Brusilov offensive: Difference between revisions

 

On 9 and 10 June, Lechitsky's 9th Army advanced upon Doroschoutz, Okna and Czarny Potok, as Pflanzer-Baltin's 7th Army troops retreated. According to Buttar, "It was a graphic demonstration of Brusilov's theories. Pressure across a broad front forced the defenders to commit their reserves and left no sectors that could release troops to aid others." By 11 June, Pflanzer-Baltin's ''Gruppe Benigni'' and XII Corps were forming new defensive lines to the west, as his XI Corps retreated south across the [[Prut]]. According to Buttar, adding those killed, wounded, or taken prisoner, "...the Austro-Hungarian 7th Army was a shadow of its former self."<ref name=rlg/>{{rp|178–182}}

 

On 11 June, [[Felix Graf von Bothmer]]'s [[South Army (German Empire)|South Army]] prepared a counterattack using [[Arthur Arz von Straußenburg]]'s VI Corps. However, Scherbachev was ready and the front line remained unchanged.<ref name=rlg/>{{rp|183–184}}