Headquarters of Commander-in-Chief at Kovno
,e attacks on the northern portion of our front were made from the south of Lake Drysviaty, near Widsy, an&chiefly from the bridge-heads at Dvinsk and Jakobstadt. ^ From the i8th to the aist of March the situation of the loth
Lake An&toia*
REFERENCE German line.
Russian attacks.
1 Km. = $ mile. Fig. 7. The Battle of Lake Narotch, March, 1916.
Army was critical and the numerical superiority of the Russians overwhelming. On the 2ist they won a success on the narrow lake sector which affected us gravely, and even the attack west of Postavy was only stemmed with difficulty. The ground had become soft, and in that marshy country
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