The people's war book; history, cyclopaedia and chronology of the great world war . sawbefore the Russians could recall sufficienttroops from Galicia to interfere seriouslywith his operations. Only a miracle pre-vented his complete success, and as it waslie came within six miles of the city beforehe was checked. Its main purpose was the relief of hardpressed Austria, and as a bit of spectacu-lar strategy its success was complete, inno way impaired by the fact that the re-treat of the Germans was as rapid as wastheir advance. Three weeks after thev genius as a strategist and tactician. Once mor
The people's war book; history, cyclopaedia and chronology of the great world war . sawbefore the Russians could recall sufficienttroops from Galicia to interfere seriouslywith his operations. Only a miracle pre-vented his complete success, and as it waslie came within six miles of the city beforehe was checked. Its main purpose was the relief of hardpressed Austria, and as a bit of spectacu-lar strategy its success was complete, inno way impaired by the fact that the re-treat of the Germans was as rapid as wastheir advance. Three weeks after thev genius as a strategist and tactician. Once more only a day saved the Rus-sians. Von Hindenburg actually got intheir rear and cut their railway connec-tions with their base hy striking justnortheast of Lodz. For three days, fromNovember 18, one of the most violent bat-tles thus far in the war occurred in thevicinity of Lodz. Slowly the Germanswere forcing a ring around the entireRussian light wing, and a gap of tenmiles only remained to be closed when re-inforcements reached the Russian com-mander from Warsaw and fell on the. Palace of Justice, Brussels, Belgium. had sent their shells into Warsaw theywere again beliind their Posen frontiea*and Russian cavalry patrols were acrossthe railways, which runs along the inter-national line. The see-saw character of the warfare inthe east was never better illustrated tlianby the succeeding developments. WliileVon Hindenburg was falling l)ack fromWarsaw, the Russians resumed their of-fensive in Galicia. Tliey recrossed theSan, once more invested Przemysl andapproached to the suburbs of the first time they sent their Cossacksthrough the Carpathian passes and raideda few towns in Northern Hungary. Von Hindenlmrg once more proved his German left and rear. Von Hindenburgliad to abandon liis immediate project intlie face of this danger and the Russians,almost within his grasp, eluded him andwithdrew to the east, where, after consid-erable furtlier battering, they got behindthe
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