Mackensen

[ mah-kuhn-zuhn ]

noun

1. Au·gust von [ou, -g, oo, st f, uh, n], 1849–1945, German field marshal.

Example Sentences

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.

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