Summer 1915
Austrians are pushing North, South and gets another frontier to push against
Von Brudermann having being informed of von Kluck's plans had given the order to advance and attack the railway hub and the forts of Ivangorod. His first move was to neutralize the fort of Zamosc which when cleared opened the way towards the town of Lublin located east of Ivangorod. The fort itself proved to be more formidable and Burdermann decided to have the 7. and 10. Korps commanded by the twins Meixner to keep that fort under siege whilst he himself moved north to capture the railway line in Crasnik.
Battle for Fort Zamosc
Early in June, Brudermann attacked with the help of the 4. Armee Korps attacked Lublin which was defended by Russians unders the command of Samsonov and after short battle saw them pull out to the North across the Wiepr. Soon though after the Austrians where getting settled and started their Siege on Lublin it got attacked which came as a suprise but was in the end repulsed and the Russians where forced again to pull back.
1st Battle of Lublin
The Suprise attack at Lublin
At the end of the Month it came as no surpise but still at a most inconvenient time the Italians Officially declared war at the promise of chunks of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Von Appel and the 15. Armee Korps was dispatched with his mountain troops to defend area of Tirol and Carinthia from the Italians.
Michael Ludwig von Appel
In Serbia things aren't looking good for the Serbs, as finally kicked out of Peterwaidan and the Austrians threatening to surround Belgrade they decided to abandon their capital leaving who couldn't do so to retreat inside the Belgrade fortress and the rest moved across the Morava to regroup what's left of their armies in the forest of Smoljivac.
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Turkish advance in the Caucasus
Enver Pasha deployed the 3th and 4th army with the help of VII, IX and X corpse in the attack through the Caucasus, the first victory was at the foritified town of Kars which they swiftly captured without any resistance of the Russians. It seemed that the Russians pulled a lot of forces away from the Caucasus for the purpose to strenghten their numbers against the Germans and Austrians. It wasn't untill the fortified town of Erevan where the Turks finally met the Russians in battle. The first attack caught a Russian cavalry division of guard and quickly withdrawed but then the Russians under Vorontsov-Dashkov counter attacked and beaten the 4th Army in battle. Enver Pasha Ordered the 3th Army to leave Kars and help in Erevan which they did with succes.
1st Battle of Erevan
2nd Battle of Erevan
The Turks also advanced with the Bulgarians into the Greece, the 1st Army under Sanders Pasha and a Reserve Bulgarian unit under Savov moved into Greece with the Greek commander Danglis on the run but eventually the Bulgarians who rapidly moved ahead of the Turks got into trouble as they got stopped by the Greeks who turned around and decided to make a stand in the battle for Kilkis.
Battle for Kilkis