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  INDEX

  Page numbers reflect those in print edition.

  Alexejev, General, 36, 50

  army groups. See Habsburg military groups

  attack groups. See Habsburg military groups

  Austro-Hungarian army, 1, 10, 13–14, 16, 24, 48, 160–61, 208, 210. See also Habsburg army

  Baligrod, 36, 52, 53, 55, 62, 70, 72, 84, 92, 95, 118, 121, 150, 161, 172, 186

  Balkan campaign, 19, 33, 35, 40, 154, 155, 175, 189–90, 207–8, 209, 210

  Bardolff, Karl von, 124

  Berchtold, Count Leopold, 46, 54, 56

  Beskiden Corps, 184, 186, 189, 190–91, 192, 194, 199, 200–201, 203, 212

  Beskid region, 7, 125, 131–32, 141, 171, 175, 178–79, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 198, 203

  Böhm-Ermolli, Eduard

  first offensive and, 69, 99, 104

  second offensive and, 115, 118, 122, 123, 126, 127, 131, 140, 143, 152, 157, 159, 161

  third offensive, 164, 174, 180, 182–83, 184, 186–87, 188, 191, 193, 194, 200

  Bolfras von Ahnenberg, Arthur Freiherr, 193

  Boroević, Svetozar von Bonya, 28, 40, 52, 69, 78, 84, 86, 88, 89, 90, 96, 126, 131, 145

  Conrad and, 42, 91, 92, 95, 97–98, 99, 115, 141, 146, 149

  Borynia, 44, 61, 77, 97, 98

  Bosnian-Herzegovinian Regiments, 101–2, 138, 193

  Brusilov, Aleksei, 178

  Brusilov offensive, 11, 34, 57

  Budapest, 80

  Bukovina province, 38, 44, 51–52, 54, 56–57, 59, 68, 73, 101, 109, 119

  Bulgaria, 28, 102, 175, 208

  Bulgarian troops, 190

  Burian, Istvan, 147, 160, 164, 165, 175

  Carpathian Mountain range, 6–7

  casualty numbers, 10, 12, 21, 32, 43, 65, 69, 75, 81, 82, 83, 92, 97, 99–100, 136–37, 138, 139, 140, 141, 143, 145–46, 147, 152, 154, 155–56, 158, 160, 164, 167, 170, 181, 185, 187, 203, 212

  Central Power Supreme Command, 30

  Chrysczczata, 125, 126, 150, 152, 159

  Chyróv, 22, 147

  Cisna, 44, 60, 82–83, 96, 118, 121, 127, 131, 136, 137, 147, 156, 159, 171, 185, 190, 193

  Conrad von Hötzendorf, Franz, 1, 107 (photo)

  Boroević and, 42, 91, 92, 95, 97–98, 99, 115, 141, 146, 149

  on Central Power Supreme Command, 30

  cooperation with Germans and, 16, 30–31, 33–34, 43, 45, 61, 94, 160, 164–65, 182, 191, 194, 202–3, 204–5, 206–7, 209

  early January 1915 plans of, 25, 28, 29, 32–33, 34, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42–43, 50, 51, 56–57, 59, 65

  Falkenhayn and, 16, 30–31, 32–34, 45, 56, 57, 61, 105, 152, 160, 164–65, 175, 182, 191, 202–3, 204–5, 206

  Fall 1914 plans of, 10, 24, 28, 29–30, 40, 61

  first offensive and, 29, 67, 68–69, 71, 74, 79, 80, 86, 88, 90–91, 94, 96–98, 99, 100–101, 103–5

  Fortress Przemyśl and, 8–10, 19, 21, 31, 41, 50, 56–57, 62, 69, 91, 92, 98, 103–4, 126, 133, 139, 143–44, 148, 152, 153, 156, 159, 160–61, 164–66, 167, 175, 210

  instigation of Carpathian

  campaigns by, 6, 15, 18, 28, 51, 209–10

  Italian territorial demands and, 33, 46, 94, 102, 148, 152, 154, 191, 202–3, 204, 206

  miscalculations by, 3, 6, 11–12, 14, 15, 29, 152, 153, 159, 160–61, 209, 210

  on offensive against Serbia, 15, 147, 175, 209

  second offensive and, 104, 114, 115, 118, 119, 123, 124, 126, 131, 132–33, 138, 139, 140, 143–45, 147–54, 156, 159–61

  third offensive and, 163–67, 169, 171, 175, 180, 182–84, 186–88, 190–94, 197, 199

