TheCodeBreakers
By the 21st, the point had
been isolated, and the envelopers were themselves enveloped. A guards
division and two cavalry corps were encircled by Russian forces with no
apparent hope of escaping. The Russians exultantly ordered up trains to
carry off the prisoners.
But the next day, Pokorny's group finally subdued the new Russian
alphabets, and the intelligence once again began streaming into German
headquarters. Intercepts soon revealed a weak spot at Brzeziny in the
ring of Russians. Ludendorff's headquarters radioed this information to
the trapped commanders, who, grouping their forces densely and fighting
hard, broke out on the 25th and reached safety, bringing with them
10,000 prisoners. General Lietz-mann, commander of the guards
division, won the title "Lion of Brzeziny" for the brilliant escape; the
crypt-analysts who had showed him how best to use his fangs and claws
purred with amusement in their secret lairs.
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