They visited their new command on a special train , and then set up headquarters in Brest - Litovsk .
On 27 July 1916 Hindenburg was given command of all troops on the Eastern Front from the Baltic to Brody in the Ukraine .
troops visited troops ' new command on a special train , and then set up headquarters in Brest - Litovsk .
On 27 July 1916 Hindenburg was given command of all troops on the Eastern Front from the Baltic to Brody in the Ukraine .