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Title: The Great war
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Allen, George Henry, 1876- Whitehead, Henry C., 1873- Chadwick, French Ensor, 1844-1919 Sims, William Sowden, 1858-1936 McAndrew, James William, 1862-1922 Wiley, Edwin, 1872-
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: Philadelphia : G. Barrie's Sons
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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army corps with a total effective strengthof about 600,000 men. The forces concentrated on thecorresponding section of the Austro-German front, fromthe Vistula to the border of Roumania, numbered about1,000,000 men. In planning the gigantic operation which will presentlybe described, the leaders of the Teutonic alliance wereguided by their own experience and especially by attentiveobservation of the mistakes made by their opponents inthe West. In general the attacks of the western Alliespenetrated the foremost German trench or line of trenchesonly to bring up before a second, third, or remoter linewith forces too far spent for further effort. The problemof sustaining the attack until complete success had beenachieved demanded the absolute concealment of the prepa-rations and rapidity of execution, so as to forestall theconcentration of reinforcements for the enemy, the prev-ious accumulation of abundant stores of ammunition, theaccurate cooperation of the artillery with the attacking
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Austrian soldiers in camp during the offensive against the Russians.

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