3rd Army (Russian Empire)

Field management was established in July 1914 at the headquarters of the Kiev Military District.

[1] The detachment operated jointly with the 3rd Army from February 1915 and, in addition to Bereza, was also based at airfields in Brest-Litovsk and Slutsk.

They were part of the invasion of Galicia, with the first stop for the staff officers was at Penyaki where they were made welcome by the servants of a house owned by a major in the Austrian Army.

The building was set on fire by unknown people following their departure for Zolochev.

Here the Army HQ was accommodated in a three-storey stone building which had previously been a bank.