Nor is the mischief confined to Galicia. On Sunday last
the Russian commander ordered an offensive at Krevo, east of Vilna. Thanks to the bravery and self-sacrifice of the officers, the troops broke the German lines and took a thousand prisoners. But here again" the instability and moral weakness of certain detachments," as the Russian Staff candidly states, forbade the development of the victory, and led next day to the loss of one of the captured positions. On Monday the army in the Dvinsk region was put to the test. The troops at first attacked with their usual dash, but then began to retire in defiance of their orders. The officers threw away their lives in a vain effort to inspire their men. A few picked detachments like the" battalion of death "fought heroically, but could not awaken their bewitched comrades from the fatal stupor induced by anarchical intrigue and German gold.
