October 24, 1914 
LAND AND WATER 
THE WAR BY LAND. 
By HILAIRE BELLOG. 
THE MAIN ACTION ON THE VISTULA. 
^ g ^HE Allies, as we shall see iu a later part of 
these notes, have in the last week pushed 
forward a strong wedge into Belgium, 
threatening and, perhaps, rendering hope- 
less a German advance alonsj the sea coast to the Straits 
of Dover. They have gained gi-ound to the south of 
Lille and of Arras, and have advanced further towards 
their goal, the main line of German communications 
into France. A fresh and violent German counter- 
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still turns upon the results of that yet gi'eater action 
engaged at this moment upon the Vistula Eiver. If it 
go against the Germans, no temporary success can save 
them in the west. If it go against the Russians, nothing 
the Allies do in the west can prevent the arrival there 
of strong reinforcements for their German enemies-. 
It will be important for our judgment of this 
vast action on the Vistula and for following the future 
chances of the war in this field to appreciate the 
elements of the ground over which it is being fought. 
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attack near Chaulnes has been thrown back, livery- The River" Vistula, rising in the Carpathians, 
thing in the we.st points to some considerable runs in a great bend eastward, then northward, till it 
nvodification in the near future of tlic deivdlock there, falls into the Baltic near Dantzig. On its very mid- 
But it remains true that the campaign as a whole course stands the modem Polish capital of Wai'saw. 
