As time passed the Germans closed in on the Russians surrounding them in a circle and killed all troops as they closed in towards the center. The Russians then got into a tight spot when the German’s surrounded their troops. The Russians had a big lack of munitions so they were limited to only using a certain amount of munitions in the battlefield.
Eventually the Germans overcame the Russian assaults and started slowly progress in the battle. When they were in battle the Germans of course they improved with tactics but the constant assaults from the Russian troops kept pushing them back. This battle seems to be somewhat balanced and is really in favor of no one because they each had their faults in tactics. The Germans were more heavily fortified with weapons and training.
Russia had about 206,000 soldiers and there was about 160,000 German soldiers, there army was so big that their ratio to the German army was 29 to 16. Although their army was much larger and had more troops than Germany, they were short on supplies like Artillery, Clothes, Rifles, and Rations etc. Also, Russia was not prepared because they had mobilized too early. Germany was at a disadvantage here because they didn't realize Russia would mobilize there troops so quickly after attacking France and they were also being attacked from two fronts. On the eastern front, Germany was in a precarious position because the majority of their troops were sent off to the western front and committed to the offensive there as outlined by the Schlieffen plan.
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