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WRETCHED CONDITIONS IN THE CARPATHIANS

In the Frozen Heights Austrian Soldiers Die in Their Sleep Russians Prevail; Austrian Army Shattered Special to The Great War Project (28 February-2 March) A century ago, the Eastern Front war in the Carpathian Mountains is brutal – and largely unknown in the West. Yet the Carpathian campaign may prove to be decisive for both…

AUSTRIA FACES COLLAPSE UNDER RELENTLESS RUSSIAN PRESSURE

On Eastern Front, A String of Austrian Defeats; Germany on Its Own. Special to The Great War Project (22-24 February) Stalemate remains the order of the day on the Western Front, but on the Eastern Front, the war is more fluid. “The scale of battle remained a formidable one,” reports historian Martin Gilbert. Consequently, there…