NoMommsen
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Unfortunatly ONLY when forced towards this decision by the happenings on the ground ... like retreating/running/killed/captured/deserting soldiers en masse. ... as happened in WW 1, WW 2, as well as 1812 ...IOTL, as soon as things went bad (Germans hit at Gorlic-Tarnow), the Russians went to an immediate space for time type effort. Since at least the Napoleonic days, and Russia flag officers has 'space for time' in his DNA.