 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Pakatanga hondo, divi raStrecker raive chikamu cheXX Corps, mu8th Army. Akapinda muhondo dzeTannenberguye Makungwa eMazuria. The weboka ipapo akatamisirwa kuna German 9th Army, kusvika pakati October, uye vakarwa muhondo Vistula River uye Łódź sezvo chikamu 9th Army kuti 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. 