Field Marshall August von Mackensen at the map table. General von Mackensen was promoted to Field Marshall on June 23, 1915 with the fall and occupation of Lemberg, Austria-Hungary during his successful Gorlice-Tarnow offensive.
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". . . At Krasnik on July 2nd [1915], the army of Archduke Joseph of Austria, while advancing toward Lublin, was halted by a Russian Army under Gen. Loische. Three days later, the Archduke fell back upon an intrenched position north of the town, losing 15,000 men. The Russian losses were 8,000. The army of Gen. Mackensen also was stopped near Krastnostav on July 7th."
German Commander in Chief Erich von Falkenhayn approved and General August von Mackensen led the joint German, Austro-Hungarian Gorlice-Tarnow Offensive that broke through the Russian line in the beginning of May, 1915, driving Russian forces from the Carpathian Mountains and Galicia in north-eastern Austria-Hungary, and penetrating into Russian Poland. With severe shortages of artillery, shells, rifles, and ammunition, the Russians could do little more than retreat, dig in, attempt to hold a position, then resume their retreat. But on July 7, they halted, briefly, both the German and Austro-Hungarian armies.
King's Complete History of the World War by W.C. King, page 173, copyright © 1922, by W.C. King, publisher: The History Associates, publication date: 1922
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