It is difficult to make out the exact situation either
in the centre of the Russian line opposite Warsaw or to the north and west; but the Germans appear still to be pressing their offensive very hard, and profess to have captured in the last few days another large batch of prisoners. Probably the German claims in this respect are exaggerated ; but even making allow- ance for this, there seems to be no doubt that the enemy has had some successes. At the acme time, the German wireless reports admit that the Russians have obtained a considerable advantage south of the Vistula. Further details have been coming in of the German victory over the 20th Russian Army Corps. They show that the Russian troops behaved with great tenacity, and, according to the Times correspondent in Petrograd, not less than eleven battalions which were at first thought to have been destroyed by the enemy have made good their return. Speaking generally, the indications show that a still greater effort is about to be made by the Germans to obtain possession of Warsaw. We doubt their success, for there seems every reason to believe that by this time the Russians have greatly strengthened their position, not merely on their centre, but to the north and north-west.
