Friedrich von Scholtz | German officer | Britannica (original) (raw)

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role in World War I

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  In Battle of Tannenberg: Initial developments on the Eastern Front
  …East Prussia to advance against Friedrich von Scholtz’s XX Corps. He had been so hurried on by Zhilinsky that his troops were tired and hungry, their transport incomplete, and the supply services in chaos. Samsonov’s appearance was reported to Prittwitz on August 20, and the Russian force was under, rather…
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  In World War I: The war in the east, 1914
  …only the three divisions of Friedrich von Scholtz’s XX Corps on his southern. He was therefore dismayed to learn, on August 20, when the bulk of his forces had been repulsed at Gumbinnen (August 19–20) by Rennenkampf’s attack from the east, that Samsonov’s 13 divisions had crossed the southern frontier…
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