Sunset over the trenches; a watercolor by J.M., July 9, 1916. Signed J.M 9/7/16

Signed J.M 9/7/16



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Monday, June 12, 1916

"On June 12, Brusilov announced that in the advances that his men had made since the start of his offensive eight days earlier, they had captured 2,992 Austrian officers, 190,000 Austrian soldiers, 216 heavy guns, 645 machine guns and 196 howitzers. One third of the Austrian forces facing him had been taken captive. Within another five days the Russians had occupied Czernowitz, the most easterly Austro-Hungarian city, and a center of culture and commercial enterprise."

Quotation Context

Russian General Alexsei Brusilov prepared for his great Offensive in ways other Russian generals had not. Czernowitz in the Bukovina, had a population of approximately 87,0000.

Source

The First World War, a Complete History by Martin Gilbert, page 254, copyright © 1994 by Martin Gilbert, publisher: Henry Holt and Company, publication date: 1994

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