Status Updates From Germany Ascendant: The East...

After two months of Russian-Habsburg see-saw in autumn rains around Rovko & Lutsk in the south, all of Poland was in Central hands by October, governed by the Germans from Cracow & the Austrian half from Lublin.

Russian fortresses such as Novogeorgievsk were death traps as much as counter attacks but in defence they could be formidable if well led, with enough ammo, from a riverbank.

The abandon of fortresses in Poland as proposed by Suskhomlinov had always been overruled by artillerists & other fortress enthusiasts; among others Grand Duke Nikolai & his inner circle. Now, with the war minister in disgrace, it was difficult to adopt a policy he championed.

Von Mackensen captures Lemberg on 22 june 1915. The population welcomed them.

The 10 month Russian occupation saw Russification by the closure of Polish schools & the exile of Ukrainian Catholic priests.

Now Lviv in Ukraine.
"Anything's better than the Russians."
Not much has changed.

"Overall the fighting power of the K.ü.k. Army was hugely dimished after 3 months in the Carpatians, reducing it to little more than a barely trained militia. The latest march bataillons had trained with wooden rifles due to a shortage firearms, receiving only real weapons when they reached the front line."