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Tannenberg (BATTLE OF his favor he had)

BATTLE OF his favor he had behind him an admir able system of strategic railroads.

Rennenkampf himself, with a large army, was in the neighborhood, but his advancing subordinate in command, Samsonov, with about 200,000 men was advancing , Samsonov, with about 200,000 through the lake region, defeating a German force near Frankenau. Flushed by men was AMERICAN WHIPPET TANK effective merely in meeting an infantry charge. All available wall space in the tanks was used for storing ammunition, and the vehicle was made as self-sustaining as possible, although it was recognized from the beginning that its most effective use was as a co-operative and auxiliary arm, to attacking infantry.

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