The Quarterly Review, Volume 233, Issue 463William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1920 |
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... eastern frontier ; while the Vistula fortifications provided for a possible withdrawal in East Prussia ; the essence of the plan being to eliminate France before Russia should become dangerous . There were ample reasons for the decision ...
... eastern frontier ; while the Vistula fortifications provided for a possible withdrawal in East Prussia ; the essence of the plan being to eliminate France before Russia should become dangerous . There were ample reasons for the decision ...
Page 417
... eastern campaign would thus have been weaker by some five divisions than that which was twice baffled by the Russians in the ... East Prussia . The Austrians , who , judging from the peace distribution of the Russian army , should have a ...
... eastern campaign would thus have been weaker by some five divisions than that which was twice baffled by the Russians in the ... East Prussia . The Austrians , who , judging from the peace distribution of the Russian army , should have a ...
Page 418
... East Prussia . The remainder of the German forces would be approxi- mately equal to the estimated strength of the French field army ; but , by moving a strong wing through Belgium , the two primary conditions of success - superior ...
... East Prussia . The remainder of the German forces would be approxi- mately equal to the estimated strength of the French field army ; but , by moving a strong wing through Belgium , the two primary conditions of success - superior ...
Page 419
... East Prussia , Moltke sent four divisions from the important right wing to reinforce Hindenburg - a decision which Luden- dorff characterises as ' fateful . ' Then the promising situation on the Sambre battlefield was lost for want of ...
... East Prussia , Moltke sent four divisions from the important right wing to reinforce Hindenburg - a decision which Luden- dorff characterises as ' fateful . ' Then the promising situation on the Sambre battlefield was lost for want of ...
Page 420
... East Prussia had been invaded from east and south ; and the German commander contemplated a withdrawal behind the Vistula . But to abandon East Prussia in the circum- stances which had arisen would have been to court disaster ...
... East Prussia had been invaded from east and south ; and the German commander contemplated a withdrawal behind the Vistula . But to abandon East Prussia in the circum- stances which had arisen would have been to court disaster ...
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