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Show BELIEVE WARSAW THE OBJECTIVE OF THE GERMANS PARIS. Feb. 6, 5:40 p. in. The general opinion expressed by military critics in Peirograd is that the recent German attacks at-tacks along the Vistula in Russian Poland Po-land are part of a new great offensive movement, says a dispatch from the Temps correspondent in the Russian capital. cap-ital. The message continues: "The German general suat'f has profited prof-ited by the last few weeks nf comparative compara-tive ralm to brine up heavy reinforcements. reinforce-ments. The German plan is believed to b? Uie concentration cf large fprces along the Vistula and in the Carpathians, leav-fn? leav-fn? but a corps an..I a 1th If in the center. The combined Anstro-Germa n offensive then will he made hurriedly, as the Franco-Anglo-Belgian menace Is constantly growing to the point where the Germans will once again be forced to strip their lines In Poland. ''Warsaw still appears to be the great objective, and for its possession the Germans Ger-mans submit to enormous sacrifices and untold hardships. To this end seven divisions di-visions composed of approximately lu5.-256 lu5.-256 men, aided by 600 cannon which are divided into 100 batteries, occupy a front of six miles In extent. "The Russian advance In the Carpathians Carpa-thians has continued in the direction of Uszok pass, where they soon will enter Hungary. The heights of Dukla and Bes-kid Bes-kid are all fortified and there, if forced to retreat, the Russians can hold the enemy off for an indeterminable length of time. Then on the Hungarian plains a wide encircling movement can be made," |