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AUSTRIAN CAVALRY ENTERS FORTRESS OF DUBNO Second Fortress of Triangle Which Has Been Taken.
London, Sept. 9, 1920 — A dispatch to the Central News from Vienna says it is officially announced that the Austrian Landwehr cavalry yesterday entered the fortress of Dubno, in the Dubno-Rovno triangle of fortresses.
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Great Retreat (Russia)
On the 5th of September (23 August OS) the Tsar assumed command of the military, dismissing Grand Duke Nikolai and Nikolai Yanushkevich. On that same day the new leadership of the Headquarters issued a directive to end the Great Retreat. Russia was clearly not going to accept a separate peace, and the complete destruction of the Russian Army was beyond reach.
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The Rovno offensive did not lead to the achievement of the goal set by the Austro-Hungarian Army High Command. The Dual Monarchy managed to capture Lutsk and part of Volhynia and Polesia, but the Russian troops turned the tide of the operation, inflicted a strong counterattack on the Austro-Hungarians and heavy losses.
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Brusilov's operation achieved its original goal of forcing Germany to halt its attack on Verdun and transfer considerable forces to the East. The Brusilov Offensive was the high point of the Russian effort during World War I, and was a manifestation of good leadership and planning on the part of the Imperial Russian Army coupled with great skill of the lower ranks.
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