As early as August 17, the chief of staff of the Supreme Commander Nikolai Yanushkevich issued a decision on the division of the armies of the North-Western Front despite the objections of the Commander-in-Chief Mikhail Alekseyev. Significant changes have taken place in the management of the Russian army in the field. At the same time, the army groups of Prince Leopold of Bavaria and August von Mackensen should continue the offensive solely with the aim of occupying positions more convenient for defense (bypassing from the north of Białowieża Forest), and the army group of Hindenburg - for "causing a major defeat to the enemy". On August 27–28, 1915, Emperor Wilhelm II, at the insistence of Falkenhayn, issued a directive on the urgent construction of long-term defensive zones on the Eastern Front from the Baltic Sea in the area north of Mitava to the Narew river further to Kovel. The limited success of the Hindenburg Army Group after the Siege of Kovno and Siege of Novogeorgievsk forced the Chief of German Great General Staff, General of Infantry Erich von Falkenhayn, to make the final decision to curtail operations in the German Eastern front, especially since large regroupings of troops were necessary for the offensive against Serbia and strengthening the defense in France and Belgium. However, the numerical superiority of the Russians did not allow Hindenburg to achieve a lasting success. Although weakened by the transfer of 12 divisions to France and the Balkans, as part of taking a defense, Hindenburg had his forces conduct several secondary offensive operations. The German armies were under the command of Supreme Commander of All German Forces in the East, Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg. It was strategic withdrawal by Russian forces on the Eastern Front of World War I, after a successful summer German offensive. The Vilno-Dvinsk offensive took place in the autumn of 1915 between the cities of Vilno (present-day Vilnius ) and Dvinsk (present-day Daugavpils ).
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