General Karl Freiherr von Pflanzer-Baltin in the snowy field.

Östl. Kriegsschauplatz. Generaloberst Freiherr von Pflanzer-Baltin. Serie 29/2. Nr. 46. Nach Photographien des Pressedienstess des k.u.k. Kriegsministeriums



Austrian Front. Colonel General Baron von Pflanzer-Baltin. After photographs of the press office of the Imperial and Royal Ministry of War.



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Friday, January 22, 1915

"Gen. Pflanzer's Austrian Army moving eastward, retook the Kirlibaba Pass on January 22nd [1915], sweeping on through Bukowina to Czernowitz, the capital, which he occupied on February 18th. Only a single Russian column, 30,000 men at most, opposed the advance of his great army."

Quotation Context

Although the Russian drive on Cracow and into Silesia had been driven back by the Germans and Austro-Hungarians, the Russians had besieged the great Austro-Hungarian fortress city of Przemyśl on the San River, and still threatened to break through the passes of the Carpathian Mountains, putting them in a position to attack Budapest, the Hungarian capital. The Austro-Hungarians were particularly concerned about the loss of Bukovina out of concern that Russia would offer it to neutral Romania in exchange for their entry into the war on the side of the Entente Allies. General Pflanzer-Baltin was brought out of retirement after the defeat and dismissal of a number of Austro-Hungarian generals in 1914.

Source

King's Complete History of the World War by W.C. King, pp. 144, 145, copyright © 1922, by W.C. King, publisher: The History Associates, publication date: 1922

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Pflanzer-Baltin, Karl Pflanzer-Baltin, 1915-01-22, 1915, January, Bukovina