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Al3alAN ARMY TRAPPEL
IN BATTLE OF TANNENBERG
" Nothing remained to be done on August 28, 1914, but to give orders
for the First Army Corps to occupy Neidenburg. In the meantime the
corps had already made a turning movement in that direction. (This
army had broken through the Russian lines from the west the day
before and advanced more than fifteen miles. Neidenburg was the prin
cipal base of the large Russian forces operating around Allenstein,
thirty miles to the north.)
The Twentieth Army Corps was to carry out the attack which had
been sized for the 2Tth and more especially to push forward the Forty
first Infamtry Division. (The Twenti€th had been held up the day
before in an attempt to progress on the right of the First Corps around
;*flneflbery. fifteen miles west of Neidenburg.) Von der Goltz’s Land
'o hr Division was to attack Hohenstein (on the left of the Twenticth
orps.)
The First Reserve Corps and Seventeenth Army Corps (operating
against the eastern flank of the Russians) were moved up west, covered
against attack from Ortelsburg (twenty-eight miles southeast of Allen
atqin) to positions on a line running from Allenstein to Passenheim.
(These two corps, taken from in front of Rennenkampf while he
held his huge army inactive forty miles away, had driven twenty miles
on the right flank of Samsonoff's army, and Samsonoff’'s force, number
ing up to 250,000 men, was caught in a circular trap of about twenty
five miles circumferance with only a narrow outlet to the south, in
which Germun cavalry were operating.) :
By GEN, ERIC VON LUDENDORFF.
Barly on the 28th we went to
Frogenau (less than 3 miles behind
the battle line at Tannenberg) and
established ourselves in the open
h the eastern end of the village.
A very ineffective field telephone
connected us with the First A. C.
(18 miles away), but no commu
nication at all was possible with
the other forceg.
Our first impressions were by no
means favorable. Neidenburg had
%uinly been tzken, but the For
ty#first Infantry Division had at
tacked Waplitz (8 miles east of
Tannenberg) in a fog and been
driven back. This division, which
had suffered heavy casualties, wag
now holding positions wsst of Wap
litz and anticipating a hostile coun
ter attack with the greatest anx
fety. 1 sent an officer there by
car to give me a report on the con
dition of the division, and hlsg ac
count was not cncouraging. The
landwehr near Muhlen (5 miles
west of Waplitz) were not making
progregs.
If the enemy attacked the right
wing of the Twentieth A. C. in
great force, a grave crisis might re
sult, and, at the bhest, the battle
yuld be prolonged. Now there
fi Rennenkampf’'s chance to in
ene. But the enemy made no
attack on the Forty-first Infantry
Division and the Nieman army did
not advance.
Captain Bartenwerffer of the
staff of the Seventeenth A, C. flew
over the enemy lines and brought
good reports of the progress of his
corpg in the enemy’s rear,
PANIC SPREADS FAR.
During the afternoon the. situa
tion changed to our advantage. The
Third Reserve Division, and later
the Thirty-seventh Infantry Divi
sion, too, won ground west of Ho
henstein; Von der Goltz's landwehr
division entered Hohenstein itself.
,*;me enemy front appeared to he
’ ‘wavering. General von Hinden
burg wanted to go straight on to
Muhlen.
We ran right into a momentary
panic, created by Russian prisoners
who were being taken to the rear
in large numbers. This incident
created an unfavorable impression,
t as the disorder spread far to the
rear.
In the evening we went to Os
terode (18 miles north of Tannen
berg). Owing to =n unfortunate
mobilization order, the civil author
itles had already left the town.
This must have considerably in
creased the anxiety of the civil
population,
We were not at all clear as to
how things stood with the indi
vidual units; but there was no
doubt that the battle was won.
Whether or not it would prove a
real Cannae was uncertain. The
First A. C. had orders so send &
force to Willenberg, whither ‘the
Seventeenth A. C. was also to pro
' ceed. The rereat of the Russians
was to be cut’ off.
(This movement meant a junction
of the west and east attacking
* forces east of Neidenburg across
the only gap left open to the Rus
sians.).
During the night we learned fur
ther detalls. The Russian’ Thir
teenth Corpg had aavanced from
Allenstein on Hohenstein, and had
pressed the landwehr severely. The
First R. C. had come down south
west of Allenstein=—its further ad
vance would close the ring around
the Russian Thirteenth Corps and
thus conclude the whole operation,
whilst the First and Seventeenth
A. C’s cut off the retreat of the
othr divisions.
HAD TO UNTANGLE TROOPS.
On the morning of the 29th I de
cided to go to Hohenstein to try
and disentangle the congestion
caused by the troops getting mixed
up. Operations against Rennen
kampf's army had to be initiated,
whether he advanced or stood
where he was.
Btill another incident occurred
before we were certain of victory.
Barly on the 28th we received a
message by airplane that a hostile
army corps was marching on Nei
denburg from the south, and was
nearing the town. It was there
fore coming up in the rear of the
First A. C., which, with its front
facing north, was fighting the re
treating Russians. Almost at the
same moment we were called up
from Neidenburg and informed that
hostile shrapnel was falling on the
town.
