfully ■ xeeuling oflVusive op rations cn Lli e Sanok-i.isko front, wherj we captured three thousand prisoners and several gnus and machine-guns. THE GERMAN OBJECTIVE. TO PREVENT INVASION OF RUSSIANS HOLD THEIR GiiOUe D. Received 20, 5.5 p.m. London, December 1!). J lie 'limes' l'etrograd correspond.mi I says the German General Ilimlenberg's real objective was not Warsaw, but the prevention of the invasion of Silesia, hence his feverish activity. His inability to adhere to a consecutive line Oi operations was because the Russian plans were well served there. The enemy advanced and destroyed instead of uniting in the trenches, all their cll'orts being desisted only to postponing the day of • ickoning, .1 he Russian armies are •Wthin a stone's throw of the Silosian border, north oi Cracow, which is tin. real pivot of all the present operation-:. Moreover, desperate Hanking moves at JJzura ami from the Carpathians ni/iely .'■cues to indicate that tile Russians hold 'lie pivot firmly, win nee tiicy will duly KWeep away tile Hanking movements and advance into the heart of Germany. The Daily Telegram's Petrograd' correspondent says the Germans' massing of so many army corps tlio jiarvow Lloff-Lowicv, front is obviously intended to tie down as many Russians as possible to prevent their reinforcing ;,m> Mimes belore Cracow aiid elsewheiv. in iialieia. Ihe Russians meanwhile, are (ontent with a policy of subjecting Germany to a process of attrition. A LULL ON THE VISTULA. GERMAN PLAN COMPLETELY FAILED. Received 20, 5.5 p.m. Paris, December 19. Advices from Petrograd show thnt the sudden lull on the Vistula arises from the awkward position of the German left wing, due to the Russian success in tin; Mlava region. It is now certain that the German plan to seize the right baui of the Vistula by making a dash o:i the left, simultaneously advancing from Mlava, has completely failed. A SUCCESSFUL AMBUSCADE. Received 20, 0.0 p.m. Petrograd, December 19. During the recent fighting 3000 Hussars of the Prussian Guards were ambuscaded, and only 50 escaped. GERMAN "VICTORIES." RIDICULED BY RUSSIA. Received 21, 12.10 a.m. Petrograd, December 19. A semi-official statement ridicules the Germans' claim to victory in Poland, remarking that they do not give a single name or tell the number of prisoners. Such a fanfare may deceive Germans and Austrians, but not neutrals. Really, the Germans were driven from Beklianoff, with the Russians at their heels, and already tripping them. I A RUSSIAN ROUT. ACCORDING TO AUSTRIAN ADVICES. Received 21, 1.25 a.m. Paris, December 20. A Vienna oflicial message claims to have routed the Russians in West Galicia and also in South Poland. The garrison successfully sortied from Przemyslfi taking hundreds of prisoners.