RMB4WG8K–Troops in Kielce August 1914 The early days of August 1914 saw the Russian army make steady progress through Poland and on towards Germany and Austria This Russian column was pictured shortly after arriving in Kielce just south of Warsaw in the west of Poland However their success was short lived German forces in the North started to gain the upper hand culminating in the Battle of Tannenberg in which the Russian Second Army suffered severe losses They did make ground in the south though routing the Austrian army at Lemberg Such gains were to be few and far between for Russia however and by
RMB4ND8C–Russian transport carts crossing a river in Poland The Russian army made steady advances into German held territory at the start of the war particularly in Poland However this soon changed Suicidal tactics by Russian generals quickly handed the advantage to the German army At the battle of Tannenberg at the end of August 1914 the Russian army suffered a massive defeat The Russian Second Army was almost totally wiped out and the German Army was handed a huge victory
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