In the eastern theatre of the war the Russians continue
to do magnificently. That is not surprising, but what is sur- prising is the rapidity of their advance. It is no doubt premature to say that the fall of Breslau, the capital of
Silesia, is imminent, but it is evidently being threatened, and it is quite likely that in a very few days we may hear of Russian successes in the direction of Posen. As it is, the destruction of the Austrian armies has been on the grandest scale. Possibly the estimate of seventy thousand to eighty thousand prisoners is exaggerated, but the captures both of men and guns and munitions of war have evidently been colossal. In East Prussia, though the Germans are hurrying up reinforcements, the prospects are beginning to brighten again. In another month we shall probably begin to see marked effects in Germany produced by the pressure from the east.
