Michael McNally was born in London in 1964. An expert on 17th- and 18th-century warfare, his previous titles for Osprey include works on the Cromwellian campaigns in Ireland 1649–52, the battles of the Boyne 1690 and Fontenoy 1745. A highly versatile author, he also has a passionate interest in more modern subjects, as demonstrated by his publications on the naval battles of Coronel and the Falklands in 1914, and a Fortress series study of Colditz. Michael is married with three children and lives in Germany, where he works for a major reinsurance company.

gives a good feel for the strategic choices and command-quality on both sides

• ORIGINS OF THE CAMPAIGNAlliance and misalliancesGirding for warStavka plansCHRONOLOGYOPPOSING COMMANDERSRussianGermanOPPOSING FORCESRussianGermanOrders of battleOPPOSING PLANSRussianGermanTHE CAMPAIGNDer Russeneinfall –the Russian invasionInvasionStallupönen: 17 AugustGumbinnen: 20 AugustA change of strategyMan of the momentSamsonov’s progressDer Alte Hase – the old handLahna and Orlau: 23–24 AugustSee the elephant: Usdau and Bischofsburg, 25–26 AugustThe sound of the guns: Usdau, 27 AugustTurning the flank: 27 AugustInterlude at OsterodeA day of decision: 28 AugustThe beginnings of collapse: 28–29 AugustDays of decision: 29–30 AugustAFTERMATHGAZETTEER OF PLACE NAMESSELECT BIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX

Michael McNally was born in London in 1964. An expert on 17th- and 18th-century warfare, his previous titles for Osprey include works on the Cromwellian campaigns in Ireland 1649–52, the battles of the Boyne 1690 and Fontenoy 1745. A highly versatile author, he also has a passionate interest in more modern subjects, as demonstrated by his publications on the naval battles of Coronel and the Falklands in 1914, and a Fortress series study of Colditz. Michael is married with three children and lives in Germany, where he works for a major reinsurance company.

gives a good feel for the strategic choices and command-quality on both sides

• ORIGINS OF THE CAMPAIGNAlliance and misalliancesGirding for warStavka plansCHRONOLOGYOPPOSING COMMANDERSRussianGermanOPPOSING FORCESRussianGermanOrders of battleOPPOSING PLANSRussianGermanTHE CAMPAIGNDer Russeneinfall –the Russian invasionInvasionStallupönen: 17 AugustGumbinnen: 20 AugustA change of strategyMan of the momentSamsonov’s progressDer Alte Hase – the old handLahna and Orlau: 23–24 AugustSee the elephant: Usdau and Bischofsburg, 25–26 AugustThe sound of the guns: Usdau, 27 AugustTurning the flank: 27 AugustInterlude at OsterodeA day of decision: 28 AugustThe beginnings of collapse: 28–29 AugustDays of decision: 29–30 AugustAFTERMATHGAZETTEER OF PLACE NAMESSELECT BIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX