Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1914 — GERMANS ESCAPE TRIIP SET BY FOES IN RUSSIAN POLAND [ARTICLE]

GERMANS ESCAPE TRIIP SET BY FOES IN RUSSIAN POLAND

Forces Near Lodz Break Through Cordon. CZAR'S GENERAL IS REMOVED Rennenkampf Accused of Permitting Kaiser’s Army to Escape—Bo,ooo Prisoners Taken by Teutons In Region of Lowicz. London, Dec. 3. —The Germans have pushed back the Husslans in the region of Lowicz and captured 80,000 prisoners, the German war office asserted. Rennenkampf in Disgrace. The success of the Germans in cutting their way out of the trap laid for them by the Russians has cost General Rennenkampf his command, according to a dispatch from Petrograd, which says the Russian leader has been relieved because he was two days late in carrying out orders of the Russian general staff. The delay is said to have prevented the complete encircling of the German army and resulted in its escape. German* Escape Trap. London, Dec. 2. —Though it seem* clear now that the German army in Russian Poland, or that part of it which the Russians almost surrounded near Lodz, narrowly escaped annihilation, the Germans fought with such fury that the cordon encircling them was broken, and as German re-enforce-ments are coming up the issue is not yet decided.

By FRANCIS LAVELLE MURRAY. International News Service Correspondent. Petrograd, Dec. 2.-—Fighting desperately to save themselves from utter annihilation at the hands of the Russians the Germans m Poland are trying to bring up re-enforcements to stave off the attacks of the czar's troops, the Army Messenger announces. The battle Is raging fiercely in the vicinity of Lowicz. Enormous losses have been inflicted on the German right wing. German re-enforce-ments which were marching up from Wielun have' been defeated. German losses In the vicinity of Lodz are declared to be enormous. The British press contends that a Russian success on a colossal scale still is possible, but in all quarters It Is admitted that the recent claims of a complete Russian victory were premature.