Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-02

the offensive on the Somme. In the
east the Russians were to start an
offensive, with Baranovice Con the
north edge of the Pripet swamps, 800
miles southeast of Riga), Smorgon
and Riga as its critical points
The operations on the Austro- Hun
garian front in the beginning of June,
in the region of Lutsk, Tarnopol and
on the Dniester, We're more in the ma
ture of a demonstration. At first
much larger reserves were concentra-
ted behind the selected sectors of the
German front than in the Lutsk and
| Bukovina sectors.
ct was in this section, the south
ern part of the battle line, however,
that General Brusiloff broke the Aus
| trian lines in June and captured over
| 100000 prisoners.)
| Russia's amazing victories over the
| Austro Hungarian troops induced her
to abandon her proposed offensive
against the front of the commander
| in-chief in the east, except for the
move in the direction of Baranovice,
and concentrate all her efforts against
Austria Hungary. The more the Ger
| man front proved itself inviolate, the
more eagerly did the Russians turn
| from it to hurl themselves against
their weaker foe. the Austro- Hunga-
rian army between the Pripet and the
Carpathians.
The front Of the communicating
chief in the east was therefore denud-
ed as occasion required. in order to
bolster up the fronts further south.
A very intimate connection sprang up
between the tactical operations Of the
army group under Field Marshal
Prince Leopold of Bavaria and that of
the COMMUNICATIVE chief in the east,
as, indeed, between the whole Ger
man and Austro- Hungarian fronts.
Gle refers to the situation created
in the east by the jealousy among the
German and Austrian army leaders.
BY decree of the kaiser, Hindenburg
and Ludendorff had been confined to
the northern end of the line, the Ba-
varian Prince Leopold had his sepa-
rate command in the center and the
Austrians had theirs in the south. The
new peril, however, compelled the
Germans to send troops south and
was forcing the headquarters to-
gether.)
The previous arrangements be-
tween the two general staffs had been
good enough for periods of inactivity,
but never contemplated such a situa-
ton as developed out of the Russian
offensive. 1t was now imperative to
act quickly. Reference to the two
G.H.Q.'s in Charleville German gen.
eral headquarters) or Piess (the
kaiser's headquarters) and Teschen
(the Austrian headquarters) might
mean loss of time that could never
be recovered.
EFxvn. f,,
our liaison system had been found
inconvenient. We were only able to
avoid friction because we always
worked so well with the army group
of Field Marshal Prince Leopold of
Bavaria and Woyrsch's group under
his command
From that time the question of a
single command had not been lost
sight of, First. the proposal to put
Prince Leopold's group under the
command of the commander in chief
in the east, was frequently discussed.
But wholesale change-such as war
is constantly calling for-was what
was required, and that meant that the
COMMUNICATIVE in the east would
have to take over the command Of
the whole eastern front from the Gulf
of Riga tc the Carpathians.
But bitter experience was needed
before this change was effected. r.
relevant matters that had nothing to
do with the issue aggravated the prob
lem. In the first place, the Austrian
general staff, for reasons of so-called
prestige, found it difficult to contem-
plate any limitation of its tactical
over the Austro- Hungarian
troops In its Interpretation of its
powers it jealousy maintained the
Austrian point of view. of not letting
Germany's military predominance be-
come apparent. Germany. on the
other hand, considered military neces-
sites and nothing else.
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Ludendorff tomorrow taunts the
proud British navy, for not forcing
/ battle with the German fleet. He
admits, however. that the policy of
he latter was to keep close to It's base
md that it was not allowed to go out
ind fight early in the war. He also
ellis of the celebration of the sup
,osed victory of the fleet at Skagg-
rack and the dampening that came
When the truth of the German losses
vas discovered. He defends the u
,oat war as being in the same cate
ory as the British war of starva-
ion"
Platinum was so named by the
Daniards on account af i+s .;y,,z.,,