The Campaign in Poland. Autumn, 1914
that they were re-equipped and brought up to strength as far as possible. At their request they also received some heavy artillery. We were only able to supply them with a Landwehr battalion which had old field howitzers, They were very heavy for the bad roads, but the value of heavy artillery was estimated so highly that all difficulties were overcome. The mobility of artillery is often sacrificed to an excessive regard for the cost of employing it,
The achievements of the Landwehr Corps may be looked back upon with pride by all who took part in them. They afford conclusive proof of the high quality of our Army, the perfection of our organization and the remarkable value of the training and education of our soldiers before the war. These things enabled us in increasing measure to conduct the war in the East with Landwehr and Landsturm formations.
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The advance north of the Vistula began on September 28th,
The ist Austrian Army wheeled to the right towards the lower Nida and advanced against the Sandomir-Opatoff line.
The different units of the gth Army received the following instructions for the advance:
Landwehr Corps: on the Proschowitz-Pintschow-Opatow line.
nth A.C.: Jendrtscheiev-Lagow.
Guard R.C.: Chentziny, Kielce, Ostrowiec.
20th A.C.: Vloszezowo, Bschin, Ilsha.
ijth A,C.: Novo Radomsk, Konsk-Radom.
35th Res. Div.: Petrikov to Tomassow.
8th Cav. Div. and Count von Bredow's Landwehr Division: in the general direction of Kolivszki Station, east of Lodz.
No further news of the enemy had been received and at the start they did not offer any resistance but retreated before our advance.
Headquarters went to Wolbrom, then to Miechow and Jendrtscheiev. Wolbrom was only a factory; and the two others
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