Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Pakatanga hondo, divi raStrecker raive chikamu cheXX Corps, mu8th Army. Akatora rutivi muhondo dzeTannenberg neMasurian Lakes. Chikamu ichi chakazoendeswa kuGerman 9th Army, ichisvika pakati paGumiguru, uye yakarwa muhondo yeVistula River
uye Łódź sechikamu che9th Army XVI Corps. MunaFebruary boka racho rakadzoserwa ku8th Army kuti riite basa rekurwisa muRussia uko kwaiita kurwa kwakasimba kusvika muna Chivabvu 1916. Pashure pokuzorora kwenguva pfupi uye kugadziridzazve Strecker neboka rake vakabva vatumirwa kumaodzanyemba, kunotungamirira mabasa muRomania. Nguva pfupi boka rake risati rapinda muBucharest muna December Strecker, panguva iyoyo Hauptmann, akaendeswa kudhipatimendi rezvitima reGerman General Staff. Mabasa akadaro akanga ari echinyakare kuvakuru vakuru vakabudirira vakadai saStrecker asi haana kufarira basa racho, achinyunyuta kushamwari yake kubva mu regiment kuti akanga asina kufara uye akaora mwoyo mumamiriro ezvinhu asina kunaka uye akanyanya ehurumende yeGeneral Staff.