  Cracow, Fortress, 22, 23, 24, 50–51

  Cramon, August von, 182, 183, 191, 203

  Croatian troops, 47, 138

  Czech troops, 13–14, 29, 34, 56, 117, 128, 165, 197

  Czeremcha, 53, 83, 199, 201, 206

  Czernovitz, 119

  Danilov, Yuri, 36, 50

  Dniester Group, 59

  Dniester River region, 7, 9, 15, 136, 144, 145, 178, 180, 207

  Dukla Pass, 84

/>   Habsburg army and, 23, 28, 43, 44, 51, 53, 54, 71–73, 74, 88–89, 138

  Russian army and, 7–8, 9, 23, 24, 34, 51, 54, 56, 57, 80, 83, 89, 180, 187

  Dvernik, 55

  Dzial ridges, 132, 152, 153, 161, 162, 163, 168

  Easter Battle, 171, 172, 180, 189, 190, 198, 200

  East Prussian campaign, 30

  Erzatz troops, 12–13, 14, 90, 198

  Falkenhayn, Erich von

  Conrad and, 16, 30–31, 32–34, 45, 56, 57, 61, 105, 152, 160, 164–65, 175, 182, 191, 202–3, 204–5, 206

  early January 1915 plans of, 30, 32–33, 61

  Fall 1914 plans of, 24

  Italian territorial demands and, 33, 152, 154, 191, 202

  on offensive against Serbia, 33, 147, 175, 189, 200, 207–8

  third offensive and, 183, 184, 204, 206, 207

  Franz Ferdinand, Archduke, 209

  Franz Joseph, Emperor, 8, 156, 180

  Freytag-Loringhoven, Freiherr Hugo von, 45

  Friedrich, Archduke, 156, 198

  Galicia, 8, 10, 115, 210

  Habsburg defense of, 2–3, 15, 20, 23, 25, 29, 49, 50–51, 52, 65, 68, 141, 146, 147, 148–49

  Habsburg victory in, 104, 119

  Russian possession of, 16, 51, 52, 119, 146, 147, 148–49

  Gallipoli campaign, 189, 207, 208

  General Staff Railroad Bureau, 120, 129, 206–7

  German armies

  Eighth, 120

  Ninth, 30, 42, 45, 120

  Tenth, 121

  Eleventh, 207

  German army

  commitment to campaign of, 34, 45

  East Prussian campaign, 30

  Gorlice-Tarnov offensive, 12, 151, 168, 204, 206, 207, 208, 211

  High Command, 30–31, 45, 69, 84, 207

  influence on Habsburg operations, 11, 13–14, 16, 207, 212

  preparedness of, 45

  Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes, 18, 30, 36, 61, 120, 121

  in Warsaw, 22, 23

  on Western Front, 35

  German Army Group Woyrsch, 144

  German army units

  5th Cavalry Division, 156

  II Corps, 21

  XXIV Corps, 21, 61, 131, 151

  3rd Garde Infantry Division, 46, 94

  1st Infantry Division, 46, 204

  25th Reserve Division, 194

  Beskiden Corps, 184, 186, 189, 190–91, 192, 194, 199, 200–201, 203, 212

  Jäger Battalions, 9, 11, 138, 160, 188

  German Eastern front command (Oberost), 33

  Gorlice, 37–38, 44, 48, 56, 151, 155, 159, 168, 178

  Gorlice-Tarnov offensive, 1, 12, 65, 144, 151, 168, 190, 201, 204, 206–07, 208, 211

  Habsburg armies

  First, 15, 23, 38, 125, 144

  Second

  in early January 1915, 23, 45

  in Fall 1914 campaigns, 15–16, 19, 23

  in first offensive, 94, 99, 100, 101, 102–3, 104

  in second offensive, 115–16, 118–19, 121, 123–27, 129–33, 134, 138–44, 147–62

  in third offensive, 163–88, 190–207

  Third

  in early January 1915, 28, 29, 31, 35, 38, 40–46, 48–50, 52–62, 65

  in Fall 1914 campaigns, 15–16, 18–19, 20, 23, 24, 25

  in first offensive, 11, 67–68, 69, 71, 73–103, 105

  in second offensive, 116, 118–19, 120–21, 125–35, 138–41, 143–49, 151–52, 154, 157, 162

