:21:15
But this offensive means
a huge redeployment of troops
:21:20
which to say the least would be
difficult at this time.
:21:23
In that region, the enemy
has a superior advantage.
:21:26
M.V. Alexeyev,
Chief of Staff
:21:36
Then let our fate be in the hands
of Providence.
:21:39
Your Majesty, the marshes
will not disappear.
:21:43
A.A. Brussilov, Commander
of South-Western Front
:21:46
We can only advance there at
the speed of one verst per hour.
:21:49
The soldiers are walking in muck
up to their bellies.
:21:52
The Germans pick them off
like mosquitoes.
:21:54
The gun-carriers' wheels are in
water, the hot meals never arrive.
:21:57
To subject the army to these
conditions is madness!
:22:03
And what's the opinion of
my general on the Western front?
:22:06
A.E. Evert,
Commander of the Western Front
:22:10
I'll obey all Your Majesty's
orders
:22:12
to the last drop of blood.
:22:16
Seems to me your casualty rate
:22:20
has been increasing
most dramatically.
:22:24
What do you mean, "dramatically"?
:22:27
Up to fifty percent. What's even
worse, we've lost the finest officers.
:22:32
Mikhail Vassilievich, we lost
even better ones.
:22:38
That's what war is about.
:22:50
There's still time to revise
the orders, Your Majesty.