The First Battle of the Mansurian Lakes

 First Battle of the Mansurian Lakes

The first battle of the Mansurian Lakes was a German attack in the Eastern Front in the beginning of World War I. The conflicting nations of Germany and Russia had many tensions during the beginning of the war. My army was able to push the Russian First Army back across the entire front. I positioned my troops into the northern end of the defensive line and planned an offensive against the south. The south divisions of the German army began their attack on September 7, with the battle opening the next day. RennenKampf ordered a counter attack in the north to buy time to reform his defensive line. Instead of reforming the German line, I ordered my troops to advance in the south and north. I had devised a plan to trap the Russian troops, but failed due to a rumor of a Russian counterattack. If I had not been so conservative of my troops, we could have defeated the Russian with one final blow. The remaining First army retreated from our grasp and was safe from Germany. We were also able to push back the Tenth army back into Russian territory. The battle was not as destructive as the Battle of Tannenberg, but caused many casualties on both sides. The battle upset the Russian plants into the spring of 1915.