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Topography and strategy in the war
Douglas Wilson Johnson (1878–1944), 1917
Named on the page for Battle of Łódź (1914).
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11 November – 6 December 1914
Battle of Łódź (1914)
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Typical view of the Polish plain near Lodz. The motor car was destroyed by a bomb from an aeroplane . . . . .56
THE EASTERN THEATER OF WAR 55
When the edge of the great glacier lay on the Polish plain, rivers flowing toward it were blocked by the ice sheet and compelled to flow along its margin until the barrier melted away. The marshy channels of these temporary river courses form an interesting element in the plain topography. North of Lodz one of these channels continues the course of the Bzura River westward into the drainage of the Warta,
THE EASTERN THEATER OF WAR 55
Typical view of the Polish plain near Lodz. The motor car was destroyed by a bomb from an aeroplane.
CAMPAIGNS IN WESTERN POLAND 85
Confronted by superior German forces advancing eastward from the Posen border, the Russians decided to fall back toward the south and take up a defensive position on the southern side of the marsh belt until reinforcements could arrive. In this position they could also protect the city of Battle of Lodz, which lay a few miles farther south. For a short time
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