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1435:Eighth Army
1411:Fourth Army
1384:Second Army
1368:Fourth Army
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1419:Fifth Army
1376:Third Army
1372:Brudermann
1364:Auffenberg
1356:Sandomierz
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1229:Baltic Sea
1183:Sevastopol
1036:Bessarabia
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868:Stolovichy
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1454:Lublin
1415:Plehve
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1380:Kövess
1321:Russia
1301:Poland
1285:German
1195:Kaniów
1173:Sivash
1156:Crimea
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846:Zurnvo
717:Tarłów
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556:Kraków
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1659:Dankl
1530:Notes
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