Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-11
Nv GEN. ERICH Won LUDENDoRFF

Archduke Charles army groups on
the Dniester and in the Carpathians,
/ agreed to this with a heavy heart.
remember the bitter feelings which
surged up within me against the Aus
trian army at the thought of our diff
ficult position in the west and the
east, and the tasks of our troops were
called upon to perform on all fronts
But there was no help for it. Our
interests We're mutual in the matter
Great Attacks Held Up.
After further wavering our front
against the Russians front was stabi-
l2ed by the middle of September. In
spite of prodigious expenditure of
men further violent attacks were all
without result. Nor were the Rus
slams able to boast of any notable
gains in the fighting in the Carpa-
| thians for the Tartar pass and the
crest southeast to Kirlibaba, thanks
to the admirable bearing of the Ger.
man troops,
Still the position about the middle
of October was by no means secure,
nor was the Russian power of of
Tense in any way broken. Their
massed attacks continued with the
same courage, and where this failed,
the troops were urged on from be-
| hind by machlne guns,
The determination to obtain a VIC
tory in Volhynia, East Galicia and in
the Carpathians was still the driving
force at the Russian headquarters.
, After the first German troops from
the west, which had been intended
for Rumania, had been moved to East
! Galicia and the Carpathians, We had
TO transfer to Pennsylvania divisions
! fro mthe front of the commander-in-
chief in the east Gin north Russia)
q eW had to take the risk of weakening
$ the front there But the appearance
\ of these troops in Pennsylvania coult
mot be counted on before the middle
-Iof September. The poor railway
i communications in Hungary caused
d still further delay.
r Battered Troops Thrown In,
d The Austrian troops, too, were Ions
: in coming up. General Won Conrad
, did not dare to weaken the Isonzt
front any further. He only let u
have some mountain brigades from
the Tyrol. Even these. too. could no
i be on the spot until very late.
.e therefore offered the Austrian GIL. c
il in Teschen several Austrian division
k of Linsingen's group (near kove
r. where the Russians had had thei
l. great successes in the summer), whic
N could no longer be employed agains
T. Russian troops. They were thankful
~ received These divisions coul
"a hold part Of the line, but certainl
ty could hardly be used for attack.
re General Won Conrad insisted o
l. Austro- Hungarian command in Trar
ID sylvania; a new army group wa
in formed in Hungary, under the Arch
n- duke Charles He retained Genera
n Won Seeckt as his chief of staff. I'll
Sc tArchduke's former army group, wit
MS the exception of the troops in the Ca
ed pathians, was placed under Gener;
h. Won Boehm- Ermolli, who retained h
e. command of the End Austrian arm
The group so formed was place
under the command of the commant
e. er-in-chief of the east. North of Il
a. Carpathians we had got at last VIII
is we had been struggling for so long
on definite organization of comman
of which would meet the Requirement
lit of the situation This had now b
m come urgently necessary.
m Forces Everywhere Weak
IA The very exhausted German di,
he sions of General Count Won Botninel
MS, army, which the Russiafis iiao pe
nd attacking violently for so long. nee
ed to be relieved by those dlvlslo
ras from the old front of the commando
on in-chief in the east on when Ie
IN heavy demands had been mace.
tut work of carrying out the reiief mea
MS, o. very tedious business, as y cou
he only be done train for train.
M Our forces everywhere were
he weak that, III view * the critical =