Then we were cut off. All avail
able troops were set marching in
the direction of Neidenburg to sup
port the First A. C. in the engage
ment we anticipated. But General
von Francois had saved himself
. already by his own energy, and the
enemy displayed more _hesitation
than the situation justified.
After giving these orders, T set
out for Hohenstein, and on the way
went over the battlefield, which
made a deep impression on me.
East of Hohenstein out own col
umns were getting entangled with
masses of Russian prisoners, and
it was ho easy task to restore or
der. The Firgt R. C. and the Twen
tieth A. C. were assembled along
the road from Allenstein to Hohen
gtein and the, army command h‘d
thus again at least two corps At
its disposal.
¢ RUSSIANS PRESS ON.
The battle was drawing to a con
elugion. The Third Reserve Divi
sion had broken through the enemy
lines and reached Muschaken, east
of Neidenburg. The Russians, re
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tiring through the thick woods,
tried to break through the German
ring at several points, At Muscha
ken, in particular, very heavy
fighting took place on the 30th, but
without in any way infiuencing the
issue of the battle.
General Samsonoff shot himself
and was buried near Willenberg
without being recognized. His
widow, who was in Germany in
connection,with matters concerning
prisoners of war, was able to trace
his grave by a locket which had
been taken for identification pur
poses from the body of the fallen
general when he was buried.
The Russian generals who were
taken prisoner arrived at Osterode
and reported to General von Hin
denburg.
The number of ¢ prisoners taken
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and the amount of booty captured
are already well known,
The enemy losses in killed and
wounded, too, were extremely
heavy, The widely circulated re
port that thouungn of Russians
were driven into the marshes and
there perished is a fyth; no marsh
was to be found anywhere near.
NAMED IT FOR BATTLE.
One of the most brilliant battles
in the history of the world had |
been fought. It had been the
achievement of troops which had
been fighting for weeks, sometimes
unsuccessfully. To the' training of
our army in peace time, alone, did
we owe this feat. The battle was a
glorious triumph for the generais
and their troops, indeed, for every
officer and man, and: the whole
country.
Germany and Austria-Hungary
rejoiced—the world was silent.
At my suggestion, the battle was
named the Battle of Tannenberg, m
in memory of that other battle long
ago in which the Teutonic Knights
defeated the united Lithuanian
and Polish hosts. Is any German
as then, ever going to let the Lett,
and more especially the Pole, take
advantage of our misfortune to do
us violence? Are centuries of old
German culture ‘tu be lost?
I could not rejoice whole-hearted
ly at our mighty victory, for the
strain imposed on my nerves by the
uncertainty about Rennenkampf’'s
army had been too great. All the
same, we were proud of this battle,
The victory had been brought about
by a break through, an encircling
movement, firm resolution to win
and intelligent limitation® of arms.
Despite our inferiority on the east
ern front, we had succeeded in as
sembling on the battlefield a force
nearly as strong as that of the foe.
I thought of Gen. Count von Schlief
fen, and thanked him for his teacn
ing. 1
In the Protestant Church at Al
lenstein General von Hindenburg
and I rendered thanks to Almighty
God for this victory.
PROUD OF IRON CROSS.
I was decorated with the iron
cross, second class, of which I was
exceedingly proud. Even now, when
T think of Liege and Tannenberr,
my heart swells with pardonable
satisfaction. The value of the irfin
cross, secona class, dwindled in the
course of the war. That is quite
natural, although regrettable, But
the order choulg be worn with pride
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I had not a moment to spare for
relaxation. I had to work out the
regrouping of the army for further
operations. It was an uncommonly
difficult task simultaneously to"
finish one battle and make plans
forsthe next. Innumerable other
matters had to be attended to be
tween whiles. 'One urgent matter
was the removal of the prisoners.
Having regard to the uncertainty
of the situation their numbers alone
was a heavy burden.
On the western front the victori
ous progress of the Ger(can arms
was still unchecked. Adcordingly,
general headquygrters considered
that they could reinforce the Eighth |
Army with three army corps from
the west. The telegram announcing
the proposed reinforcements ar
rived just at the commencement of
the battle of Tannenberg. Later I ‘
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was asked whether one army ‘corps
could be retained in the west, and
as I had not asked for reinforce
ments, I assented. So only, two
army corps arrived, the Guard Re
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and the Eighth Tavalry Division.
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The decision to weaken the forces
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could not know that, for the reports
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it was particularlJ/ fateful that the
reinforcements estined for the
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which he says. was left too strong
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wereMtater defeated at the battle of
the rne. The battle of Lorraine
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themselves on the Austro-Hunga
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Lemburg at the end of August.
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that of General Rennenkampf, it
was impossible to accede to this re
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of Mlawa-Pultusk could at any time
be stopped by the advance of Gen
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therefore, no alternative but to deal
first. with the Russian Niemen
army.
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back Rennenkampf's big arm{. Aft
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