While communication between the Front headquarters and the individual army commands was generally good, communication to the front-line units was seriously flawed, because it was dependent on the civilian telephone and telegraph network.
Mens kommunikationen mellem fronthovedkvarteret og de enkelte arméhovedkvarteret i almindelighed fungerede udmærket, var kommunikationen til fronten alvorligt forstyrret, da den var afhængig af civile telefon og telegraflinjer.