From ‘The Struggle in the East‘, The Spectator, 24 July 1915:
Even if the Germans take Warsaw and practically the whole of the Polish salient, and are not too badly punished by the Russian armies during the operation, they will have to begin the painful and dangerous task of invading Russia. No doubt in theory this is not a necessity. The Germans could go into winter quarters in Poland and stave off Russian attacks. That, however, we venture to say—though the proof would take too long to give on the present occasion—will turn out an impossible task. Germany will have to go forward into Russia as long as the Russian armies are in being. It will be seen that we always come back to this point.
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