German troops resting in Poland. After withdrawing from southern Poland, Hindenburg came from the area southwest of Thorn to strike the Russians who were advancing towards the Silesian border in a flank attack. The Battle of Lodz and Lowicz finally brought the Russian steamroller to a halt at the end of November. A card from Der Weltkrieg 1914-1918, a 1930s German history of the war illustrated (or not) with pasted-in cigarette cards.

Rastende Truppen in Polen. Nach dem Rückzug aus Südpolen stieß Hindenburg aus der Gegend südwestl. Thorn den gegen die schlesische Grenze vordringenden Russen in die Flanke. Die Schlacht bei Lodz und Lowicz brachte Ende November die russische Dampfwalze endgültig zum Stehen. - Unter die schweren Kämpfe bei Lodz zählt auch der berühmte Durchbruch Litzmanns bei Brzeziny.



Troops resting in Poland. After the withdrawal from southern Poland, Hindenburg came from the area southwest of Thorn to strike the Russians advancing towards the Silesian border in the flank. The Battle of Lodz and Lowicz finally brought the Russian steamroller to a halt at the end of November. - Among the heavy fighting in Lodz, Litzmann's famous breakthrough in Brzeziny ranks highly.

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Thursday, November 26, 1914

"Sazonov is delirious with joy :

'Our victory at Lodz is splendid, complete, and far more important than all our successes in Galicia. We're waiting for the fruits of our victory to be harvested before making it public.'

. . . General Bielaiev confirmed what Sazonov has told me :

'We've won a victory, a great victory; but between Brzeziny and Strykov the Germans are still making desperate efforts to cut their way through north. That is why in our communiqué we are saying that the advantage is with our troops and the Germans are finding it very difficult to secure their retreat. . . .'

In the city the public delight is to be read on every face."

Quotation Context

Entry from the memoirs of Maurice Paléologue, French Ambassador to Russia, for Thursday, November 26, 1914. Sergei Sazonov was the Russian Foreign Minister. The Russians did threaten to achieve a significant victory in the Battle of Lodz as early reports had it, but the Germans were successful in their efforts to break out, and the Russians would not achieve the great victory they anticipated.

Source

An Ambassador's Memoirs Vol. II by Maurice Paléologue, page 200, publisher: George H. Doran Company

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1914-11-26, 1914, November, Paleologue, Battle of Lodz, Lodz, Sazonov, Russia Hymn