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Show LOKAL ANZEIGER COMMENTS UPON NEWS OF BATTLE BERLIN Dec. 17 via Amsterdam and London Dec U J 15 a m The Lokat Anzeiger commenting on the news of a German victory in Po and sas ,ever since this od earth has had a history has such a gigantic battle been fought Seldom in centuries has there been an event of such dec sive Impor tance. The battle of Poland will be classed in history among the victor es of the first rank. It will be mentioned In the same breath with the battles of Salamls and Letpsic W e have to tnank von Hindenberg and the desperate courage of his troops wbo fought under the glorious banners of German and Austria- The Tageblatt, after eulogizing the bravery and tenacit yof the troops par tlcularly the West Prussians and Hes sians adds This lctory with the defeat of the Russians, Is partlcularlv s gn ftcant be cause the Pusslans threw all the r force into the scale tn order to win a viciorv From the most distant portions of the empire S beria and the Caucasus the last re nforcements were brought up Politically the victory w1 1 la e wide spread importance eBpeciallv with the Balkan states. If one or the other of these states counted on the assistance of Russ a it will now recogn ze its vain hope With th s victory in the west Pol sh theater the campa f,n in the eastern the ater of the war is for the greater part decided |