Word: melniker
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Cavalry is the Russian winter weapon. Some of these horsemen were operating with General Melnik the whole of .last winter some five hundred miles behind the German lines. One of the officers told me they were pretty lean when they came out, but now they are square-looking again, their horses are fresh and they can sing...
Should the Caucasus battle develop this winter, it is likely to be a personal-leader struggle between German General Siegmund List and Russian General Melnik. Melnik conducted the guerrilla offensive all last winter behind the German lines. He is more of a flat-terrain soldier than a mountaineer, but the essentials of the battle for the Caucasus will be fought in the approaches and. because the Germans will not be able to move much in winter, this tough Soviet Cossack will probably harass the Germans more than the actual battle will...