Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A 1915, ya dauki umurnin Sojojin Bug kuma a lokaci guda kwamandan Heeresgruppe Linsingen. A watan Yunin 1916, rukunin sojojinsa sun fuskanci hare-haren Brusilov
Ka yi haƙuri. Bayan koma baya na farko, ya bincika ci gaban Rasha a yakin Kowel. An daukaka shi zuwa Kanar Janar, matsayi na biyu mafi girma ga janar a cikin rundunar sojojin Jamus (4 taurari). A cikin 1917-1918 kuma musamman bayan sanya hannu kan Yarjejeniyar Brest-Litovsk, ya jagoranci ci gaban Jamus zuwa Ukraine.