  in third offensive, 165–66, 168–69, 170–73, 176–86, 188–201, 208

  Fourth

  in early January 1915, 23, 28, 35, 37–38, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 48, 52, 55–56, 59, 62

  in Fall 1914 campaigns, 15, 19, 23

  in first offensive, 68, 73, 74, 77, 81, 86, 88–91, 93, 97–100, 102, 103

  in second offensive, 122, 124, 125, 132, 135, 138, 141, 144, 148–51, 152–55

  in third offensive, 165, 168, 171, 176, 178–79, 181, 183, 185–86, 191, 196–99, 201, 206, 208

  See also South Army

  Habsburg army

  deficiencies of, 5, 10–11, 14–15, 32, 209, 211

  Germans opinion of, 13–14, 198–99, 203, 207

  nationalities in, 13–14, 15, 56, 182

  number of troops in, 38, 48

  photos of, 107–13

  Habsburg brigades, 55, 78, 86, 89, 140, 144, 167, 175, 181, 182, 196, 200, 201

  Landsturm Brigades, 46, 96, 140, 167, 175, 196, 200, 201

  March Brigade, 13, 42, 90, 96, 100, 116, 127, 132

  Habsburg cavalry divisions, 46, 53, 55, 86, 89, 129, 136

  Habsburg corps

  III

  early January 1915, 38, 41–42, 44, 45, 53, 55–56, 59, 62

  in first offensive, 72, 73, 74, 77, 79, 81–82, 84–85, 86, 90–91, 93, 95, 96, 101, 103

  in second offensive, 124, 129, 140, 149, 151, 154

  in third offensive, 170, 171, 180, 183, 185

  IV, 21, 102, 117, 127, 130, 187

  V, 21

  in early January 1915, 38, 41–42, 44, 46, 48–49, 52, 53–54, 56–57, 60–61, 62, 65

  in first offense, 67, 76, 77, 78, 80, 82, 83, 88, 89, 92, 94–95, 97, 98, 102, 101, 103, 104, 105

  in second offense, 117, 122, 124, 126, 127, 133, 145, 147–48, 150, 152, 158

  in third offense, 163–66, 168–69, 170, 173–74, 177, 179, 180, 185–87, 190, 192, 194–95, 198, 200, 201, 203

  VII, 21

  in early January 1915, 43, 44–45, 47, 53, 55, 57–59, 60, 62

  in Fall 1914, 19

  in first offensive, 71, 72, 74–75, 77, 79–80, 81–83, 84, 86, 87–88, 90–91, 92, 93–94, 95–96, 98, 100–101, 102, 104

  in second offensive, 119, 124, 129, 131–33, 137, 139–41, 143, 145–46, 149

  in third offensive, 171, 176, 181, 184, 195–96, 200–201

  VIII, 21, 67, 90, 91, 96, 100–101, 104, 187

  IX, 44, 55–56, 59, 74, 77, 103, 122, 127, 154, 184, 185, 201

  X, 2, 21

  in early January 1915, 40, 42, 45, 46, 47, 50, 52–53, 54, 57, 59, 60, 62

  in first offensive, 67, 72, 74, 75–76, 78, 79–80, 81–83, 84–85, 86, 88, 90, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96–97, 99–100, 102, 104

  in second offensive, 119, 122, 124, 126, 127, 129, 131, 132, 138–40, 141, 143, 145–46, 149, 151, 159

  in third offensive, 171, 174, 176, 179–81, 184, 185–86, 187, 189–92, 194–96, 199, 200–201, 203

  XI, 21, 52, 125, 135, 136, 139, 144

  XII, 15, 36, 80

  XIII, 21, 52, 57, 59, 60, 67, 91, 135–36, 139, 144

  XV, 162

  XVI, 162

  XVII

  in first offensive, 99, 101, 102, 103

  in second offensive, 119, 121, 122, 128, 131, 133, 141, 149, 151

  in third offensive, 170, 175, 186, 196, 200

  XVIII, 21

  in early January 1915, 41, 44, 46, 48–50, 55, 56, 59, 60, 61–62, 65

  in first offensive, 67, 73, 75–76, 79–80, 82–83, 84, 92–95, 97, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105

  in second offensive, 117, 122, 124, 126–27, 131, 133, 140, 142, 145, 148, 150, 152, 158

  in third offensive, 168, 173–74, 176–77, 179, 181, 185–87, 190, 193, 194, 196–99, 201, 203

