But this territory remained for long the main target of Russian attacks.
He had little concern about a Russian attack into his country.
In the next few days the Russian attack struck us head on and forced me to pull back the front again.
All seven Russian attacks were beaten back by the end of the day.
On the way out, they showed us what had caused the explosion in the last "Russian" attack.
In fact, a heavy Russian attack was shortly to be mounted from this direction.
It was completed in 1893 to fend off possible Russian attack.
It was built in 1882 to defend the city against a possible Russian attack.
A second Russian attack on the hospital a few hours later also failed, and so did a third, resulting in even more casualties.
"It's just possible, that we have here the reason for the Russian attack."