War and Revolution in Russia 1914 - 1917

ABOUT THE AUTHOR General Basil Gourko, a very able, and at times a very brilliant commander. As a young soldier he had seen active service in the Pamirs. In 1899-1900 he was military attache to the Boers, and was captured by the English. He served with distinction in the Japanese War, and became military adviser to the Octobrist party. At the beginning of the war he commanded the 1st Cavalry Division, and he succeeded in retiring with small losses after the disaster of Tannenberg. He was then promoted to the command of the 6th Corps, and in 1916 to the 5th Army. He was Chief of the Russian Imperial General Staff from November 1916 through March 1917; Commander-in-Chief of Western Armies, March 1917 through June 1917. He is mentioned a number of times in personal letters from the Czar to his wife. His book, in spite of certain prejudices, is remarkably fair and reasonable, and in many respects a valuable document on the war