CONTENTS OF VOLUME I
INTRODUCTION
THE RUSSIAN ARMY IN 1914
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Conditions of service Military Law of 1914 Recruitment Organisation in peace Expansion in war Number of men available Depot units Armament Rifles Machine-guns Guns Aircraft Transport Training The officers General Staff Regimental and reserve officers The non-commissioned officers The rank and file A long war necessarily fatal to Russia xvii
CHAPTER I
THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. GENERAL HEADQUARTERS AND THE SOUTH-WEST FRONT IN AUGUST, 1914
Return from leave through Germany at the end of July The mobilisation General Laguiche—Forecast of the enemy's probable distribution of strength Departure from Petrograd in the Grand Duke Nikolas's train The Grand Duke's Staff The journey to Baranovichi Conversation with the Grand Duke General Jilinski, Commander-in-Chief of the North-West Front Boredom of life at Baranovichi The Russian plan of campaign and strategical deployment Composition of the front-line armies Visit to the South-West Front Dinner with General Ivanov The 3rd Army on the eve of crossing the frontier Visit to the 33rd Division Russian patience and good temper Departure from Baranovichi 37
CHAPTER II
THE DISASTER TO THE 2ND ARMY, AUGUST, 1914
General situation on the North-West Front Interview with General Jilinski on the evening of August 23rd Lunch with General Samsonov at Ostrolenka on August 24th Situation of the 2nd Army Chief of Staff's pessimism Arrival at Neidenburg Visits to General Martos of the XVth Corps and to General Torklus of the 6th Division Battle of Orlau-Frankenau Lack of businesslike method Position of the Russian forces on the evening of the 25th Arrival of General Samsonov at Neidenburg on August 26th German attack on the ist Corps Situation on the night of the 26th Position on the morning of August 2 yth Russian estimate of German strength Signs of nerves Conversation with General Samsonov on the morning of the 28th Drive to Ostrolenka Situation in Warsaw The battle in the
