Show WAR WE4THER The weather in Poland has been one of the mysteries of the war The om mande s have been too busy fight ng to talk about the weather and yet it has been one of the important features of the campa gn Usually the marshes rivers and lakes in Poland freeze by the first of Oc tober at the latest This year the freeze has iust begun Hitherto the am es have been fight ng on roads deep m mire and over marshy co nt v fow that the marshes and the oads are freezing the Germans may be able to renew the r march on Warsaw with bet ter prospects of success The open weather has been of greater benefit to the Russians than to the Germans Both s des began the war with the expectat on that freez ng weather comb ned w th snow would hamper the operations befo e the first of ISi ove nber Up to Christmas how ever there was little snow and the wet cond t on of the roads and fields Was continuous This enabled the Euss ans to keep up an act ve campa gn fight ng alniost every day As the Eussians ncreased their forces the Germanic allies were compelled tq reinforce their arm es n til at least 4 500 000 men were en gaged Had the w nter weather begun early ne ther the Russ ans nor the German c allies would have been able to place such enormous forces m the field and Germany wpuld have been free to re inforce her western 1 ne in rander"i and France by a sufficient number of sold ers to turn the tide of battle aga net the French English and Bel gians W th the freez ng of the roads and the marshes the Germans may be able to cross the Bzura river and p sh on to Warsaw A heavy snow however w 11 pfobably tie up operat ons completel for an indefin te per od |