from the book by anatoly utkin. the forgotten tragedy of russia in the first world war.sent to the east. august 31 lord. kitchener telegraphed the first encouraging message of the current war to the commander of the english expeditionary force, sir john french. 32 echelons of german troops were transferred yesterday from the western front to the east to meet the russians. ours had a very hard time in east prussia. at first there was success, but the battle of pritanenberg on august 26, september 3, the second army of general samsonov was on its head. shot down, two of the six corps were surrounded and captured, the losses were colossal, general samsonov himself shot himself. on august 30, 1914 , russian foreign minister sergei sazonov informed the french ambassador maurice poléalogue: samsonov's army was destroyed. we had to make this sacrifice to france, which has shown itself to be such a loyal ally. then there was no combat aviation at all, in the same flight, with a low-level trajectory at an altitude of only 25 m, the same taube, in german, a dove, released into the

from the book of anatoly utkin, a forgotten tragedy. russia in the first world war.915, the british government signed a secret agreement with petrograd. it agreed to the annexation of russia and constantinople, the possession of basphorus and the derdanelles, half of the turkish possessions in europe, in response to russian consent, to any partition option london desired ottoman possessions. that’s basically all we need to know today about the entente, whose 120th anniversary was celebrated so brightly and so callously this week in london and paris. about what else europe lived this week, our sobkur in berlin, mikhail antonov. macron is putting france on a war footing, or at least that's what we all say. he opened a gunpowder factory in birgerac for a week and convinced manufacturers to invest in expanding production. this is a necessity at the moment to supply weapons to ukraine. i i am convinced that this is the geopolitical reality that we are going to live in in the long term . macron was not at all bothered by the fact that his words directly undermined switzerl

from the book by anatoly utkin: the forgotten tragedy of russia in the first world war.f the current war to the commander of the english expeditionary force, sir john french. 32 echelons of german troops were transferred yesterday from the western front to... the east to meet the russians. ours had a very hard time in east prussia. at first accompanied success, but in the battle of tanenberg on august 26, september 3, the second army of general samsonov was completely defeated. two of the six corps were surrounded and captured. the losses were colossal. general samsonov himself shot himself. august 30, 1900. “ samsonov’s army was destroyed, we had to make this sacrifice to france, which had shown itself to be such a faithful ally. meanwhile, the united group of the french and british , due to russian sacrifice, was able to stop the germans on the marne river. france was doing well by that time.” . august 30, 1914 lieutenant ferdinand dropped four bombs on paris in his rumpler 3s taube. this is the plane. the french and british did not have combat aircraft at all at that