The Russian Tenth Army had only limited reserves: half of the 68th Infantry Division (the other half guarded the Russian naval base of Libau on the Baltic coast). Army commander Thadeus Sievers committed his reserve as soon as the German attack became evident, sending them to shore up the collapsing III Corps. They reached the battlefield in time to cover the corps’ retreat.

The 5th Guards Infantry Brigade had the task of guarding the vulnerable left flank of the German Tenth Army’s encirclement move. That meant pushing the Russian III Corps back toward Kovno. The Germans failed to capture the railroad station at Kazlu Ruda, which would have made it harder for the Russian to mount a counter-offensive, and settled into a blocking position instead.

Counters and maps from the first edition of August 1914 will work in place of those components of the second edition.

The German Oberleutnant should be a Leutnant.