  XIX, 21

  in early January 1915, 43, 46, 49, 53, 55, 59, 62

  in first offensive, 67, 75, 82, 87, 95, 96, 98, 101, 102, 104, 105

  in second offensive, 121–24, 126, 127, 128–29, 131–33, 135, 139–42, 145, 149–50, 152–54, 156–59

  in third offensive, 163, 165–66, 170, 174, 186–87, 191, 192, 193, 196, 199, 200, 203, 205

  Corps Czibulka, 136

  Corps Hofmann, 41, 43, 53, 73, 122, 205

  Corps Lütgendorf, 150

  Corps Schmidt, 133, 141, 145, 150, 153, 187, 193, 196, 201

  Habsburg Field Cannon Regiment 24, 126–27

  Habsburg military groups

  Berndt cavalry, 129

  Felix, 169

  Joseph, 44, 47, 53, 55, 57, 72–73, 74, 83, 104, 129, 14
5–46, 155–56

  Lieb, 169, 170, 174

  Lütgendorf, 176

  Krautwald, 53, 55, 60, 62, 70, 72, 129

  Kritek, 129

  Marschall, 136, 204

  Pflanzer-Baltin

  in early January 1915, 28–29, 35, 37, 38, 40, 41, 43, 44, 46–48, 51–53, 56–57, 59, 60, 65

  in Fall 1914, 23

  in first offensive, 68–69, 73, 78, 89, 91, 97, 100, 101–4

  in second offensive, 118–19, 122, 125–26, 130, 132, 135–36, 139, 144–45, 148–50, 154, 159–60

  in third offensive, 164, 166, 168–69, 171, 175, 180, 182, 186, 204

  Puhallo, 38, 43, 44, 53, 55, 59, 62, 70–73, 74, 75, 79, 82, 84, 105–6

  Szurmay, 2, 47

  in early January 1915, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 50, 52, 57, 60, 61, 65

  in first offensive, 67–68, 71–74, 76–78, 80, 82, 86–87, 89, 93–95, 97, 98, 105

  in second offensive, 122, 123, 124, 133, 139, 140, 145, 152, 154, 158

  in third offensive, 164, 168–70, 176, 185, 186, 190–95, 198, 200, 201

  Tersztyánsky

  in second offensive, 118, 119, 127, 128, 129, 131, 138, 140, 141–42, 145, 149, 150, 157–60, 161

  in third offensive, 163, 164, 168, 172, 176, 177, 181–82, 186–87, 191, 195, 196, 199, 200

  Habsburg Imperial and Royal Army. See k.u.k. (Imperial and Royal) army

  Habsburg infantry divisions

  2nd, 40–41, 42, 45, 50, 53, 60, 67, 71, 72, 75, 92–93, 95, 97, 99, 104, 129, 132, 176, 181, 184, 192, 194, 195

  4th, 194

  5th, 125

  6th, 48, 97, 138

  7th, 55, 61, 67, 89, 93, 192, 201

  8th, 168, 197

  9th, 67, 104, 187

  10th, 90, 165–66, 168

  11th, 90, 129, 175

  12th, 155, 168

  13th, 90, 124, 130, 131, 132, 139, 140, 145, 158, 187, 196

  14th, 141, 156

  15th, 125, 159

  17th, 47, 74–75, 77, 81, 83, 87, 93–94, 195–96

  19th, 46, 48, 125

  21st, 67, 100, 101, 104, 129, 157, 181, 192, 194, 195, 201

  22nd, 53, 86, 170, 180

  24th, 53, 67, 74, 83, 92, 93, 99–100, 104, 124, 129, 140, 174, 176, 181, 192, 194, 195

  25th, 194

  26th, 90, 124, 176, 178, 181

  27th, 119, 124, 127, 130, 132, 133, 145, 157, 158, 196

  28th, 53, 86, 183, 185

  29th, 55, 56, 60, 67, 79, 82, 88, 93, 95, 98, 127, 133, 142, 152, 154, 158, 159, 165, 170, 174, 187, 193, 196, 204, 205

  30th, 125

 

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