ermans threw important forces into East Prussia. The transportation
of troops was made easier by the extraordinarily developed net of
railways which Germany has at its disposal.

"The task of the new troops sent to East Prussia was to defeat
our Tenth Army, which held strongly constructed positions along
the Angerapp. To assure the success of the undertaking the Germans
brought a portion of their forces from the Bzura and Rawka fronts
to the right bank of the Vistula. A movement of the Germans in
East Prussia already became noticeable on the 4th of February,
1915. But the extent of this movement could only be recognized a
few days later. As our leaders, because of the lack of railroad
lines, could not collect the necessary forces on the East Prussian
front with the necessary speed to meet the hostile attack adequately,
they decided to take back the above-mentioned army of East Prussia
to the border. In this movement of the right wing the Tenth Army,
which was pressed by heavy hostile forces and threatened with being
surrounded from the right, was forced to make a rapid change of
alignment in the direction of Kovno. In this rapid movement a corps
was separated from the rest of the army. The other corps which
continued the battle obstinately without interruption, slowly drew
back in the prescribed direction, bravely repelling the enemy and
inflicting upon him heavy losses. Our troops overcame unbelievable
difficulties, which were caused by the snow which filled all roads.
As the streets were impassable, automobiles could not run. Trains
were delayed and frequently failed to arrive at their destination.
Our corps which formed the left wing of the Tenth Army held the
enemy, while drawing back step for step for nine days on a stretch
of territory which ordinarily is covered in four days. On the 19th
of February these corps withdrawing by way of Augustowo left the
battle field and took the position assigned to them. Further battles
developed in the region before Ossowetz, on the roads from Lomza
to Jedwabno and to the north of Radislow, also halfway between
Plozk and Plonsk. These battles were in places very intense."

An English authority says: "The chief Russian loss was in General
Bulgakov's Twentieth Corps, which the German staff asserted they
had completely destroyed. But during the fortnight which ended
on Saturday the 20th, at least half of that corps and more than
two-thirds of its guns safely made their way through