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The detachment Steinkeller was therefore recalled. However, it was soon determined that the Russian cavalry moved to the north from RösseI. The communications of the XVII Corps had to be shifted towards the west. With the same mission the I Reserve Corps sent the infantry of the 6th Landwehr Brigade back to Lautern. The Russian cavalry was threatening the rear of the XVII Corps, which sent for the protection against them a detachment under Lieut. The division thereupon withdrew to Bischofstein. Strong Russian forces appeared at Rössel and Korschen. On 27 August the 1st Cavalry Division moved via Gr. It directed the fortress commander of Königsberg to draw as many Russian troops as possible in his direction. On that day Army headquarters were under the impression, that there was a strong Russian advance under way. Bossau, where the I Reserve Corps and the XVII Corps defeated the Russian VI Corps. The mission of the 1st Cavalry Division was to prevent the Russian II Corps from participating in the battle near Gr. The Russian 4th Cavalry Division of the Second Army was already at Sensburg. Late, that afternoon the 1st Cavalry Division received orders to delay further advance of this hostile unit on Rastenburg-Korschen. The Russian II Corps, advancing north of the Masurian Lakes, reached the vicinity of Drengfurth. On 26 August it withdrew before superior Russian cavalry to Schippenbeil. On 25 August it found it impossible to reach Gerdauen. Therefore the 1st Cavalry Division was the only regular army unit to cover a gap of approximately 35 miles from the Masurian Lakes to Königsberg. The 6th Landwehr Brigade, located at Lötzen, had been ordered as early as 23 August to move close to the I Reserve Corps. German security forces were able to delay the advance of the Russians primarily along the railroad lines, and local barricades forced them to avoid the towns.Īt noon, 25 August, army orders designated one division of the XVII Corps and the 1st Cavalry Division to furnish protection against the Russian First Army, but by afternoon this order was amended to include the 1st Cavalry Division alone for this mission. The Russian cavalry was held up in part along the Deime River, but the mass of the cavalry was moving westward, searching for the German Eighth Army. On the north it had a few guard units along the Alle River, south of Wehlau. The 1st Cavalry Division advanced to Gerdauen, with reconnaissance detachments in contact with the enemy. On 25 August the I Reserve Corps and the XVII Corps were moving from the area: Schippenbeil-Friedland to the south. I.-WHAT HAPPENED IN REAR OF THE GERMAN EIGHTH ARMY FROM 20 TO 31 AUGUST 1914.

PROTECTION OF THE REAR OF THE GERMAN EIGHTH ARMY, DURING THE BATTLE OF TANNENBERG. It brought considerable prestige to General Mikhail Skobelev, a veteran of the Russo-Japanese and Russo-Turkish Wars.Hello to all something more. The battle is particularly notable for fast rail movements by the Russians, enabling them to concentrate against each of the four German armies in turn, and also for the failure of the Germans to properly encode their radio messages.

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A series of follow-up battles (Masurian Lakes) destroyed most of the Sixth Army as well and kept the Germans off balance. The battle resulted in the almost complete destruction of the German Eleventh, Eighth, and Fourteenth Armies and the suicide of two of their commanding generals, Erich von Ludendorff (forced suicide by the Russians), and Maximilian Hoffman. The Battle of Tannenberg, also known as Second Battle of Tannenberg, was fought between Russia and Germany between 26 and 30 August 1914, the first month of World War I. Destruction of the German 11th, 8th, and 14th Armies.Near Allenstein, East Prussia (today Olsztyn, Poland) German prisoners and captured equipment after the battle. Part of the East Prussian campaign of the