. General headquarters, 1914-1916, and its critical decisions. as possible the renegade ally, whose action was boundto make itself felt first on the body of the Dual saw, at any rate, that this would be by no meanspossible on the frontier, although it considered thata blow there was most to be desired. This was excludedby the nature of the ground, just as much as by theshortness of time and the lack of available forces. TheAustro-Hungarian therefore proposed to con-centrate forces in the valleys of Villach-Klagenfurt,and of Laibach, with the object of taking the enemy,who we
. General headquarters, 1914-1916, and its critical decisions. as possible the renegade ally, whose action was boundto make itself felt first on the body of the Dual saw, at any rate, that this would be by no meanspossible on the frontier, although it considered thata blow there was most to be desired. This was excludedby the nature of the ground, just as much as by theshortness of time and the lack of available forces. TheAustro-Hungarian therefore proposed to con-centrate forces in the valleys of Villach-Klagenfurt,and of Laibach, with the object of taking the enemy,who were pushing forward along the narrow mountainroads, by surprise, as he debouched into these valleys. This would have been conditional on the Italiansstepping into the trap which had been laid for them. * See Fig. Critical Decisions at General Headquarters If they had not done so, but had merely turned thetables on the Central Powers, the latter would havehad to step into a trap, and probably without regardto time and circumstances. For they were not in a. Fig. 3.—The position to allow the formations which had once beenconcentrated to stand about waiting for an unlimitedtime. These reasons induced the Chief of the GeneralStaff to reject the proposal of the allies. It was just asimpossible owing to the fact that if it had been accepted,the continuation of the operations against the Russians 92 The Break-through at Gorlice-Tarnow would have had to have been abandoned. It wouldhave too seriously weakened the forces required for thiscampaign. It would have been more acceptable if ithad been possible to use those troops intended for
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