Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Tare da barkewar yakin, rabon Strecker ya kasance wani ɓangare na XX Corps, a cikin rundunar soja ta 8. Ya shiga cikin yaƙe-yaƙe na Tannenberg da Masurian Lakes. Daga nan sai aka tura rukunin zuwa rundunar sojojin Jamus ta 9, inda suka isa tsakiyar watan Oktoba, kuma suka yi yaƙi a Yaƙin Kogin Vistula
da Łódź a matsayin wani ɓangare na rundunar soja ta 9 na XVI. A watan Fabrairun, an mayar da rukunin zuwa rundunar soja ta 8 don shiga cikin hare-haren da aka yi a Rasha inda aka yi fama da mummunan fada har zuwa Mayu 1916. Bayan ɗan gajeren hutawa da sake gyara Strecker da ƙungiyarsa sannan aka tura su kudu, don gudanar da ayyukan a Romania. Kafin ya shiga Bucharest a watan Disamba Strecker, a lokacin Hauptmann, an canja shi zuwa sashen jirgin kasa na Janar Janar na Jamus. Irin waɗannan ayyukan sun kasance na al'ada ga jami'an ma'aikata masu nasara kamar Strecker amma bai ji daɗin aikin ba, yana gunaguni ga aboki daga rundunar cewa ba shi da farin ciki da baƙin ciki a cikin yanayin da ba shi da mutunci da kuma yanayin da ke cikin Janar Janar.