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[LV] Slepnis atrodas vieta, kur 1917. gada norisinajas cinas starp
latviešu strelniekiem un vacu armiju. [ENG] Cache is hidden
at place, where in 1917 was Eastern front line.
[LV] Slepnis ir neliela plastmasas bundža, kura atrodas
logbooks un zimulis. Slepni sarga liels celms.
1917. gada vidu, revolucijas iespaida, Krievijas armija bija
iestajies pilnigs sabrukums. Visa Rigas-Daugavpils fronte sakas
paniska atkapšanas, un tikai pateicoties 1917. gada 3. - 6.
augusta strelnieku cinam pie Mazas Juglas, tika glabta visa 12.
krievu armija, laujot tai droši atkapties. Liela dala
latviešu strelnieku kopa ar armiju atkapas uz Krieviju, un
nokluva aizvien lielaka bolševiku ietekme.
[ENG] Cache is small plastic box with logbook and pencil. Cache is
guarded by big stump.
The Eastern Front was a theatre of war during World War I in
Central and, primarily, Eastern Europe. The term is in contrast to
the Western Front. Despite the geographical separation, the events
in the two theatres strongly influenced each other. In Russian
sources, the war was sometimes called the Second Fatherland
War.
The length of the front in the east was much longer than in the
west. The theatre of war was roughly delimited by the Baltic Sea in
the west and Minsk in the east, and Saint Petersburg in the north
and the Black Sea in the south, a distance of more than 1,600
kilometres (990 mi). This had a drastic effect on the nature of the
warfare. While World War I on the Western Front developed into
trench warfare, the battle lines on the Eastern Front were much
more fluid and trenches never truly developed. This was because the
greater length of the front ensured that the density of soldiers in
the line was lower so the line was easier to break. Once broken,
the sparse communication networks made it difficult for the
defender to rush reinforcements to the rupture in the line to mount
a rapid counteroffensive and seal off a breakthrough. In short, on
the Eastern front the side defending did not have the overwhelming
advantages it had on the Western front. However, as in the
Napoleonic Wars and like World War II, Russian forces were familiar
with their own ground which provided a natural advantage for the
Russian emperor's land forces.
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Eastern Front
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