Crossword-Solution: COUNTEROFFENSIVE 16 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 27

Another--a military reason--which would seem a more obvious one to the soldier, was a counteroffensive to draw off the force of the German offensive at Liege and Namur, hoping thus, at least, while Liege and Namur were holding the German right in position, to force the German left to the bank of the Rhine.

Now that our organization has been completed and all branches of the service are working harmoniously, we entertain no doubts as to our ability to hold the enemy at all points and to drive him back from that section of Galicia which is still in his possession." CHAPTER XXXIX NEW RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE--AUSTRO-GERMAN COUNTEROFFENSIVE Three days before the fall of Przemysl the Russians abandoned the defensive and commenced a vigorous attack on the Carpathian front.

The first object of the counteroffensive was to save the Austrians who were holding the frontier south of Lupkow from being enveloped and cut off.

For the moment disaster was averted by an aggressive Russian counteroffensive halfway between Krosno and Sanok, from the Besko-Jacmierz front, by which move sufficient time was gained to enable the main forces to retreat.

What it meant to the Austrians has been stated; to the Russians its possession offered the only opportunity for a counteroffensive in the east that could possibly affect the course of the main operations on the Wisloka, San, and later the Przemysl lines.