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Show RUSSIANS ARE REINFORCED JUST IN TIME Germans Acknowledge Aid Arrived In Time to Prevent Decision In Great Battle In Poland and Germany London, Nov. 23 The bnttlo which Is being fought In tho roglon between tho Vistula nnd Wnrtn rivers In Po-Innd Po-Innd nppcars to havo turned In fnvor of tho Russians. In fact u special dispatch from I'otrograd to Paris says that tho Russian army already has won a dcclslvo victory. While this may bo nn exaggeration both tho Russluu nnd tho Gurumn olllclnl reports suggest thnt General von Hln-donburg's Hln-donburg's second thrust nt Warsaw has been checked. Grand Duko Nlcholns, commnndor In chief of tho Russian forces, for two dnys In succession linn recorded partial successes in this great battle and tonight tho German gonoral staff says that the arlval of Russian reinforcements rein-forcements has postponed a decision. deci-sion. Both sides havo expressed tho greatest confidence In tho outcome of this battle. Grand Duko Nlcholns and General Von Hlndenburg hero-loforo hero-loforo havo been so successful In their strategy that their aduercnts look upon them ns almost unbeatable. Tho German papers only this morn Ing woro talking of a genoral Rus 'slan retirement dcsplts tho fact that tho Russians huvo been advancing advanc-ing steadily In Gnlicla, havo repulsed repuls-ed tho Austro German attack beforo Cracow, hold part of tho German 'territory In East Prussia nnd woro opposing Genoral Von Illndenburg's alvanco on Warsaw. It Is tho samo In I'otrograd. All tho correspondents correspond-ents declare It Is certain that Russian Rus-sian numbers must tell when tho Ger- mans havo reached the ground on which Grand Duko Nicholas has cho sen to glvo them battle. |