Mackensen

[ mah-kuhn-zuhn ]

/ Ë?mÉ‘ kÉ™n zÉ™n /

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noun

AuÂ·gust von

[ou-goost fuhn], /Ë?aÊŠ gÊŠst fÉ™n/, 1849â€“1945, German field marshal.

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Ruzsky's retreat to the Bzura in face of Mackensen's terrific onrush was one of the brilliant episodes of the war.
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It was not until Mackensen's great 'drive' began on the southern flank in Galicia that Germany's new strategy revealed itself.
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Mackensen's guns, opening up a way for the strongest army yet mustered under one general, blew the Dunajec lines to fragments.
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Mackensen attacked on the whole line in the Dobrudja, and five days later he was on the vital Cernavoda Bridge.
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For a moment it looked as if von Mackensen was about to roll up the two halves of Dmitrieff's army and achieve another Sedan.
The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 4 (of 10)|James Edward Parrott