1st of November – 1st of December
For the second month in a row, Stryj would be the center of activity of the Russian Army, but after more as two months of heavy fighting in the forested mountains near the city, the battle came to a close, as Russian forces cut off the Austrian troops from supplies, by taking Uzgorod and Chust. The battle took a heavy toll on both sides, but the battle broke the Austrian army as they lost nearly 15 division, which formed the core of the defense of Galicia. Minor skirmishes took place between Austrian and Russian troops throughout Galicia, but none appeared to be a threat against the Russian offensive.
On November 9th, the Ottoman Empire joined the war on the side of the Central Powers. As the Turks had been mobilizing for the past 3 months, their joining didn’t come as a surprise, and the Caucasian border was guarded by 3 divisions. Due to logistical problems, Plan T was postponed till the defeat of Austria was a certainty. Meanwhile, the Germans advanced through Congress Poland, taking Warsaw, Plock, Radom, Siedlice and Lomza. Each time the Germans encountered the Russians, they simply withdrew further eastwards hoping to stretch German supply lines and hoping to avoid the bulk of their army. Soon however, the Russian would have no other choice but to fight time, as their advance was closing rapidly on Minsk and Kiev. Their latest advance was directed northwards, towards the Russian harbor of Riga.
The 700,000 freshly recruited troops arrived at the various fronts in mid- to late November. 10 divisions were sent to reinforce the Northern flank of the Russian army in the Baltic, while an additional 10 divisions were sent to Caucasia and prepare for an assault on the Turkish harbor of Trabzon. The remaining 50 divisions were dispatched to Galicia, where 20 divisions would defend Przemysl and Lemberg against a possible German offensive, while the remaining 30 divisions would assist the professional army in their advance in Slovakia and Transylvania.
In the west the French were able to hold the German advance near Lille-Arras and Cambrai. Trench warfare started to set in along the line and both sides would be in for a long hard fight to break the line.