Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-04

of the Archduke Charles group deter
mined G. H. G. to defect the Turkish
corps which had only few trains at
its disposal, to East Galicia.
The Turks fought well with the Ger
man southern army although they
had to learn and practice what to
them were entirely novel methods Of
warfare
The Russians had by this time real
lied that they could do nothing against
the German front, and did not again
attack north of the Pripet. They in
tensifed their pressure in Volhynia
and East Galicia, and brought up fresh
forces to these points, Even in the
first half of August their attacks there
were resumed.
on August and the Russians
again attacked Linsingen's group and
the right wing of Gronaus group along
their whole front, and were repulsed.
Even if the main offensive had come
to an end, severe fighting was still in
progress, especially along the Stochod
east and north of Kovel. The Rus
slams succeeded in gaining footing
in a few places on the western bank.
This was not in itself of decisive inn
portance, but it made things very diff
ficult for Linsingen's group, which
was being taxed to the uttermost and
suffering heavy losses.
simultaneously with the attack on
Kovel, Russian attacks against the
End Austro- Hungarian army and the
Archduke Charles group in Galicia
met with success.
The right wing of the Austro-Hun-
garian army was broken through at
Zaloscz; Melior's detachment pre-
vented the worst, but the front was
so rickety that we withdrew it to
Zborow.
Two new divisions placed at our
disposal by C. II. O. were put under
General Won Eben, and they just suf-
ficed ultimately to hold the Zborow
sector in severe and prolonged fight
ing They had come too late to de-
fend the Sereth sector
When this was abandoned by the
right wing of the End army, the left
wing of Bothmer's army (near Tar
nopoD, which had until then stood its
ground, had to- retreat also. South OF
the Dniester the Russians had again
attacked at Tlumacz, the Austro-Hun-
garian troops, had thrown them back
and taken Stanislau and NadWorna.
Here their attacks had been victorious
but in the Carpathians the German
troops, under General Won Conta-7in-
Guiding the LIST infantry division--had
denied them any success.
| l considered it of the highest i'm
portance that we should not suffer re-
verses in Galicia, in view of their eff
forts on Rumana. But the with
drawal of General Count Bothmer's
army, Notwithstanding its stout and
prolonged assistance, was unavoidable
in view of events south OF the Dniestef.
| 1t withdrew, keeping touch with the
Austro Hungarian army to the Zborow
! Brezesany line behind the Zlita Lipa
| (about Is miles,, and bent its right
wing in the direction of Stanisau.
SO, in the middle of August the col
lapse of the Austro- Hungarian army
seemed manifesty possible. The atti-
! tude of Rumania grew ever more
doubtful,
New Front Begins TO Hold.
Fro mthe middle of August onward
| the new front, under the control of
| the commander in chief in the east,
began to hold.
The End Austro- Hungarian army,
which received our cavalry reserve
from Kovel, was placed in support at
German troops that its position could
be regarded as secure. AS far as
i numbers are concerned, the Austro-
Hungarian troops would have been
quite able to hold their positions with
out German help. But that was i'm
possible in their present condition,
i and we had to come to the rescue.
We helped as much as we could,
but the blood she'd by German troops
with the Austro- Hungarian army
could never be made good.
4 The construction of positions was
4 pushed on, and in this connection we
had to supply the End Austro- Hun
earian army with a great deal of
! barbed wire. The rear communica-
tions were also organized. 1t was q
further north in the previous autumn,
when the armies of the commander
} in chief in the east took to trench
| warfare after our offensive ended.
The conditions of trench construction
. were similar We had to start every
thing from the beginning.
we made a beginning with the
training of the March Formations
. (the s0ecial Austro- Hungarian re-
sarvesl on orr own principles, and
, thew were to be inspected by German
generals Colonel Prince Oscar of
prussia, who was responsible for the
training of fine Austrian March-bat-
talions in the German southern army,
ala verv valuable work.
German ARTILLERY brigade command